diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/builders/ModelBuilder.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/builders/ModelBuilder.java
index 90b1b806e..31c4727b2 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/builders/ModelBuilder.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/builders/ModelBuilder.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public class ModelBuilder {
         if (type.equals("checkBox")) return (FieldData<U>) new CheckBoxData().fromData(data);
         if (type.equals("freetext")) return (FieldData<U>) new FreeTextData().fromData(data);
         if (type.equals("textarea")) return (FieldData<U>) new TextAreaData().fromData(data);
+        if (type.equals("richTextarea")) return (FieldData<U>) new RichTextAreaData().fromData(data);
         if (type.equals("datePicker")) return (FieldData<U>) new DatePickerData().fromData(data);
         if (type.equals("externalDatasets")) return (FieldData<U>) new ExternalDatasetsData().fromData(data);
         if (type.equals("dataRepositories")) return (FieldData<U>) new DataRepositoriesData().fromData(data);
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ public class ModelBuilder {
         if (type.equals("checkBox")) return (FieldData<U>) new CheckBoxData().fromData(data);
         if (type.equals("freetext")) return (FieldData<U>) new FreeTextData().fromData(data);
         if (type.equals("textarea")) return (FieldData<U>) new TextAreaData().fromData(data);
+        if (type.equals("richTextarea")) return (FieldData<U>) new RichTextAreaData().fromData(data);
         if (type.equals("datePicker")) return (FieldData<U>) new DatePickerData().fromData(data);
         if (type.equals("externalDatasets")) return (FieldData<U>) new ExternalDatasetsData().fromData(data);
         if (type.equals("dataRepositories")) return (FieldData<U>) new DataRepositoriesData().fromData(data);
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java
index 974cfc015..334921e2a 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ public class ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile {
                     case CHECK_BOX:
                     case FREE_TEXT:
                     case TEXT_AREA:
+                    case RICH_TEXT_AREA:
                     case DATE_PICKER:
                     case DATASET_IDENTIFIER:
                     case CURRENCY:
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/ViewStyle.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/ViewStyle.java
index f7dba3eb2..96181212a 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/ViewStyle.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/ViewStyle.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class ViewStyle {
         CHECK_BOX("checkBox"),
         FREE_TEXT("freetext"),
         TEXT_AREA("textarea"),
+        RICH_TEXT_AREA("richTextarea"),
         DATE_PICKER("datePicker"),
         EXTERNAL_DATASETS("externalDatasets"),
         DATA_REPOSITORIES("dataRepositories"),
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/datafield/RichTextAreaData.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/datafield/RichTextAreaData.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f787079e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/datafield/RichTextAreaData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package eu.eudat.models.data.components.commons.datafield;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+
+public class RichTextAreaData extends FieldData<RichTextAreaData> {
+    @Override
+    public RichTextAreaData fromData(Object data) {
+        if (data != null) {
+            this.setLabel(((Map<String, String>) data).get("label"));
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object toData() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Element toXml(Document doc) {
+        Element root = doc.createElement("data");
+        root.setAttribute("label", this.getLabel());
+        return root;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RichTextAreaData fromXml(Element item) {
+        this.setLabel(item.getAttribute("label"));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, Object> toMap(Element item) {
+        HashMap dataMap = new HashMap();
+        dataMap.put("label", item != null ? item.getAttribute("label") : "");
+        return dataMap;
+    }
+}