diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 0fe626a441..71cc119cca 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -27,15 +27,18 @@ module.exports = {
     '@typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface': 'off',
     '@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition': 'off', // problems with optional parameters
     '@typescript-eslint/space-before-function-paren': [ 'error', 'never' ],
+    '@typescript-eslint/unified-signatures': 'off',
     'class-methods-use-this': 'off', // conflicts with functions from interfaces that sometimes don't require `this`
     'comma-dangle': ['error', 'always-multiline'],
     'dot-location': ['error', 'property'],
     'lines-between-class-members': ['error', 'always', { exceptAfterSingleLine: true }],
     'max-len': ['error', { code: 120, ignoreUrls: true }],
+    'no-param-reassign': 'off', // necessary in constructor overloading
     'no-underscore-dangle': 'off', // conflicts with external libraries
     'padding-line-between-statements': 'off',
-    'tsdoc/syntax': 'error',
     'prefer-named-capture-group': 'off',
+    'tsdoc/syntax': 'error',
+    'unicorn/no-fn-reference-in-iterator': 'off', // this prevents some functional programming paradigms
 
     // Import
     'sort-imports': 'off', // Disabled in favor of eslint-plugin-import
diff --git a/src/init/Setup.ts b/src/init/Setup.ts
index 8c6f45f184..f048295832 100644
--- a/src/init/Setup.ts
+++ b/src/init/Setup.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../ldp/representation/RepresentationMeta
 import { ExpressHttpServer } from '../server/ExpressHttpServer';
 import { ResourceStore } from '../storage/ResourceStore';
 import { TEXT_TURTLE } from '../util/ContentTypes';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../util/MetadataTypes';
 
 /**
  * Invokes all logic to setup a server.
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ export class Setup {
     acl:mode        acl:Control;
     acl:accessTo    <${this.base}>;
     acl:default     <${this.base}>.`;
-      const aclId = await this.aclManager.getAcl({ path: this.base });
-      const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(aclId.path);
-      metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, TEXT_TURTLE);
+      const baseAclId = await this.aclManager.getAcl({ path: this.base });
+      const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(baseAclId.path, { [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: TEXT_TURTLE });
       await this.store.setRepresentation(
-        aclId,
+        baseAclId,
         {
           binary: true,
           data: streamifyArray([ acl ]),
diff --git a/src/ldp/http/BasicResponseWriter.ts b/src/ldp/http/BasicResponseWriter.ts
index 7bd6946024..855cd62401 100644
--- a/src/ldp/http/BasicResponseWriter.ts
+++ b/src/ldp/http/BasicResponseWriter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { HttpResponse } from '../../server/HttpResponse';
 import { HttpError } from '../../util/errors/HttpError';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { ResponseDescription } from '../operations/ResponseDescription';
 import { ResponseWriter } from './ResponseWriter';
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ export class BasicResponseWriter extends ResponseWriter {
     } else {
       input.response.setHeader('location', input.result.identifier.path);
       if (input.result.body) {
-        const contentType = input.result.body.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value ?? 'text/plain';
+        const contentType = input.result.body.metadata.contentType ?? 'text/plain';
         input.response.setHeader('content-type', contentType);
         input.result.body.data.pipe(input.response);
       }
diff --git a/src/ldp/http/RawBodyParser.ts b/src/ldp/http/RawBodyParser.ts
index 6212aadc94..f1456708fb 100644
--- a/src/ldp/http/RawBodyParser.ts
+++ b/src/ldp/http/RawBodyParser.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { HttpRequest } from '../../server/HttpRequest';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE, SLUG, TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
+import { HTTP_SLUG, RDF_TYPE, MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { Representation } from '../representation/Representation';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import { BodyParser } from './BodyParser';
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ export class RawBodyParser extends BodyParser {
   private parseMetadata(input: HttpRequest): RepresentationMetadata {
     const contentType = /^[^;]*/u.exec(input.headers['content-type']!)![0];
 
-    const metadata: RepresentationMetadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, contentType);
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: contentType });
 
     const { link, slug } = input.headers;
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ export class RawBodyParser extends BodyParser {
       if (Array.isArray(slug)) {
         throw new UnsupportedHttpError('At most 1 slug header is allowed.');
       }
-      metadata.set(SLUG, slug);
+      metadata.set(HTTP_SLUG, slug);
     }
 
     // There are similarities here to Accept header parsing so that library should become more generic probably
@@ -60,11 +59,12 @@ export class RawBodyParser extends BodyParser {
         const [ , rel ] = /^ *; *rel="(.*)"$/u.exec(rest) ?? [];
         return { url, rel };
       });
-      parsedLinks.forEach((entry): void => {
+      for (const entry of parsedLinks) {
         if (entry.rel === 'type') {
-          metadata.set(TYPE, entry.url);
+          metadata.set(RDF_TYPE, entry.url);
+          break;
         }
-      });
+      }
     }
 
     return metadata;
diff --git a/src/ldp/http/SparqlUpdateBodyParser.ts b/src/ldp/http/SparqlUpdateBodyParser.ts
index b5629e130d..c10fe16229 100644
--- a/src/ldp/http/SparqlUpdateBodyParser.ts
+++ b/src/ldp/http/SparqlUpdateBodyParser.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { translate } from 'sparqlalgebrajs';
 import { HttpRequest } from '../../server/HttpRequest';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
 import { UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError } from '../../util/errors/UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { readableToString } from '../../util/Util';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import { BodyParser } from './BodyParser';
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ export class SparqlUpdateBodyParser extends BodyParser {
       const sparql = await readableToString(toAlgebraStream);
       const algebra = translate(sparql, { quads: true });
 
-      const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-      metadata.add(CONTENT_TYPE, 'application/sparql-update');
+      const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'application/sparql-update' });
 
       // Prevent body from being requested again
       return {
diff --git a/src/ldp/representation/MetadataUtil.ts b/src/ldp/representation/MetadataUtil.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95a34c99f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ldp/representation/MetadataUtil.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { literal, namedNode } from '@rdfjs/data-model';
+import type { Literal, NamedNode, Term } from 'rdf-js';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
+
+// Shorthands for commonly used predicates
+const shorthands: { [id: string]: NamedNode } = {
+  contentType: namedNode(MA_CONTENT_TYPE),
+};
+
+// Caches named node conversions
+const termMap: { [id: string]: NamedNode } = {};
+
+/**
+ * @param input - Checks if this is a {@link Term}.
+ */
+export const isTerm = (input?: any): input is Term => input?.termType;
+
+/**
+ * Converts the incoming predicate to a named node.
+ * In case of string, first checks if it is a shorthand, if not a new named node gets made.
+ * @param predicate - Predicate to potentially transform.
+ */
+export const getPredicateTerm = (predicate: NamedNode | string): NamedNode => {
+  if (typeof predicate === 'string') {
+    if (shorthands[predicate]) {
+      return shorthands[predicate];
+    }
+    if (!termMap[predicate]) {
+      termMap[predicate] = namedNode(predicate);
+    }
+    return termMap[predicate];
+  }
+  return predicate;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Converts an object to a literal when needed.
+ * @param object - Object to potentially transform.
+ */
+export const getObjectTerm = (object: NamedNode | Literal | string): NamedNode | Literal =>
+  typeof object === 'string' ? literal(object) : object;
diff --git a/src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata.ts b/src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata.ts
index 9ad9d91fd0..74e5cbcce2 100644
--- a/src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-import { quad as createQuad, literal, namedNode } from '@rdfjs/data-model';
+import { quad as createQuad, namedNode } from '@rdfjs/data-model';
 import { Store } from 'n3';
 import type { BlankNode, Literal, NamedNode, Quad, Term } from 'rdf-js';
+import { getObjectTerm, getPredicateTerm, isTerm } from './MetadataUtil';
+
+export type MetadataOverrideValue = NamedNode | Literal | string | (NamedNode | Literal | string)[];
 
 /**
  * Stores the metadata triples and provides methods for easy access.
+ * Most functions return the metadata object to allow for chaining.
  */
 export class RepresentationMetadata {
   private store: Store;
@@ -13,21 +17,59 @@ export class RepresentationMetadata {
    * @param identifier - Identifier of the resource relevant to this metadata.
    *                     A blank node will be generated if none is provided.
    *                     Strings will be converted to named nodes. @ignored
-   * @param quads - Quads to fill the metadata with. @ignored
+   * @param overrides - Key/value map of extra values that need to be added to the metadata. @ignored
    *
-   * `@ignored` tags are necessary for Components-Generator.js
+   * `@ignored` tag is necessary for Components-Generator.js
    */
-  public constructor(identifier?: NamedNode | BlankNode | string, quads?: Quad[]) {
-    this.store = new Store(quads);
-    if (identifier) {
-      if (typeof identifier === 'string') {
-        this.id = namedNode(identifier);
-      } else {
-        this.id = identifier;
-      }
+  public constructor(identifier?: NamedNode | BlankNode | string, overrides?: { [pred: string]: MetadataOverrideValue});
+
+  /**
+   * @param metadata - Starts as a copy of the input metadata.
+   * @param overrides - Key/value map of extra values that need to be added to the metadata.
+   *                    Will override values that were set by the input metadata.
+   */
+  public constructor(metadata?: RepresentationMetadata, overrides?: { [pred: string]: MetadataOverrideValue});
+
+  /**
+   * @param overrides - Key/value map of extra values that need to be added to the metadata.
+   */
+  public constructor(overrides?: { [pred: string]: MetadataOverrideValue});
+
+  public constructor(
+    input?: NamedNode | BlankNode | string | RepresentationMetadata | { [pred: string]: MetadataOverrideValue},
+    overrides?: { [pred: string]: MetadataOverrideValue},
+  ) {
+    this.store = new Store();
+    if (typeof input === 'string') {
+      this.id = namedNode(input);
+    } else if (isTerm(input)) {
+      this.id = input;
+    } else if (input instanceof RepresentationMetadata) {
+      this.id = input.identifier;
+      this.addQuads(input.quads());
     } else {
+      overrides = input;
       this.id = this.store.createBlankNode();
     }
+
+    if (overrides) {
+      this.setOverrides(overrides);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private setOverrides(overrides: { [pred: string]: MetadataOverrideValue}): void {
+    for (const predicate of Object.keys(overrides)) {
+      const namedPredicate = getPredicateTerm(predicate);
+      this.removeAll(namedPredicate);
+
+      let objects = overrides[predicate];
+      if (!Array.isArray(objects)) {
+        objects = [ objects ];
+      }
+      for (const object of objects.map(getObjectTerm)) {
+        this.store.addQuad(this.id, namedPredicate, object);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -46,31 +88,47 @@ export class RepresentationMetadata {
   }
 
   public set identifier(id: NamedNode | BlankNode) {
-    const quads = this.quads().map((quad): Quad => {
-      if (quad.subject.equals(this.id)) {
-        return createQuad(id, quad.predicate, quad.object, quad.graph);
-      }
-      if (quad.object.equals(this.id)) {
-        return createQuad(quad.subject, quad.predicate, id, quad.graph);
-      }
-      return quad;
-    });
-    this.store = new Store(quads);
-    this.id = id;
+    if (!id.equals(this.id)) {
+      // Convert all instances of the old identifier to the new identifier in the stored quads
+      const quads = this.quads().map((quad): Quad => {
+        if (quad.subject.equals(this.id)) {
+          return createQuad(id, quad.predicate, quad.object, quad.graph);
+        }
+        if (quad.object.equals(this.id)) {
+          return createQuad(quad.subject, quad.predicate, id, quad.graph);
+        }
+        return quad;
+      });
+      this.store = new Store(quads);
+      this.id = id;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Helper function to import all entries from the given metadata.
+   * If the new metadata has a different identifier the internal one will be updated.
+   * @param metadata - Metadata to import.
+   */
+  public setMetadata(metadata: RepresentationMetadata): this {
+    this.identifier = metadata.identifier;
+    this.addQuads(metadata.quads());
+    return this;
   }
 
   /**
    * @param quads - Quads to add to the metadata.
    */
-  public addQuads(quads: Quad[]): void {
+  public addQuads(quads: Quad[]): this {
     this.store.addQuads(quads);
+    return this;
   }
 
   /**
    * @param quads - Quads to remove from the metadata.
    */
-  public removeQuads(quads: Quad[]): void {
+  public removeQuads(quads: Quad[]): this {
     this.store.removeQuads(quads);
+    return this;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -78,8 +136,9 @@ export class RepresentationMetadata {
    * @param predicate - Predicate linking identifier to value.
    * @param object - Value to add.
    */
-  public add(predicate: NamedNode, object: NamedNode | Literal | string): void {
-    this.store.addQuad(this.id, predicate, typeof object === 'string' ? literal(object) : object);
+  public add(predicate: NamedNode | string, object: NamedNode | Literal | string): this {
+    this.store.addQuad(this.id, getPredicateTerm(predicate), getObjectTerm(object));
+    return this;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -87,16 +146,29 @@ export class RepresentationMetadata {
    * @param predicate - Predicate linking identifier to value.
    * @param object - Value to remove.
    */
-  public remove(predicate: NamedNode, object: NamedNode | Literal | string): void {
-    this.store.removeQuad(this.id, predicate, typeof object === 'string' ? literal(object) : object);
+  public remove(predicate: NamedNode | string, object: NamedNode | Literal | string): this {
+    this.store.removeQuad(this.id, getPredicateTerm(predicate), getObjectTerm(object));
+    return this;
   }
 
   /**
    * Removes all values linked through the given predicate.
    * @param predicate - Predicate to remove.
    */
-  public removeAll(predicate: NamedNode): void {
-    this.removeQuads(this.store.getQuads(this.id, predicate, null, null));
+  public removeAll(predicate: NamedNode | string): this {
+    this.removeQuads(this.store.getQuads(this.id, getPredicateTerm(predicate), null, null));
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Finds all object values matching the given predicate.
+   * @param predicate - Predicate to get the values for.
+   *
+   * @returns An array with all matches.
+   */
+  public getAll(predicate: NamedNode | string): Term[] {
+    return this.store.getQuads(this.id, getPredicateTerm(predicate), null, null)
+      .map((quad): Term => quad.object);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -107,24 +179,41 @@ export class RepresentationMetadata {
    *
    * @returns The corresponding value. Undefined if there is no match
    */
-  public get(predicate: NamedNode): Term | undefined {
-    const quads = this.store.getQuads(this.id, predicate, null, null);
-    if (quads.length === 0) {
+  public get(predicate: NamedNode | string): Term | undefined {
+    const terms = this.getAll(predicate);
+    if (terms.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
-    if (quads.length > 1) {
-      throw new Error(`Multiple results for ${predicate.value}`);
+    if (terms.length > 1) {
+      throw new Error(`Multiple results for ${typeof predicate === 'string' ? predicate : predicate.value}`);
     }
-    return quads[0].object;
+    return terms[0];
   }
 
   /**
    * Sets the value for the given predicate, removing all other instances.
+   * In case the object is undefined this is identical to `removeAll(predicate)`.
    * @param predicate - Predicate linking to the value.
    * @param object - Value to set.
    */
-  public set(predicate: NamedNode, object: NamedNode | Literal | string): void {
+  public set(predicate: NamedNode | string, object?: NamedNode | Literal | string): this {
     this.removeAll(predicate);
-    this.add(predicate, object);
+    if (object) {
+      this.add(predicate, object);
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  // Syntactic sugar for common predicates
+
+  /**
+   * Shorthand for the CONTENT_TYPE predicate.
+   */
+  public get contentType(): string | undefined {
+    return this.get(getPredicateTerm('contentType'))?.value;
+  }
+
+  public set contentType(input) {
+    this.set(getPredicateTerm('contentType'), input);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/storage/FileResourceStore.ts b/src/storage/FileResourceStore.ts
index 11a16515fb..06749fb7f7 100644
--- a/src/storage/FileResourceStore.ts
+++ b/src/storage/FileResourceStore.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ import { NotFoundHttpError } from '../util/errors/NotFoundHttpError';
 import { UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError } from '../util/errors/UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError';
 import { InteractionController } from '../util/InteractionController';
 import { MetadataController } from '../util/MetadataController';
-import { BYTE_SIZE, CONTENT_TYPE, LAST_CHANGED, SLUG, TYPE } from '../util/MetadataTypes';
+import {
+  HTTP_BYTE_SIZE,
+  HTTP_LAST_CHANGED,
+  HTTP_SLUG,
+  MA_CONTENT_TYPE,
+  RDF_TYPE,
+  XSD_DATE_TIME,
+  XSD_INTEGER,
+} from '../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { ensureTrailingSlash } from '../util/Util';
 import { ExtensionBasedMapper } from './ExtensionBasedMapper';
 import { ResourceStore } from './ResourceStore';
@@ -57,11 +65,11 @@ export class FileResourceStore implements ResourceStore {
 
     // Get the path from the request URI, all metadata triples if any, and the Slug and Link header values.
     const path = this.resourceMapper.getRelativePath(container);
-    const slug = representation.metadata.get(SLUG)?.value;
-    const type = representation.metadata.get(TYPE)?.value;
+    const slug = representation.metadata.get(HTTP_SLUG)?.value;
+    const types = representation.metadata.getAll(RDF_TYPE);
 
     // Create a new container or resource in the parent container with a specific name based on the incoming headers.
-    const isContainer = this.interactionController.isContainer(slug, type);
+    const isContainer = this.interactionController.isContainer(slug, types);
     const newIdentifier = this.interactionController.generateIdentifier(isContainer, slug);
     let metadata;
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
@@ -154,14 +162,14 @@ export class FileResourceStore implements ResourceStore {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
     representation.metadata.identifier = DataFactory.namedNode(identifier.path);
     const raw = representation.metadata.quads();
-    const type = representation.metadata.get(TYPE)?.value;
+    const types = representation.metadata.getAll(RDF_TYPE);
     let metadata: Readable | undefined;
     if (raw.length > 0) {
-      metadata = streamifyArray(raw);
+      metadata = this.metadataController.serializeQuads(raw);
     }
 
     // Create a new container or resource in the parent container with a specific name based on the incoming headers.
-    const isContainer = this.interactionController.isContainer(documentName, type);
+    const isContainer = this.interactionController.isContainer(documentName, types);
     const newIdentifier = this.interactionController.generateIdentifier(isContainer, documentName);
     return isContainer ?
       await this.setDirectoryRepresentation(containerPath, newIdentifier, metadata) :
@@ -222,10 +230,10 @@ export class FileResourceStore implements ResourceStore {
     } catch (_) {
       // Metadata file doesn't exist so lets keep `rawMetaData` an empty array.
     }
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(this.resourceMapper.mapFilePathToUrl(path), rawMetadata);
-    metadata.set(LAST_CHANGED, stats.mtime.toISOString());
-    metadata.set(BYTE_SIZE, DataFactory.literal(stats.size));
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, contentType);
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(this.resourceMapper.mapFilePathToUrl(path)).addQuads(rawMetadata)
+      .set(HTTP_LAST_CHANGED, DataFactory.literal(stats.mtime.toISOString(), XSD_DATE_TIME))
+      .set(HTTP_BYTE_SIZE, DataFactory.literal(stats.size, XSD_INTEGER));
+    metadata.contentType = contentType;
     return { metadata, data: readStream, binary: true };
   }
 
@@ -256,9 +264,9 @@ export class FileResourceStore implements ResourceStore {
       // Metadata file doesn't exist so lets keep `rawMetaData` an empty array.
     }
 
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(containerURI, rawMetadata);
-    metadata.set(LAST_CHANGED, stats.mtime.toISOString());
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(containerURI).addQuads(rawMetadata)
+      .set(HTTP_LAST_CHANGED, DataFactory.literal(stats.mtime.toISOString(), XSD_DATE_TIME))
+      .set(MA_CONTENT_TYPE, INTERNAL_QUADS);
 
     return {
       binary: false,
diff --git a/src/storage/InMemoryResourceStore.ts b/src/storage/InMemoryResourceStore.ts
index 2b1c25ef96..599b143799 100644
--- a/src/storage/InMemoryResourceStore.ts
+++ b/src/storage/InMemoryResourceStore.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../ldp/representation/RepresentationMeta
 import { ResourceIdentifier } from '../ldp/representation/ResourceIdentifier';
 import { TEXT_TURTLE } from '../util/ContentTypes';
 import { NotFoundHttpError } from '../util/errors/NotFoundHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { ensureTrailingSlash } from '../util/Util';
 import { ResourceStore } from './ResourceStore';
 
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ export class InMemoryResourceStore implements ResourceStore {
   public constructor(base: string) {
     this.base = ensureTrailingSlash(base);
 
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-    metadata.add(CONTENT_TYPE, TEXT_TURTLE);
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: TEXT_TURTLE });
     this.store = {
       // Default root entry (what you get when the identifier is equal to the base)
       '': {
diff --git a/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts b/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts
index 5e9eda3b5d..65ab2b583c 100644
--- a/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts
+++ b/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { Representation } from '../ldp/representation/Representation';
 import { RepresentationPreferences } from '../ldp/representation/RepresentationPreferences';
 import { ResourceIdentifier } from '../ldp/representation/ResourceIdentifier';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { matchingMediaType } from '../util/Util';
 import { Conditions } from './Conditions';
 import { RepresentationConverter } from './conversion/RepresentationConverter';
@@ -38,12 +37,12 @@ export class RepresentationConvertingStore<T extends ResourceStore = ResourceSto
     if (!preferences.type) {
       return true;
     }
-    const contentType = representation.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE);
+    const { contentType } = representation.metadata;
     return Boolean(
       contentType &&
       preferences.type.some((type): boolean =>
         type.weight > 0 &&
-        matchingMediaType(type.value, contentType.value)),
+        matchingMediaType(type.value, contentType)),
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.ts b/src/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.ts
index 6cddbd4180..d0e0bd7d68 100644
--- a/src/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.ts
+++ b/src/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Representation } from '../../ldp/representation/Representation';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import { RepresentationPreferences } from '../../ldp/representation/RepresentationPreferences';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { matchingMediaType } from '../../util/Util';
 import { RepresentationConverterArgs } from './RepresentationConverter';
 import { TypedRepresentationConverter } from './TypedRepresentationConverter';
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ export class ChainedConverter extends TypedRepresentationConverter {
     const idx = this.converters.length - 1;
     const lastChain = await this.getMatchingType(this.converters[idx - 1], this.converters[idx]);
     const oldMeta = input.representation.metadata;
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(oldMeta.identifier, oldMeta.quads());
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, lastChain);
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(oldMeta, { [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: lastChain });
     const representation: Representation = { ...input.representation, metadata };
     await this.last.canHandle({ ...input, representation });
   }
diff --git a/src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.ts b/src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.ts
index 4e6bce51c0..0d2921f6bf 100644
--- a/src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.ts
+++ b/src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { RepresentationPreference } from '../../ldp/representation/RepresentationPreference';
 import { RepresentationPreferences } from '../../ldp/representation/RepresentationPreferences';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { matchingMediaType } from '../../util/Util';
 import { RepresentationConverterArgs } from './RepresentationConverter';
 
@@ -35,11 +34,11 @@ RepresentationPreference[] => {
  */
 export const checkRequest = (request: RepresentationConverterArgs, supportedIn: string[], supportedOut: string[]):
 void => {
-  const inType = request.representation.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE);
+  const inType = request.representation.metadata.contentType;
   if (!inType) {
     throw new UnsupportedHttpError('Input type required for conversion.');
   }
-  if (!supportedIn.some((type): boolean => matchingMediaType(inType.value, type))) {
+  if (!supportedIn.some((type): boolean => matchingMediaType(inType, type))) {
     throw new UnsupportedHttpError(`Can only convert from ${supportedIn} to ${supportedOut}.`);
   }
   if (matchingTypes(request.preferences, supportedOut).length <= 0) {
diff --git a/src/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.ts b/src/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.ts
index 769c186bf7..0d064a7931 100644
--- a/src/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.ts
+++ b/src/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Representation } from '../../ldp/representation/Representation';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import { RepresentationPreferences } from '../../ldp/representation/RepresentationPreferences';
 import { INTERNAL_QUADS } from '../../util/ContentTypes';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { checkRequest, matchingTypes } from './ConversionUtil';
 import { RepresentationConverterArgs } from './RepresentationConverter';
 import { TypedRepresentationConverter } from './TypedRepresentationConverter';
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ export class QuadToRdfConverter extends TypedRepresentationConverter {
 
   private async quadsToRdf(quads: Representation, preferences: RepresentationPreferences): Promise<Representation> {
     const contentType = matchingTypes(preferences, await rdfSerializer.getContentTypes())[0].value;
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(quads.metadata.identifier, quads.metadata.quads());
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, contentType);
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(quads.metadata, { [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: contentType });
     return {
       binary: true,
       data: rdfSerializer.serialize(quads.data, { contentType }) as Readable,
diff --git a/src/storage/conversion/QuadToTurtleConverter.ts b/src/storage/conversion/QuadToTurtleConverter.ts
index c8099ca8b9..718b4ece37 100644
--- a/src/storage/conversion/QuadToTurtleConverter.ts
+++ b/src/storage/conversion/QuadToTurtleConverter.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { StreamWriter } from 'n3';
 import { Representation } from '../../ldp/representation/Representation';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import { INTERNAL_QUADS, TEXT_TURTLE } from '../../util/ContentTypes';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { checkRequest } from './ConversionUtil';
 import { RepresentationConverter, RepresentationConverterArgs } from './RepresentationConverter';
 
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ export class QuadToTurtleConverter extends RepresentationConverter {
   }
 
   private quadsToTurtle(quads: Representation): Representation {
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(quads.metadata.identifier, quads.metadata.quads());
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, TEXT_TURTLE);
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(quads.metadata, { [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: TEXT_TURTLE });
     return {
       binary: true,
       data: quads.data.pipe(new StreamWriter({ format: TEXT_TURTLE })),
diff --git a/src/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.ts b/src/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.ts
index 54d404a936..4a751605c8 100644
--- a/src/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.ts
+++ b/src/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import rdfParser from 'rdf-parse';
 import { Representation } from '../../ldp/representation/Representation';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import { INTERNAL_QUADS } from '../../util/ContentTypes';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { pipeStreamsAndErrors } from '../../util/Util';
 import { checkRequest } from './ConversionUtil';
 import { RepresentationConverterArgs } from './RepresentationConverter';
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@ export class RdfToQuadConverter extends TypedRepresentationConverter {
   }
 
   private rdfToQuads(representation: Representation, baseIRI: string): Representation {
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(representation.metadata.identifier, representation.metadata.quads());
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(representation.metadata, { [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: INTERNAL_QUADS });
     const rawQuads = rdfParser.parse(representation.data, {
-      contentType: representation.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)!.value,
+      contentType: representation.metadata.contentType!,
       baseIRI,
     });
 
diff --git a/src/storage/conversion/TurtleToQuadConverter.ts b/src/storage/conversion/TurtleToQuadConverter.ts
index 533c17ce11..83c25baa44 100644
--- a/src/storage/conversion/TurtleToQuadConverter.ts
+++ b/src/storage/conversion/TurtleToQuadConverter.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Representation } from '../../ldp/representation/Representation';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import { TEXT_TURTLE, INTERNAL_QUADS } from '../../util/ContentTypes';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { checkRequest } from './ConversionUtil';
 import { RepresentationConverter, RepresentationConverterArgs } from './RepresentationConverter';
 
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ export class TurtleToQuadConverter extends RepresentationConverter {
   }
 
   private turtleToQuads(turtle: Representation, baseIRI: string): Representation {
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(turtle.metadata.identifier, turtle.metadata.quads());
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(turtle.metadata, { [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: INTERNAL_QUADS });
 
     // Catch parsing errors and emit correct error
     // Node 10 requires both writableObjectMode and readableObjectMode
diff --git a/src/storage/patch/SparqlUpdatePatchHandler.ts b/src/storage/patch/SparqlUpdatePatchHandler.ts
index d4edf5b908..98cf9516c8 100644
--- a/src/storage/patch/SparqlUpdatePatchHandler.ts
+++ b/src/storage/patch/SparqlUpdatePatchHandler.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../ldp/representation/RepresentationM
 import { ResourceIdentifier } from '../../ldp/representation/ResourceIdentifier';
 import { INTERNAL_QUADS } from '../../util/ContentTypes';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/MetadataTypes';
 import { ResourceLocker } from '../ResourceLocker';
 import { ResourceStore } from '../ResourceStore';
 import { PatchHandler } from './PatchHandler';
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ export class SparqlUpdatePatchHandler extends PatchHandler {
     });
     store.removeQuads(deletes);
     store.addQuads(inserts);
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(input.identifier.path);
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(input.identifier.path, { [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: INTERNAL_QUADS });
     const representation: Representation = {
       binary: false,
       data: store.match() as Readable,
diff --git a/src/util/InteractionController.ts b/src/util/InteractionController.ts
index 042ba2e9f7..cd154ad8a6 100644
--- a/src/util/InteractionController.ts
+++ b/src/util/InteractionController.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Term } from 'rdf-js';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 import { LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC, LINK_TYPE_LDPC } from './LinkTypes';
 import { trimTrailingSlashes } from './Util';
@@ -5,20 +6,20 @@ import { trimTrailingSlashes } from './Util';
 export class InteractionController {
   /**
    * Check whether a new container or a resource should be created based on the given parameters.
-   * @param slug - Incoming slug header.
-   * @param link - Incoming link header.
+   * @param slug - Incoming slug metadata.
+   * @param types - Incoming type metadata.
    */
-  public isContainer(slug?: string, link?: string): boolean {
-    if (!slug || !slug.endsWith('/')) {
-      return Boolean(link === LINK_TYPE_LDPC) || Boolean(link === LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
+  public isContainer(slug?: string, types?: Term[]): boolean {
+    if (types && types.length > 0) {
+      return types.some((type): boolean => type.value === LINK_TYPE_LDPC || type.value === LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
     }
-    return !link || link === LINK_TYPE_LDPC || link === LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC;
+    return Boolean(slug?.endsWith('/'));
   }
 
   /**
    * Get the identifier path the new resource should have.
    * @param isContainer - Whether or not the resource is a container.
-   * @param slug - Incoming slug header.
+   * @param slug - Incoming slug metadata.
    */
   public generateIdentifier(isContainer: boolean, slug?: string): string {
     if (!slug) {
diff --git a/src/util/MetadataTypes.ts b/src/util/MetadataTypes.ts
index a8f10ffc6d..2ff7fbc0f9 100644
--- a/src/util/MetadataTypes.ts
+++ b/src/util/MetadataTypes.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import { namedNode } from '@rdfjs/data-model';
-import { NamedNode } from 'rdf-js';
+export const RDF_TYPE = 'http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type';
 
-export const TYPE: NamedNode = namedNode('http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type');
-export const CONTENT_TYPE: NamedNode = namedNode('http://www.w3.org/ns/ma-ont#format');
-export const SLUG: NamedNode = namedNode('http://example.com/slug');
-export const LAST_CHANGED: NamedNode = namedNode('http://example.com/lastChanged');
-export const BYTE_SIZE: NamedNode = namedNode('http://example.com/byteSize');
-export const ACL_RESOURCE: NamedNode = namedNode('http://example.com/acl');
+export const ACL_RESOURCE = 'urn:solid:acl:resource';
+
+export const MA_CONTENT_TYPE = 'http://www.w3.org/ns/ma-ont#format';
+export const HTTP_SLUG = 'urn:solid:http:slug';
+export const HTTP_LAST_CHANGED = 'urn:solid:http:lastChanged';
+export const HTTP_BYTE_SIZE = 'urn:solid:http:byteSize';
+
+export const XSD_DATE_TIME = 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime';
+export const XSD_INTEGER = 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer';
diff --git a/test/integration/RepresentationConverter.test.ts b/test/integration/RepresentationConverter.test.ts
index 5986160692..9b342ff6b5 100644
--- a/test/integration/RepresentationConverter.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/RepresentationConverter.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../src/ldp/representation/Representat
 import { ChainedConverter } from '../../src/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter';
 import { QuadToRdfConverter } from '../../src/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter';
 import { RdfToQuadConverter } from '../../src/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 import { readableToString } from '../../src/util/Util';
 
 describe('A ChainedConverter', (): void => {
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ describe('A ChainedConverter', (): void => {
   const converter = new ChainedConverter(converters);
 
   it('can convert from JSON-LD to turtle.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, 'application/ld+json');
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'application/ld+json' });
     const representation: Representation = {
       binary: true,
       data: streamifyArray([ '{"@id": "http://test.com/s", "http://test.com/p": { "@id": "http://test.com/o" }}' ]),
@@ -30,12 +29,11 @@ describe('A ChainedConverter', (): void => {
     });
 
     await expect(readableToString(result.data)).resolves.toEqual('<http://test.com/s> <http://test.com/p> <http://test.com/o>.\n');
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('text/turtle');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('text/turtle');
   });
 
   it('can convert from turtle to JSON-LD.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, 'text/turtle');
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'text/turtle' });
     const representation: Representation = {
       binary: true,
       data: streamifyArray([ '<http://test.com/s> <http://test.com/p> <http://test.com/o>.' ]),
@@ -51,6 +49,6 @@ describe('A ChainedConverter', (): void => {
     expect(JSON.parse(await readableToString(result.data))).toEqual(
       [{ '@id': 'http://test.com/s', 'http://test.com/p': [{ '@id': 'http://test.com/o' }]}],
     );
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('application/ld+json');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('application/ld+json');
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/integration/RequestParser.test.ts b/test/integration/RequestParser.test.ts
index 8482c3beac..4598698e02 100644
--- a/test/integration/RequestParser.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/RequestParser.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { BasicTargetExtractor } from '../../src/ldp/http/BasicTargetExtractor';
 import { RawBodyParser } from '../../src/ldp/http/RawBodyParser';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import { HttpRequest } from '../../src/server/HttpRequest';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A BasicRequestParser with simple input parsers', (): void => {
   const targetExtractor = new BasicTargetExtractor();
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ describe('A BasicRequestParser with simple input parsers', (): void => {
         metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
       },
     });
-    expect(result.body?.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('text/turtle');
+    expect(result.body?.metadata.contentType).toEqual('text/turtle');
 
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.body!.data)).resolves.toEqual(
       [ '<http://test.com/s> <http://test.com/p> <http://test.com/o>.' ],
diff --git a/test/unit/ldp/http/BasicResponseWriter.test.ts b/test/unit/ldp/http/BasicResponseWriter.test.ts
index 46a08009f5..a584a4ae6a 100644
--- a/test/unit/ldp/http/BasicResponseWriter.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/ldp/http/BasicResponseWriter.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { BasicResponseWriter } from '../../../../src/ldp/http/BasicResponseWrite
 import { ResponseDescription } from '../../../../src/ldp/operations/ResponseDescription';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../../../src/util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A BasicResponseWriter', (): void => {
   const writer = new BasicResponseWriter();
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ describe('A BasicResponseWriter', (): void => {
   });
 
   it('responds with a content-type if the metadata has it.', async(done): Promise<void> => {
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-    metadata.add(CONTENT_TYPE, 'text/turtle');
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'text/turtle' });
     const body = {
       binary: true,
       data: streamifyArray([ '<http://test.com/s> <http://test.com/p> <http://test.com/o>.' ]),
diff --git a/test/unit/ldp/http/RawBodyParser.test.ts b/test/unit/ldp/http/RawBodyParser.test.ts
index a9f619e2f4..3bad403ccb 100644
--- a/test/unit/ldp/http/RawBodyParser.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/ldp/http/RawBodyParser.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/Repre
 import { HttpRequest } from '../../../../src/server/HttpRequest';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../../../src/util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
 import 'jest-rdf';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE, SLUG, TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
+import { HTTP_SLUG, RDF_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A RawBodyparser', (): void => {
   const bodyParser = new RawBodyParser();
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('A RawBodyparser', (): void => {
       data: input,
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('text/turtle');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('text/turtle');
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toEqual(
       [ '<http://test.com/s> <http://test.com/p> <http://test.com/o>.' ],
     );
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ describe('A RawBodyparser', (): void => {
     const input = {} as HttpRequest;
     input.headers = { 'transfer-encoding': 'chunked', 'content-type': 'text/turtle', slug: 'slugText' };
     const result = (await bodyParser.handle(input))!;
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('text/turtle');
-    expect(result.metadata.get(SLUG)?.value).toEqual('slugText');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('text/turtle');
+    expect(result.metadata.get(HTTP_SLUG)?.value).toEqual('slugText');
   });
 
   it('errors if there are multiple slugs.', async(): Promise<void> => {
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ describe('A RawBodyparser', (): void => {
       'content-type': 'text/turtle',
       link: '<http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Container>; rel="type"' };
     const result = (await bodyParser.handle(input))!;
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('text/turtle');
-    expect(result.metadata.get(TYPE)?.value).toEqual('http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Container');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('text/turtle');
+    expect(result.metadata.get(RDF_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Container');
   });
 
   it('ignores unknown link headers.', async(): Promise<void> => {
@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ describe('A RawBodyparser', (): void => {
       link: [ '<unrelatedLink>', 'badLink' ]};
     const result = (await bodyParser.handle(input))!;
     expect(result.metadata.quads()).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('text/turtle');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('text/turtle');
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/ldp/http/SparqlUpdateBodyParser.test.ts b/test/unit/ldp/http/SparqlUpdateBodyParser.test.ts
index 495f47a9e8..d325011ae6 100644
--- a/test/unit/ldp/http/SparqlUpdateBodyParser.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/ldp/http/SparqlUpdateBodyParser.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { SparqlUpdateBodyParser } from '../../../../src/ldp/http/SparqlUpdateBod
 import { HttpRequest } from '../../../../src/server/HttpRequest';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../../../src/util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
 import { UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError } from '../../../../src/util/errors/UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A SparqlUpdateBodyParser', (): void => {
   const bodyParser = new SparqlUpdateBodyParser();
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ describe('A SparqlUpdateBodyParser', (): void => {
       namedNode('http://test.com/o'),
     ) ]);
     expect(result.binary).toBe(true);
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('application/sparql-update');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('application/sparql-update');
 
     // Workaround for Node 10 not exposing objectMode
     expect((await arrayifyStream(result.data)).join('')).toEqual(
diff --git a/test/unit/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata.test.ts b/test/unit/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata.test.ts
index b16c5abca7..fb14220070 100644
--- a/test/unit/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { literal, namedNode, quad } from '@rdfjs/data-model';
-import { Literal, NamedNode, Quad } from 'rdf-js';
+import type { Literal, NamedNode, Quad } from 'rdf-js';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A RepresentationMetadata', (): void => {
   let metadata: RepresentationMetadata;
@@ -30,15 +31,47 @@ describe('A RepresentationMetadata', (): void => {
       expect(metadata.identifier).toEqualRdfTerm(namedNode('identifier'));
     });
 
-    it('stores input quads.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-      metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(identifier, inputQuads);
-      expect(metadata.quads()).toBeRdfIsomorphic(inputQuads);
+    it('copies an other metadata object.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+      const other = new RepresentationMetadata('otherId', { 'test:pred': 'objVal' });
+      metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(other);
+      expect(metadata.identifier).toEqualRdfTerm(namedNode('otherId'));
+      expect(metadata.quads()).toBeRdfIsomorphic([
+        quad(namedNode('otherId'), namedNode('test:pred'), literal('objVal')) ]);
+    });
+
+    it('takes overrides for specific predicates.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+      metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ predVal: 'objVal' });
+      expect(metadata.get('predVal')).toEqualRdfTerm(literal('objVal'));
+
+      metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ predVal: literal('objVal') });
+      expect(metadata.get('predVal')).toEqualRdfTerm(literal('objVal'));
+
+      metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ predVal: [ 'objVal1', literal('objVal2') ], predVal2: 'objVal3' });
+      expect(metadata.getAll('predVal')).toEqualRdfTermArray([ literal('objVal1'), literal('objVal2') ]);
+      expect(metadata.get('predVal2')).toEqualRdfTerm(literal('objVal3'));
+    });
+
+    it('can combine overrides with an identifier.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+      metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(identifier, { predVal: 'objVal' });
+      expect(metadata.quads()).toBeRdfIsomorphic([
+        quad(identifier, namedNode('predVal'), literal('objVal')) ]);
+    });
+
+    it('can combine overrides with other metadata.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+      const other = new RepresentationMetadata('otherId', { 'test:pred': 'objVal' });
+      metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(other, { 'test:pred': 'objVal2' });
+      expect(metadata.quads()).toBeRdfIsomorphic([
+        quad(namedNode('otherId'), namedNode('test:pred'), literal('objVal2')) ]);
     });
   });
 
   describe('instantiated', (): void => {
     beforeEach(async(): Promise<void> => {
-      metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(identifier, inputQuads);
+      metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(identifier).addQuads(inputQuads);
+    });
+
+    it('can get all quads.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+      expect(metadata.quads()).toBeRdfIsomorphic(inputQuads);
     });
 
     it('can change the stored identifier.', async(): Promise<void> => {
@@ -57,6 +90,28 @@ describe('A RepresentationMetadata', (): void => {
       expect(metadata.quads()).toBeRdfIsomorphic(newQuads);
     });
 
+    it('can copy metadata.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+      const other = new RepresentationMetadata(identifier, { 'test:pred': 'objVal' });
+      metadata.setMetadata(other);
+
+      expect(metadata.identifier).toEqual(other.identifier);
+      expect(metadata.quads()).toBeRdfIsomorphic(inputQuads.concat([
+        quad(identifier, namedNode('test:pred'), literal('objVal')) ]));
+    });
+
+    it('updates its identifier when copying metadata.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+      const other = new RepresentationMetadata('otherId', { 'test:pred': 'objVal' });
+      metadata.setMetadata(other);
+
+      // `setMetadata` should have the same result as the following
+      const expectedMetadata = new RepresentationMetadata(identifier).addQuads(inputQuads);
+      expectedMetadata.identifier = namedNode('otherId');
+      expectedMetadata.add('test:pred', 'objVal');
+
+      expect(metadata.identifier).toEqual(other.identifier);
+      expect(metadata.quads()).toBeRdfIsomorphic(expectedMetadata.quads());
+    });
+
     it('can add quads.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       const newQuads: Quad[] = [
         quad(namedNode('random'), namedNode('new'), namedNode('triple')),
@@ -100,6 +155,10 @@ describe('A RepresentationMetadata', (): void => {
       expect(metadata.quads()).toBeRdfIsomorphic(updatedNodes);
     });
 
+    it('can get all values for a predicate.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+      expect(metadata.getAll(namedNode('has'))).toEqualRdfTermArray([ literal('data'), literal('moreData') ]);
+    });
+
     it('can get the single value for a predicate.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       expect(metadata.get(namedNode('hasOne'))).toEqualRdfTerm(literal('otherData'));
     });
@@ -110,11 +169,27 @@ describe('A RepresentationMetadata', (): void => {
 
     it('errors if there are multiple values when getting a value.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       expect((): any => metadata.get(namedNode('has'))).toThrow(Error);
+      expect((): any => metadata.get('has')).toThrow(Error);
     });
 
-    it('can set the value of predicate.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    it('can set the value of a predicate.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       metadata.set(namedNode('has'), literal('singleValue'));
       expect(metadata.get(namedNode('has'))).toEqualRdfTerm(literal('singleValue'));
     });
+
+    it('has a shorthand for content-type.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+      expect(metadata.contentType).toBeUndefined();
+      metadata.contentType = 'a/b';
+      expect(metadata.get(MA_CONTENT_TYPE)).toEqualRdfTerm(literal('a/b'));
+      expect(metadata.contentType).toEqual('a/b');
+      metadata.contentType = undefined;
+      expect(metadata.contentType).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('errors if a shorthand has multiple values.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+      metadata.add(MA_CONTENT_TYPE, 'a/b');
+      metadata.add(MA_CONTENT_TYPE, 'c/d');
+      expect((): any => metadata.contentType).toThrow();
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/FileResourceStore.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/FileResourceStore.test.ts
index ea35928c33..972a5e8f7f 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/FileResourceStore.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/FileResourceStore.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError } from '../../../src/util/errors/Unsuppor
 import { InteractionController } from '../../../src/util/InteractionController';
 import { LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC, LINK_TYPE_LDPR } from '../../../src/util/LinkTypes';
 import { MetadataController } from '../../../src/util/MetadataController';
-import { BYTE_SIZE, CONTENT_TYPE, LAST_CHANGED, SLUG, TYPE } from '../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
+import { HTTP_BYTE_SIZE, HTTP_LAST_CHANGED, HTTP_SLUG, RDF_TYPE } from '../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 import { LDP, RDF, STAT, TERMS, XML } from '../../../src/util/Prefixes';
 
 const { join: joinPath } = posix;
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
     (fs.createReadStream as jest.Mock).mockImplementationOnce((): any => new Error('Metadata file does not exist.'));
 
     // Write container (POST)
-    representation.metadata.add(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
-    representation.metadata.add(SLUG, 'myContainer/');
+    representation.metadata.add(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
+    representation.metadata.add(HTTP_SLUG, 'myContainer/');
     const identifier = await store.addResource({ path: base }, representation);
     expect(fsPromises.mkdir as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'myContainer/'), { recursive: true });
     expect(identifier.path).toBe(`${base}myContainer/`);
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
       data: expect.any(Readable),
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(LAST_CHANGED)?.value).toEqual(stats.mtime.toISOString());
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    expect(result.metadata.get(HTTP_LAST_CHANGED)?.value).toEqual(stats.mtime.toISOString());
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toBeDefined();
   });
 
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
     (fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(stats);
 
     // Tests
-    representation.metadata.add(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
-    representation.metadata.add(SLUG, 'myContainer/');
+    representation.metadata.add(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
+    representation.metadata.add(HTTP_SLUG, 'myContainer/');
     await expect(store.addResource({ path: `${base}foo` }, representation)).rejects.toThrow(MethodNotAllowedHttpError);
     expect(fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'foo'));
   });
@@ -173,19 +173,19 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
     (fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(stats);
 
     // Tests
-    representation.metadata.add(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
-    representation.metadata.add(SLUG, 'myContainer/');
+    representation.metadata.add(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
+    representation.metadata.add(HTTP_SLUG, 'myContainer/');
     await expect(store.addResource({ path: `${base}doesnotexist` }, representation))
       .rejects.toThrow(MethodNotAllowedHttpError);
     expect(fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'doesnotexist'));
 
-    representation.metadata.set(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDPR);
-    representation.metadata.set(SLUG, 'file.txt');
+    representation.metadata.set(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDPR);
+    representation.metadata.set(HTTP_SLUG, 'file.txt');
     await expect(store.addResource({ path: `${base}doesnotexist` }, representation))
       .rejects.toThrow(MethodNotAllowedHttpError);
     expect(fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'doesnotexist'));
 
-    representation.metadata.removeAll(TYPE);
+    representation.metadata.removeAll(RDF_TYPE);
     await expect(store.addResource({ path: `${base}existingresource` }, representation))
       .rejects.toThrow(MethodNotAllowedHttpError);
     expect(fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'existingresource'));
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
       data: expect.any(Readable),
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(LAST_CHANGED)?.value).toEqual(stats.mtime.toISOString());
-    expect(result.metadata.get(BYTE_SIZE)?.value).toEqual(`${stats.size}`);
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('text/plain');
+    expect(result.metadata.get(HTTP_LAST_CHANGED)?.value).toEqual(stats.mtime.toISOString());
+    expect(result.metadata.get(HTTP_BYTE_SIZE)?.value).toEqual(`${stats.size}`);
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('text/plain');
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toEqual([ rawData ]);
     expect(fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'file.txt'));
     expect(fs.createReadStream as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'file.txt'));
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
     (fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(stats);
 
     // Tests
-    representation.metadata.add(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDPR);
-    representation.metadata.add(SLUG, 'file.txt');
+    representation.metadata.add(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDPR);
+    representation.metadata.add(HTTP_SLUG, 'file.txt');
     const identifier = await store.addResource({ path: `${base}doesnotexistyet/` }, representation);
     expect(identifier.path).toBe(`${base}doesnotexistyet/file.txt`);
     expect(fsPromises.mkdir as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'doesnotexistyet/'),
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
     (fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(stats);
 
     // Tests
-    representation.metadata.add(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDPR);
+    representation.metadata.add(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDPR);
     representation.data = readableMock;
     await store.addResource({ path: `${base}foo/` }, representation);
     expect(fsPromises.mkdir as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'foo/'), { recursive: true });
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
       data: expect.any(Readable),
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(LAST_CHANGED)?.value).toEqual(stats.mtime.toISOString());
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    expect(result.metadata.get(HTTP_LAST_CHANGED)?.value).toEqual(stats.mtime.toISOString());
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toEqualRdfQuadArray(quads);
     expect(fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'foo/'));
     expect(fsPromises.readdir as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'foo/'));
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
     (fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(stats);
 
     // Tests
-    representation.metadata.add(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDPR);
+    representation.metadata.add(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDPR);
     await store.setRepresentation({ path: `${base}alreadyexists.txt` }, representation);
     expect(fs.createWriteStream as jest.Mock).toBeCalledTimes(2);
     expect(fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'alreadyexists.txt'));
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
     await expect(store.setRepresentation({ path: `${base}alreadyexists` }, representation)).rejects
       .toThrow(ConflictHttpError);
     expect(fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'alreadyexists'));
-    representation.metadata.add(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
+    representation.metadata.add(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
     await expect(store.setRepresentation({ path: `${base}alreadyexists/` }, representation)).rejects
       .toThrow(ConflictHttpError);
     expect(fsPromises.access as jest.Mock).toBeCalledTimes(1);
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
     (fsPromises.mkdir as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(true);
 
     // Tests
-    representation.metadata.add(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
+    representation.metadata.add(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
     await store.setRepresentation({ path: `${base}foo/` }, representation);
     expect(fsPromises.mkdir as jest.Mock).toBeCalledTimes(1);
     expect(fsPromises.access as jest.Mock).toBeCalledTimes(1);
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
     (fsPromises.unlink as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(true);
 
     // Tests
-    representation.metadata.add(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDPR);
-    representation.metadata.add(SLUG, 'file.txt');
+    representation.metadata.add(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDPR);
+    representation.metadata.add(HTTP_SLUG, 'file.txt');
     await expect(store.addResource({ path: base }, representation)).rejects.toThrow(Error);
     expect(fs.createWriteStream as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'file.txt.metadata'));
     expect(fs.createWriteStream as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'file.txt'));
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
     (fsPromises.rmdir as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(true);
 
     // Tests
-    representation.metadata.add(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
-    representation.metadata.add(SLUG, 'foo/');
+    representation.metadata.add(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
+    representation.metadata.add(HTTP_SLUG, 'foo/');
     await expect(store.addResource({ path: base }, representation)).rejects.toThrow(Error);
     expect(fsPromises.rmdir as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'foo/'));
   });
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
     (fsPromises.mkdir as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(true);
 
     // Tests
-    representation.metadata.add(SLUG, 'myContainer/');
+    representation.metadata.add(HTTP_SLUG, 'myContainer/');
     const identifier = await store.addResource({ path: base }, representation);
     expect(identifier.path).toBe(`${base}myContainer/`);
     expect(fsPromises.mkdir as jest.Mock).toBeCalledTimes(1);
@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
       data: expect.any(Readable),
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('application/octet-stream');
-    expect(result.metadata.get(LAST_CHANGED)?.value).toEqual(stats.mtime.toISOString());
-    expect(result.metadata.get(BYTE_SIZE)?.value).toEqual(`${stats.size}`);
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('application/octet-stream');
+    expect(result.metadata.get(HTTP_LAST_CHANGED)?.value).toEqual(stats.mtime.toISOString());
+    expect(result.metadata.get(HTTP_BYTE_SIZE)?.value).toEqual(`${stats.size}`);
   });
 
   it('errors when performing a PUT on the root path.', async(): Promise<void> => {
@@ -519,8 +519,8 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
       (fsPromises.mkdir as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(true);
 
       // Tests
-      representation.metadata.add(TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
-      representation.metadata.add(SLUG, 'bar');
+      representation.metadata.add(RDF_TYPE, LINK_TYPE_LDP_BC);
+      representation.metadata.add(HTTP_SLUG, 'bar');
       const identifier = await store.addResource({ path: `${base}foo` }, representation);
       expect(identifier.path).toBe(`${base}foo/bar/`);
       expect(fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, 'foo'));
@@ -552,8 +552,8 @@ describe('A FileResourceStore', (): void => {
       data: expect.any(Readable),
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(LAST_CHANGED)?.value).toEqual(stats.mtime.toISOString());
-    expect(result.metadata.get(BYTE_SIZE)?.value).toEqual(`${stats.size}`);
+    expect(result.metadata.get(HTTP_LAST_CHANGED)?.value).toEqual(stats.mtime.toISOString());
+    expect(result.metadata.get(HTTP_BYTE_SIZE)?.value).toEqual(`${stats.size}`);
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toEqual([ rawData ]);
     expect(fsPromises.lstat as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, name));
     expect(fs.createReadStream as jest.Mock).toBeCalledWith(joinPath(rootFilepath, name));
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.test.ts
index b2f39acef1..3219427914 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.test.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@ import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../../src/ldp/representation/Represen
 import { RepresentationConverter } from '../../../src/storage/conversion/RepresentationConverter';
 import { RepresentationConvertingStore } from '../../../src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore';
 import { ResourceStore } from '../../../src/storage/ResourceStore';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A RepresentationConvertingStore', (): void => {
   let store: RepresentationConvertingStore;
   let source: ResourceStore;
   let handleSafeFn: jest.Mock<Promise<void>, []>;
   let converter: RepresentationConverter;
-  const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-  metadata.add(CONTENT_TYPE, 'text/turtle');
+  const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'text/turtle' });
 
   beforeEach(async(): Promise<void> => {
     source = {
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ describe('A RepresentationConvertingStore', (): void => {
       data: 'data',
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('text/turtle');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('text/turtle');
     expect(source.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(source.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
       { path: 'path' }, { type: [{ value: 'text/*', weight: 0 }, { value: 'text/turtle', weight: 1 }]}, undefined,
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ describe('A RepresentationConvertingStore', (): void => {
       data: 'data',
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('text/turtle');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('text/turtle');
     expect(source.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(source.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
       { path: 'path' }, {}, undefined,
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.test.ts
index 74d461d820..5f8d2956bb 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { ChainedConverter } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/ChainedConv
 import { checkRequest } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil';
 import { RepresentationConverterArgs } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/RepresentationConverter';
 import { TypedRepresentationConverter } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/TypedRepresentationConverter';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 class DummyConverter extends TypedRepresentationConverter {
   private readonly inTypes: { [contentType: string]: number };
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ class DummyConverter extends TypedRepresentationConverter {
   }
 
   public async handle(input: RepresentationConverterArgs): Promise<Representation> {
-    const oldMeta = input.representation.metadata;
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(oldMeta.identifier, oldMeta.quads());
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, input.preferences.type![0].value);
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(input.representation.metadata,
+      { [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: input.preferences.type![0].value });
     return { ...input.representation, metadata };
   }
 }
@@ -52,8 +51,7 @@ describe('A ChainedConverter', (): void => {
     ];
     converter = new ChainedConverter(converters);
 
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, 'text/turtle');
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'text/turtle' });
     representation = { metadata } as Representation;
     preferences = { type: [{ value: 'internal/quads', weight: 1 }]};
     args = { representation, preferences, identifier: { path: 'path' }};
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ describe('A ChainedConverter', (): void => {
   });
 
   it('errors if the start of the chain does not support the representation type.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    representation.metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, 'bad/type');
+    representation.metadata.contentType = 'bad/type';
     await expect(converter.canHandle(args)).rejects.toThrow();
   });
 
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@ describe('A ChainedConverter', (): void => {
     jest.spyOn(converters[2], 'handle');
 
     const result = await converter.handle(args);
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('internal/quads');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('internal/quads');
     expect((converters[0] as any).handle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect((converters[1] as any).handle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect((converters[2] as any).handle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.test.ts
index 76aec3b31b..c46ba2af37 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/Repre
 import { RepresentationPreferences } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationPreferences';
 import { ResourceIdentifier } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/ResourceIdentifier';
 import { checkRequest, matchingTypes } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A ConversionUtil', (): void => {
   const identifier: ResourceIdentifier = { path: 'path' };
@@ -23,21 +22,21 @@ describe('A ConversionUtil', (): void => {
     });
 
     it('requires a matching input type.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-      metadata.add(CONTENT_TYPE, 'a/x');
+      metadata.contentType = 'a/x';
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: [{ value: 'b/x', weight: 1 }]};
       expect((): any => checkRequest({ identifier, representation, preferences }, [ 'c/x' ], [ '*/*' ]))
         .toThrow('Can only convert from c/x to */*.');
     });
 
     it('requires a matching output type.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-      metadata.add(CONTENT_TYPE, 'a/x');
+      metadata.contentType = 'a/x';
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: [{ value: 'b/x', weight: 1 }]};
       expect((): any => checkRequest({ identifier, representation, preferences }, [ '*/*' ], [ 'c/x' ]))
         .toThrow('Can only convert from */* to c/x.');
     });
 
     it('succeeds with a valid input and output type.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-      metadata.add(CONTENT_TYPE, 'a/x');
+      metadata.contentType = 'a/x';
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: [{ value: 'b/x', weight: 1 }]};
       expect(checkRequest({ identifier, representation, preferences }, [ '*/*' ], [ '*/*' ]))
         .toBeUndefined();
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.test.ts
index 06c1d50763..d9d0c3f5e5 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.test.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ import { RepresentationPreferences } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/Re
 import { ResourceIdentifier } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/ResourceIdentifier';
 import { QuadToRdfConverter } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter';
 import { INTERNAL_QUADS } from '../../../../src/util/ContentTypes';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A QuadToRdfConverter', (): void => {
   const converter = new QuadToRdfConverter();
   const identifier: ResourceIdentifier = { path: 'path' };
-  const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-  metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, INTERNAL_QUADS);
+  const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: INTERNAL_QUADS });
 
   it('supports parsing quads.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     await expect(converter.getInputTypes()).resolves.toEqual({ [INTERNAL_QUADS]: 1 });
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ describe('A QuadToRdfConverter', (): void => {
       binary: true,
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('text/turtle');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('text/turtle');
     await expect(stringifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toEqual(
       `<http://test.com/s> <http://test.com/p> <http://test.com/o>.
 `,
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ describe('A QuadToRdfConverter', (): void => {
   });
 
   it('converts quads to JSON-LD.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    metadata.contentType = INTERNAL_QUADS;
     const representation = {
       data: streamifyArray([ triple(
         namedNode('http://test.com/s'),
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ describe('A QuadToRdfConverter', (): void => {
       binary: true,
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('application/ld+json');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('application/ld+json');
     await expect(stringifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toEqual(
       `[
   {
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/conversion/QuadToTurtleConverter.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/conversion/QuadToTurtleConverter.test.ts
index 3f35a535d2..fe70504b84 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/conversion/QuadToTurtleConverter.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/conversion/QuadToTurtleConverter.test.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ import { RepresentationPreferences } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/Re
 import { ResourceIdentifier } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/ResourceIdentifier';
 import { QuadToTurtleConverter } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/QuadToTurtleConverter';
 import { INTERNAL_QUADS } from '../../../../src/util/ContentTypes';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A QuadToTurtleConverter', (): void => {
   const converter = new QuadToTurtleConverter();
   const identifier: ResourceIdentifier = { path: 'path' };
-  const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-  metadata.add(CONTENT_TYPE, INTERNAL_QUADS);
+  const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: INTERNAL_QUADS });
 
   it('can handle quad to turtle conversions.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     const representation = { metadata } as Representation;
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ describe('A QuadToTurtleConverter', (): void => {
       binary: true,
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual('text/turtle');
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual('text/turtle');
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toContain(
       '<http://test.com/s> <http://test.com/p> <http://test.com/o>',
     );
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.test.ts
index a528178d38..c842b0f076 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { ResourceIdentifier } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/ResourceI
 import { RdfToQuadConverter } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter';
 import { INTERNAL_QUADS } from '../../../../src/util/ContentTypes';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../../../src/util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A RdfToQuadConverter.test.ts', (): void => {
   const converter = new RdfToQuadConverter();
@@ -25,24 +25,21 @@ describe('A RdfToQuadConverter.test.ts', (): void => {
   });
 
   it('can handle turtle to quad conversions.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, 'text/turtle');
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'text/turtle' });
     const representation = { metadata } as Representation;
     const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: [{ value: INTERNAL_QUADS, weight: 1 }]};
     await expect(converter.canHandle({ identifier, representation, preferences })).resolves.toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   it('can handle JSON-LD to quad conversions.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, 'application/ld+json');
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'application/ld+json' });
     const representation = { metadata } as Representation;
     const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: [{ value: INTERNAL_QUADS, weight: 1 }]};
     await expect(converter.canHandle({ identifier, representation, preferences })).resolves.toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   it('converts turtle to quads.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, 'text/turtle');
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'text/turtle' });
     const representation = {
       data: streamifyArray([ '<http://test.com/s> <http://test.com/p> <http://test.com/o>.' ]),
       metadata,
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ describe('A RdfToQuadConverter.test.ts', (): void => {
       data: expect.any(Readable),
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toEqualRdfQuadArray([ triple(
       namedNode('http://test.com/s'),
       namedNode('http://test.com/p'),
@@ -63,8 +60,7 @@ describe('A RdfToQuadConverter.test.ts', (): void => {
   });
 
   it('converts JSON-LD to quads.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, 'application/ld+json');
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'application/ld+json' });
     const representation = {
       data: streamifyArray([ '{"@id": "http://test.com/s", "http://test.com/p": { "@id": "http://test.com/o" }}' ]),
       metadata,
@@ -76,7 +72,7 @@ describe('A RdfToQuadConverter.test.ts', (): void => {
       data: expect.any(Readable),
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toEqualRdfQuadArray([ triple(
       namedNode('http://test.com/s'),
       namedNode('http://test.com/p'),
@@ -85,8 +81,7 @@ describe('A RdfToQuadConverter.test.ts', (): void => {
   });
 
   it('throws an UnsupportedHttpError on invalid triple data.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-    metadata.set(CONTENT_TYPE, 'text/turtle');
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'text/turtle' });
     const representation = {
       data: streamifyArray([ '<http://test.com/s> <http://test.com/p> <http://test.co' ]),
       metadata,
@@ -98,7 +93,7 @@ describe('A RdfToQuadConverter.test.ts', (): void => {
       data: expect.any(Readable),
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).rejects.toThrow(UnsupportedHttpError);
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/conversion/TurtleToQuadConverter.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/conversion/TurtleToQuadConverter.test.ts
index 8468f7c8a2..c708248d5f 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/conversion/TurtleToQuadConverter.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/conversion/TurtleToQuadConverter.test.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ import { ResourceIdentifier } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/ResourceI
 import { TurtleToQuadConverter } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/TurtleToQuadConverter';
 import { INTERNAL_QUADS } from '../../../../src/util/ContentTypes';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../../../src/util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A TurtleToQuadConverter', (): void => {
   const converter = new TurtleToQuadConverter();
   const identifier: ResourceIdentifier = { path: 'path' };
-  const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-  metadata.add(CONTENT_TYPE, 'text/turtle');
+  const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'text/turtle' });
 
   it('can handle turtle to quad conversions.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     const representation = { metadata } as Representation;
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ describe('A TurtleToQuadConverter', (): void => {
       data: expect.any(Readable),
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toEqualRdfQuadArray([ triple(
       namedNode('http://test.com/s'),
       namedNode('http://test.com/p'),
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ describe('A TurtleToQuadConverter', (): void => {
       data: expect.any(Readable),
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     });
-    expect(result.metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    expect(result.metadata.contentType).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
     await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).rejects.toThrow(UnsupportedHttpError);
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/patch/SparqlUpdatePatchHandler.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/patch/SparqlUpdatePatchHandler.test.ts
index 84fd7320b1..8d3d96e245 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/patch/SparqlUpdatePatchHandler.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/patch/SparqlUpdatePatchHandler.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { ResourceLocker } from '../../../../src/storage/ResourceLocker';
 import { ResourceStore } from '../../../../src/storage/ResourceStore';
 import { INTERNAL_QUADS } from '../../../../src/util/ContentTypes';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../../../src/util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
-import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 
 describe('A SparqlUpdatePatchHandler', (): void => {
   let handler: SparqlUpdatePatchHandler;
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ describe('A SparqlUpdatePatchHandler', (): void => {
       binary: false,
       metadata: expect.any(RepresentationMetadata),
     }));
-    expect(setParams[1].metadata.get(CONTENT_TYPE)?.value).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
+    expect(setParams[1].metadata.contentType).toEqual(INTERNAL_QUADS);
     await expect(arrayifyStream(setParams[1].data)).resolves.toBeRdfIsomorphic(quads);
   };
 
diff --git a/test/util/TestHelpers.ts b/test/util/TestHelpers.ts
index ad86eb6900..fc1367609a 100644
--- a/test/util/TestHelpers.ts
+++ b/test/util/TestHelpers.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ import { join } from 'path';
 import * as url from 'url';
 import { createResponse, MockResponse } from 'node-mocks-http';
 import streamifyArray from 'streamify-array';
-import { ResourceStore } from '../../index';
+import { RepresentationMetadata, ResourceStore } from '../../index';
 import { PermissionSet } from '../../src/ldp/permissions/PermissionSet';
 import { HttpHandler } from '../../src/server/HttpHandler';
 import { HttpRequest } from '../../src/server/HttpRequest';
+import { MA_CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../src/util/MetadataTypes';
 import { call } from './Util';
 
 export class AclTestHelper {
@@ -49,11 +50,7 @@ export class AclTestHelper {
     const representation = {
       binary: true,
       data: streamifyArray(acl),
-      metadata: {
-        raw: [],
-        profiles: [],
-        contentType: 'text/turtle',
-      },
+      metadata: new RepresentationMetadata({ [MA_CONTENT_TYPE]: 'text/turtle' }),
     };
 
     return this.store.setRepresentation(
diff --git a/tsdoc.json b/tsdoc.json
index 8d4ea8b117..d7ca66faa3 100644
--- a/tsdoc.json
+++ b/tsdoc.json
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
       "syntaxKind": "modifier"
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}