Return values for inherited attributes the same way we do for properties

lib/active_fedora/attributes.rb

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def [](key)
       if assoc = self.association(key.to_sym)
         # This is for id attributes stored in the rdf graph.
         assoc.reader
-      elsif self.class.properties.key?(key.to_s)
+      elsif self.class.properties.key?(key.to_s) || self.class.attributes_with_defaults.include?(key.to_s)
         # Use the generated method so that single value assetions are single
         self.send(key)
       else
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ def system_attributes
         ['has_model', 'create_date', 'modified_date']
       end
 
+      # From ActiveFedora::FedoraAttributes
+      def attributes_with_defaults
+        ['type', 'rdf_label']
+      end
+
       # Attributes that represent associations to other repository objects
       def association_attributes
         outgoing_reflections.values.map { |reflection| reflection.foreign_key.to_s }

spec/integration/base_spec.rb

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class MockAFBaseRelationship < ActiveFedora::Base
   describe "a saved object" do
     before do
       class Book < ActiveFedora::Base
+        type [::RDF::URI("http://www.example.com/Book")]
         property :title, predicate: ::RDF::DC.title
       end
     end
@@ -133,6 +134,19 @@ class Book < ActiveFedora::Base
         }.to change { ActiveFedora::Base.exists?(obj.id) }.from(true).to(false)
       end
     end
+
+    describe "#type" do
+      subject { obj.type }
+      it { is_expected.to include(::RDF::URI("http://www.example.com/Book")) }
+      context "when adding additional types" do
+        before do
+          t = obj.get_values(:type)
+          t << ::RDF::URI("http://www.example.com/Novel")
+          obj.set_value(:type, t)
+        end
+        it { is_expected.to include(::RDF::URI("http://www.example.com/Novel")) }
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#apply_schema" do

spec/unit/attributes_spec.rb

@@ -513,6 +513,13 @@ class BarHistory4 < ActiveFedora::Base
             expect(subject[:title]).to eq ['test1']
           end
         end
+
+        context "on Fedora attributes" do
+          it "should return values" do
+            expect(subject[:type]).to be_empty
+            expect(subject[:rdf_label]).to contain_exactly("test1")
+          end 
+        end
       end
     end