diff --git a/dmp-admin/src/app/common/validationTypes.ts b/dmp-admin/src/app/common/validationTypes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..781ff5bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dmp-admin/src/app/common/validationTypes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export enum ValidationTypes {
+    required
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dmp-admin/src/app/dataset-profile-form/compositefield-form/compositefield-form.component.html b/dmp-admin/src/app/dataset-profile-form/compositefield-form/compositefield-form.component.html
index fafa278d7..7424f1e1c 100644
--- a/dmp-admin/src/app/dataset-profile-form/compositefield-form/compositefield-form.component.html
+++ b/dmp-admin/src/app/dataset-profile-form/compositefield-form/compositefield-form.component.html
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
                         <input data-toggle="tooltip" title="tooltip on second input!" type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="title">
                     </div>
                     <div class="form-group col-md-4">
-                        <label>description</label>
+                        <label>Description</label>
                         <input type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="description">
                     </div>
                     <div class="form-group col-md-4">
-                        <label>extendedDescription</label>
+                        <label>ExtendedDescription</label>
                         <input type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="extendedDescription">
                     </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/dmp-admin/src/app/dataset-profile-form/field-form/field-form.component.html b/dmp-admin/src/app/dataset-profile-form/field-form/field-form.component.html
index 3a3db98a7..ec7d0517d 100644
--- a/dmp-admin/src/app/dataset-profile-form/field-form/field-form.component.html
+++ b/dmp-admin/src/app/dataset-profile-form/field-form/field-form.component.html
@@ -32,18 +32,6 @@
             <div *ngSwitchCase="'radiobox'">
                 <radiobox-component [form]="form" [dataModel]="dataModel"></radiobox-component>
             </div>
-            <div *ngSwitchCase="'freetext'">
-                <freetext-component [form]="form" [dataModel]="dataModel"></freetext-component>
-            </div>
-            <div *ngSwitchCase="'textarea'">
-                <textarea-component [form]="form" [dataModel]="dataModel"></textarea-component>
-            </div>
-            <div *ngSwitchCase="'booleanDecision'">
-                <booleanDecision-component [form]="form" [dataModel]="dataModel"></booleanDecision-component>
-            </div>
-            <div *ngSwitchCase="'checkbox'">
-                <checkbox-component [form]="form" [dataModel]="dataModel"></checkbox-component>
-            </div>
         </div>
         <!-- <div class="row">
             <div class="form-group col-md-6">
@@ -75,11 +63,17 @@
                 <input type="number" class="form-control" formControlName="ordinal">
             </div>
             <div formGroupName="defaultValue">
-                <div class="form-group col-md-4">
+                <div class="form-group col-md-5">
                     <label>Default Value</label>
                     <input type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="value">
                 </div>
             </div>
+            <div class="form-group col-md-5">
+                <label>Validation</label>
+                <select class="form-control" formControlName="validation">
+                    <option value="required">Required Field</option>
+                </select>
+            </div>
         </div>
     </div>
     <label *ngIf="showMultiplicity">
diff --git a/dmp-admin/src/app/models/DataSetProfile/Field.ts b/dmp-admin/src/app/models/DataSetProfile/Field.ts
index 9b10791cc..6e731f22c 100644
--- a/dmp-admin/src/app/models/DataSetProfile/Field.ts
+++ b/dmp-admin/src/app/models/DataSetProfile/Field.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {Multiplicity} from './Multiplicity';
 import {DefaultValue} from './DefaultValue';
 import {ViewStyle} from './ViewStyle';
 import {Visibility} from './Visibility';
+import { ValidationTypes } from 'app/common/validationTypes';
 
 export class Field extends BaseModel implements Serializable<Field>,FormGenerator<FormGroup>{
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export class Field extends BaseModel implements Serializable<Field>,FormGenerato
     public ordinal: number;
     public visible: Visibility = new Visibility();
     public data:DataField<any>;
+    public validation: ValidationTypes;
 
     fromJSONObject(item:any):Field{
         this.id = item.id;
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ export class Field extends BaseModel implements Serializable<Field>,FormGenerato
         this.page = item.page;
        // this.multiplicity =  new JsonSerializer<Multiplicity>().fromJSONObject(item.multiplicity, Multiplicity);
         this.ordinal = item.ordinal;
+        this.validation = item.validation;
         this.viewStyle = new JsonSerializer<ViewStyle>().fromJSONObject(item.viewStyle, ViewStyle);
         this.visible = new JsonSerializer<Visibility>().fromJSONObject(item.visible, Visibility);
         if(item.data) {
@@ -50,7 +53,8 @@ export class Field extends BaseModel implements Serializable<Field>,FormGenerato
             id: [this.id],
             title: [this.title],            
             page:[this.page] ,
-            ordinal:[this.ordinal]
+            ordinal:[this.ordinal],
+            validation:[this.validation]
         });