diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/ScriptNode.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/ScriptNode.java
index e15e4ac513..15ee8ead49 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/ScriptNode.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/ScriptNode.java
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ public class ScriptNode implements Scopeable, NamespacePrefixResolverProvider
     }
     
     /**
-     * @return The array of aspects applied to this node
+     * @return The array of aspects applied to this node as fully qualified qname strings
      */
     public Scriptable getAspects()
     {
@@ -1117,6 +1117,31 @@ public class ScriptNode implements Scopeable, NamespacePrefixResolverProvider
         return Context.getCurrentContext().newArray(this.scope, result);
     }
     
+    /**
+     * @return The array of aspects applied to this node as short prefix qname strings
+     */
+    public Scriptable getAspectsShort()
+    {
+        final NamespaceService ns = this.services.getNamespaceService();
+        final Map<String, String> cache = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        final Set<QName> aspects = getAspectsSet();
+        final Object[] result = new Object[aspects.size()];
+        int count = 0;
+        for (final QName qname : aspects)
+        {
+            String prefix = cache.get(qname.getNamespaceURI());
+            if (prefix == null)
+            {
+                // first request for this namespace prefix, get and cache result
+                Collection<String> prefixes = ns.getPrefixes(qname.getNamespaceURI());
+                prefix = prefixes.size() != 0 ? prefixes.iterator().next() : "";
+                cache.put(qname.getNamespaceURI(), prefix);
+            }
+            result[count++] = prefix + QName.NAMESPACE_PREFIX + qname.getLocalName();
+        }
+        return Context.getCurrentContext().newArray(this.scope, result);
+    }
+    
     /**
      * @param aspect  The aspect name to test for (fully qualified or short-name form)
      * @return true if the node has the aspect false otherwise