diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/app/admin/adm.ttl b/src/main/resources/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/app/admin/adm.ttl
index 548326de8..fb9e8e010 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/app/admin/adm.ttl
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/app/admin/adm.ttl
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ owl:Ontology spin:constructor [
             owl:versionInfo "1.0-SNAPSHOT" .
     }
     WHERE {}"""
-    ] ;
+    ] .
 #    spin:constraint :MissingRDFSLabel .
-    ldh:template :OntologyClassView .
+
+rdfs:isDefinedBy ldh:inverseBlock :OntologyClassView .
 
 :OntologyClassView a ldh:View ;
     dct:title "Ontology classes" ;
@@ -215,8 +216,9 @@ acl:Authorization spin:constructor [
     [
         a ldh:MissingPropertyValue ;
         sp:arg1 acl:mode
-    ] ;
-    ldh:template :AuthorizationAgentView .
+    ] .
+
+acl:agent ldh:block :AuthorizationAgentView .
 
 :AuthorizationAgentView a ldh:View ;
     dct:title "Authorization agents" ;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/ldh.ttl b/src/main/resources/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/ldh.ttl
index 00fd5770b..e999c90b9 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/ldh.ttl
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/ldh.ttl
@@ -91,9 +91,18 @@
     rdfs:label "Series variable name" ;
     rdfs:isDefinedBy : .
 
-:template a owl:ObjectProperty ;
-    rdfs:domain rdfs:Class ;
-    rdfs:label "Class-level content block" ;
+:block a owl:ObjectProperty ;
+    rdfs:domain rdf:Property ;
+    rdfs:range :View ;
+    rdfs:label "Property block" ;
+    rdfs:comment "Attaches a view block to a property for forward relationships ($about property ?value)" ;
+    rdfs:isDefinedBy : .
+
+:inverseBlock a owl:ObjectProperty ;
+    rdfs:domain rdf:Property ;
+    rdfs:range :View ;
+    rdfs:label "Inverse property block" ;
+    rdfs:comment "Attaches a view block to a property for inverse relationships (?value property $about)" ;
     rdfs:isDefinedBy : .
 
 # CLASSES
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/linkeddatahub/packages/skos/ns.ttl b/src/main/resources/com/linkeddatahub/packages/skos/ns.ttl
index e97dbd5b3..ca443ad62 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/linkeddatahub/packages/skos/ns.ttl
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/linkeddatahub/packages/skos/ns.ttl
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 # Concept
 
 skos:Concept spin:constructor :ConceptConstructor ;
-    spin:constraint :MissingPrefLabel ;
-    ldh:template :NarrowerConcepts .
+    spin:constraint :MissingPrefLabel .
 
 :ConceptConstructor a ldh:Constructor ;
     rdfs:label "Concept constructor" ;
@@ -37,6 +36,8 @@ skos:Concept spin:constructor :ConceptConstructor ;
 
 # narrower
 
+skos:narrower ldh:block :NarrowerConcepts .
+
 :NarrowerConcepts a ldh:View ;
     dct:title "Narrower concepts" ;
     spin:query :SelectNarrowerConcepts ;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ ORDER BY ?prefLabel
 
 # broader
 
-skos:Concept ldh:template :BroaderConcepts.
+skos:broader ldh:block :BroaderConcepts .
 
 :BroaderConcepts a ldh:View ;
     dct:title "Broader concepts" ;
@@ -94,8 +95,7 @@ ORDER BY ?prefLabel
 # Collection
 
 skos:Collection spin:constructor :CollectionConstructor ;
-    spin:constraint :MissingPrefLabel ;
-    ldh:template :CollectionMembers.
+    spin:constraint :MissingPrefLabel .
 
 :CollectionConstructor a ldh:Constructor ;
     rdfs:label "Collection constructor" ;
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ skos:Collection spin:constructor :CollectionConstructor ;
         WHERE {}""" ;
     rdfs:isDefinedBy : .
 
+skos:member ldh:block :CollectionMembers .
+
 :CollectionMembers a ldh:View ;
     dct:title "Collection members" ;
     spin:query :SelectCollectionMembers ;
@@ -138,8 +140,7 @@ ORDER BY ?prefLabel
 
 # ConceptScheme
 
-skos:ConceptScheme spin:constructor :ConceptSchemeConstructor ;
-    ldh:template :ConceptsInScheme.
+skos:ConceptScheme spin:constructor :ConceptSchemeConstructor .
 
 :ConceptSchemeConstructor a ldh:Constructor ;
     rdfs:label "Concept scheme constructor" ;
@@ -156,6 +157,8 @@ skos:ConceptScheme spin:constructor :ConceptSchemeConstructor ;
         WHERE {}""" ;
     rdfs:isDefinedBy : .
 
+skos:inScheme ldh:inverseBlock :ConceptsInScheme .
+
 :ConceptsInScheme a ldh:View ;
     dct:title "Concepts in scheme" ;
     spin:query :SelectConceptsInScheme ;
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/block.xsl b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/block.xsl
index 1cb4c8f1b..1060d7ba2 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/block.xsl
+++ b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/block.xsl
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ exclude-result-prefixes="#all"
         <xsl:variable name="offset-x-treshold" select="120" as="xs:double"/>
         <xsl:variable name="offset-y-treshold" select="20" as="xs:double"/>
         
-        <!-- there might be multiple .row-block-controls in a block if the main block is followed by blocks rendered from ldh:template -->
+        <!-- there might be multiple .row-block-controls in a block if the main block is followed by blocks rendered from ldh:block -->
         <xsl:variable name="row-block-controls" select="key('elements-by-class', 'row-block-controls', .)[1]" as="element()"/>
         <xsl:variable name="btn-edit" select="key('elements-by-class', 'btn-edit', $row-block-controls)" as="element()"/>
         <!-- check that the mouse is on the top edge and show the block controls if they're not already shown -->
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/layout.xsl b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/layout.xsl
index b879ab199..fc8e0e666 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/layout.xsl
+++ b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/layout.xsl
@@ -119,11 +119,9 @@ exclude-result-prefixes="#all">
     <xsl:param name="google:clientID" as="xs:string?"/>
     <xsl:param name="orcid:clientID" as="xs:string?"/>
     <xsl:param name="doc-types" select="key('resources', ac:absolute-path(ldh:base-uri(.)))/rdf:type/@rdf:resource[ . = ('&def;Root', '&dh;Container', '&dh;Item')]" as="xs:anyURI*"/>
-    <!-- take care not to load unnecessary documents over HTTP when $doc-types is empty -->
-    <xsl:param name="template-block-uris" select="if (exists($doc-types)) then (if (doc-available(resolve-uri('ns?query=ASK%20%7B%7D', $ldt:base))) then (ldh:query-result(resolve-uri('ns', $ldt:base), $template-query || ' VALUES $Type { ' || string-join(for $type in $doc-types return '&lt;' || $type || '&gt;', ' ') || ' }')//srx:binding[@name = 'block']/srx:uri/xs:anyURI(.)) else ()) else ()" as="xs:anyURI*"/>
     <xsl:param name="block-uris" select="key('resources', ac:absolute-path(ldh:base-uri(.)))/rdf:*[starts-with(local-name(), '_')]/@rdf:resource" as="xs:anyURI*"/>
-    <!-- document has content when there are are content sequence properties or template-declared class-level blocks exist -->
-    <xsl:param name="has-content" select="exists($block-uris) or exists($template-block-uris)" as="xs:boolean"/>
+    <!-- document has content when there are content sequence properties -->
+    <xsl:param name="has-content" select="exists($block-uris)" as="xs:boolean"/>
     <xsl:param name="ac:mode" select="if ($has-content) then xs:anyURI('&ldh;ContentMode') else xs:anyURI('&ac;ReadMode')" as="xs:anyURI*"/>
     <xsl:param name="location-mapping" as="map(xs:anyURI, xs:anyURI)">
         <xsl:map>
@@ -177,17 +175,37 @@ LIMIT   100
         ]]>
     </xsl:variable>
     <xsl:variable name="app-request-uri" select="ac:build-uri(resolve-uri('sparql', $ldt:base), map{ 'query': $app-query })" as="xs:anyURI"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="template-query" as="xs:string">
+    <xsl:variable name="forward-block-query" as="xs:string">
         <![CDATA[
+            PREFIX  rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
             PREFIX  ldh:  <https://w3id.org/atomgraph/linkeddatahub#>
 
-            SELECT  *
+            SELECT DISTINCT ?block
             WHERE
               {
-                $Type  ldh:template  ?block
+                ?property  ldh:block  ?block .
+                  { ?property  rdfs:domain  $domain }
+                UNION
+                  { ?property  rdfs:subPropertyOf+/rdfs:domain  $domain }
               }
         ]]>
-        <!-- VALUES $Type goes here -->
+        <!-- VALUES $domain goes here -->
+    </xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="inverse-block-query" as="xs:string">
+        <![CDATA[
+            PREFIX  rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
+            PREFIX  ldh:  <https://w3id.org/atomgraph/linkeddatahub#>
+
+            SELECT DISTINCT ?block
+            WHERE
+              {
+                ?property  ldh:inverseBlock  ?block .
+                  { ?property  rdfs:range  $range }
+                UNION
+                  { ?property  rdfs:subPropertyOf+/rdfs:range  $range }
+              }
+        ]]>
+        <!-- VALUES $range goes here -->
     </xsl:variable>
     <xsl:variable name="constraint-query" as="xs:string">
         <![CDATA[
@@ -875,17 +893,10 @@ LIMIT   100
                 <!-- error responses always rendered in bs2:Row mode, no matter what $ac:mode specifies -->
                 <xsl:when test="key('resources-by-type', '&http;Response') and not(key('resources-by-type', '&spin;ConstraintViolation')) and not(key('resources-by-type', '&sh;ValidationResult'))">
                     <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="bs2:Row">
-                        <xsl:with-param name="template-query" select="$template-query" tunnel="yes"/>
                         <xsl:sort select="ac:label(.)"/>
                     </xsl:apply-templates>
                 </xsl:when>
                 <xsl:when test="$ac:mode = '&ldh;ContentMode'">
-                    <xsl:for-each select="$template-block-uris">
-                        <xsl:if test="doc-available(ac:document-uri(.))">
-                            <xsl:apply-templates select="key('resources', ., document(ac:document-uri(.)))" mode="bs2:Row"/>
-                        </xsl:if>
-                    </xsl:for-each>
-
                     <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="ldh:ContentList"/>
                 </xsl:when>
                 <xsl:when test="$ac:mode = '&ac;MapMode'">
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/resource.xsl b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/resource.xsl
index dfa0b2d41..efb67f99f 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/resource.xsl
+++ b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/resource.xsl
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ extension-element-prefixes="ixsl"
     <!-- hide instances of system classes -->
     <xsl:template match="*[not($ldh:renderSystemResources)][@rdf:about = ac:absolute-path(ldh:base-uri(.)) and rdf:type/@rdf:resource = ('&def;Root', '&dh;Container', '&dh;Item')]" mode="bs2:Row" priority="1" use-when="system-property('xsl:product-name') = 'SAXON'"/>
 
-    <!-- overriding template used to inject ldh:template blocks (server-side only) -->
+    <!-- overriding template used to inject ldh:block blocks (server-side only) -->
     <xsl:template match="*[*][@rdf:about][not(rdf:type/@rdf:resource = '&http;Response')] | *[*][@rdf:nodeID][not(rdf:type/@rdf:resource = '&http;Response')]" mode="bs2:Row" priority="0.7" use-when="system-property('xsl:product-name') = 'SAXON'">
         <!-- TO-DO: use ldh:request-uri() to resolve URIs server-side -->
         <xsl:param name="id" select="if (contains(@rdf:about, ac:absolute-path(ldh:base-uri(.)) || '#')) then substring-after(@rdf:about, ac:absolute-path(ldh:base-uri(.)) || '#') else generate-id()" as="xs:string?"/>
@@ -618,8 +618,12 @@ extension-element-prefixes="ixsl"
         <xsl:param name="typeof" select="rdf:type/@rdf:resource/xs:anyURI(.)" as="xs:anyURI*"/>
         <xsl:param name="mode" as="xs:anyURI?"/>
         <xsl:param name="style" as="xs:string?"/>
-        <!-- take care not to load unnecessary documents over HTTP when $typeof is empty -->
-        <xsl:variable name="block-values" select="if (exists($typeof)) then (if (doc-available(resolve-uri('ns?query=ASK%20%7B%7D', $ldt:base))) then (ldh:query-result(resolve-uri('ns', $ldt:base), $template-query || ' VALUES $Type { ' || string-join(for $type in $typeof return '&lt;' || $type || '&gt;', ' ') || ' }')//srx:binding[@name = 'block']/srx:uri/xs:anyURI(.)) else ()) else ()" as="xs:anyURI*" use-when="system-property('xsl:product-name') = 'SAXON'"/>
+        <!-- query ontology for forward blocks where rdfs:domain matches instance types (check direct domain and inherited via rdfs:subPropertyOf) -->
+        <xsl:variable name="forward-block-values" select="if (exists($typeof) and doc-available(resolve-uri('ns?query=ASK%20%7B%7D', $ldt:base))) then ldh:query-result(resolve-uri('ns', $ldt:base), $forward-block-query || ' VALUES $domain { ' || string-join(for $type in $typeof return '&lt;' || $type || '&gt;', ' ') || ' }')//srx:binding[@name = 'block']/srx:uri/xs:anyURI(.) else ()" as="xs:anyURI*" use-when="system-property('xsl:product-name') = 'SAXON'"/>
+        <!-- query ontology for inverse blocks where rdfs:range matches instance types (check direct range and inherited via rdfs:subPropertyOf) -->
+        <xsl:variable name="inverse-block-values" select="if (exists($typeof) and doc-available(resolve-uri('ns?query=ASK%20%7B%7D', $ldt:base))) then ldh:query-result(resolve-uri('ns', $ldt:base), $inverse-block-query || ' VALUES $range { ' || string-join(for $type in $typeof return '&lt;' || $type || '&gt;', ' ') || ' }')//srx:binding[@name = 'block']/srx:uri/xs:anyURI(.) else ()" as="xs:anyURI*" use-when="system-property('xsl:product-name') = 'SAXON'"/>
+        <!-- combine both forward and inverse blocks -->
+        <xsl:variable name="block-values" select="($forward-block-values, $inverse-block-values)" as="xs:anyURI*" use-when="system-property('xsl:product-name') = 'SAXON'"/>
 
         <xsl:choose>
             <xsl:when test="exists($block-values)">
@@ -652,7 +656,7 @@ extension-element-prefixes="ixsl"
                         </xsl:next-match>
 
                         <xsl:variable name="base-uri" select="ac:absolute-path(ldh:base-uri(.))" as="xs:anyURI"/>
-                        <!-- render contents attached to the types of this resource using ldh:template -->
+                        <!-- render blocks applicable to this resource's types (forward blocks via rdfs:domain, inverse blocks via rdfs:range) -->
                         <xsl:for-each select="$block-values" use-when="system-property('xsl:product-name') = 'SAXON'">
                             <xsl:if test="doc-available(ac:document-uri(.))">
                                 <xsl:variable name="id" select="'id' || ac:uuid()" as="xs:string"/>