diff --git a/classes/OccurrenceDataset.php b/classes/OccurrenceDataset.php
index 89792ea9d2..a5d3354ae0 100644
--- a/classes/OccurrenceDataset.php
+++ b/classes/OccurrenceDataset.php
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 <?php
-include_once($SERVER_ROOT.'/config/dbconnection.php');
-include_once($SERVER_ROOT.'/classes/DwcArchiverCore.php');
+include_once($SERVER_ROOT.'/classes/Manager.php');
 
-class OccurrenceDataset {
+class OccurrenceDataset extends Manager {
 
 	private $conn;
 	private $collArr = array();
@@ -10,34 +9,26 @@ class OccurrenceDataset {
 	private $errorArr = array();
 
 	public function __construct($type = 'write'){
-		$this->conn = MySQLiConnectionFactory::getCon($type);
+		parent::__construct(null, $type);
 	}
 
 	public function __destruct(){
-		if(!($this->conn === null)) $this->conn->close();
+		parent::__destruct();
 	}
 
-  public function getPublicDatasets(){
-    // Tests if field `category` exists in table
-    $sqlFields = 'SHOW COLUMNS FROM omoccurdatasets LIKE "category"';
-    $fields = $this->conn->query($sqlFields);
-    $catExists = $fields->num_rows?TRUE:FALSE;
-    $fields->free();
-    $retArr = array();
-    $sql = '';
-    if ($catExists) {
-      $sql = 'SELECT datasetid, category, name, notes, description, uid, sortsequence, initialtimestamp, ispublic FROM omoccurdatasets WHERE ispublic=1 ORDER BY category,name';
-
-    } else {
-      $sql = 'SELECT datasetid, name, notes, description, uid, sortsequence, initialtimestamp, ispublic FROM omoccurdatasets WHERE ispublic=1 ORDER BY name';
-    }
-    $rs = $this->conn->query($sql);
-    while($r = $rs->fetch_assoc()){
-      $retArr[] = $r;
-    }
-    $rs->free();
-    return $retArr;
-  }
+	public function getPublicDatasets(){
+		$retArr = array();
+		$sql = 'SELECT datasetID, category, name, notes, description, uid, sortSequence, initialTimestamp, ispublic FROM omoccurdatasets WHERE ispublic=1 ORDER BY category, name';
+		if($rs = $this->conn->query($sql)){
+			while($r = $rs->fetch_object()){
+				$category = 0;
+				if($r->category) $category = $this->cleanOutStr($r->category);
+				$retArr[$category][$r->datasetID] = $this->cleanOutArray($r);
+			}
+			$rs->free();
+		}
+		return $retArr;
+	}
 
 	public function getPublicDatasetMetadata($dsid){
 		$retArr = array();
@@ -71,7 +62,7 @@ public function getDatasetMetadata($dsid){
 				$retArr['uid'] = $r->uid;
 				$retArr['sort'] = $r->sortsequence;
 				$retArr['ts'] = $r->initialtimestamp;
-        $retArr['ispublic'] = $r->ispublic;
+				$retArr['ispublic'] = $r->ispublic;
 			}
 			$rs->free();
 			//Get roles for current user
diff --git a/collections/datasets/index.php b/collections/datasets/index.php
index 1d315d6d2c..85bd02f522 100644
--- a/collections/datasets/index.php
+++ b/collections/datasets/index.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 				menubar: '',
 				toolbar: ['undo redo | bold italic underline | link | alignleft aligncenter alignright | formatselect | bullist numlist | indent outdent | blockquote | image'],
 				branding: false,
-        		default_link_target: "_blank",
+						default_link_target: "_blank",
 				paste_as_text: true
 			});
 		</script>
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function validateAddForm(f){
 		?>
 		<div>
 		<div style="float:right;margin:10px;" title="<?php echo (isset($LANG['CRT_NEW_DAT']) ? $LANG['CRT_NEW_DAT'] : 'Create New Dataset') ?>" >
-	 		<a href="#" onclick="toggle('adddiv');return false;"><img src="../../images/add.png"  style="width:1.5em;" alt="<?php echo (isset($LANG['ADD_BUTTON']) ? $LANG['ADD_BUTTON'] : 'Add Button') ?>"/> </a>
+	 		<a href="#" onclick="toggle('adddiv');return false;"><img src="../../images/add.png"	style="width:1.5em;" alt="<?php echo (isset($LANG['ADD_BUTTON']) ? $LANG['ADD_BUTTON'] : 'Add Button') ?>"/> </a>
 		</div>
 		<h1 class="page-heading"> <?php echo (isset($LANG['OCC_DAT_MNG']) ? $LANG['OCC_DAT_MNG'] : 'Occurrence Dataset Manager') ?> </h1>
 		<div> <?php echo (isset($LANG['TOOL_DESCR']) ? $LANG['TOOL_DESCR'] : 'These tools will allow you to define and manage dataset profiles. Once a profile is created, you can link occurrence records via the occurrence search and display pages.') ?> </div>
@@ -131,20 +131,20 @@ function validateAddForm(f){
 						<p><b> <?php echo (isset($LANG['NAME']) ? $LANG['NAME'] : 'Name') ?> </b></p>
 						<input name="name" type="text" style="width:90%" />
 					</div>
-          <div>
-            <p>
-              <input type="checkbox" name="ispublic" id="ispublic" value="1" />
-            <b> <?php echo (isset($LANG['PUB_VIS']) ? $LANG['PUB_VIS'] : 'Publicly Visible') ?> </b>
-            </p>
-          </div>
+					<div>
+						<p>
+							<input type="checkbox" name="ispublic" id="ispublic" value="1" />
+						<b> <?php echo (isset($LANG['PUB_VIS']) ? $LANG['PUB_VIS'] : 'Publicly Visible') ?> </b>
+						</p>
+					</div>
 					<div>
 						<p><b> <?php echo (isset($LANG['NOTES']) ? $LANG['NOTES'] : 'Notes (Internal usage, not displayed publicly)') ?></b></p>
 						<input name="notes" type="text" style="width:90%;" />
 					</div>
-          <div>
-            <p><b> <?php echo (isset($LANG['DESCR']) ? $LANG['DESCR'] : 'Description (Displayed publicly)') ?> </b> </p>
-            <textarea name="description" id="description" cols="100" rows="10"></textarea>
-          </div>
+					<div>
+						<p><b> <?php echo (isset($LANG['DESCR']) ? $LANG['DESCR'] : 'Description (Displayed publicly)') ?> </b> </p>
+						<textarea name="description" id="description" cols="100" rows="10"></textarea>
+					</div>
 					<div style="margin:15px">
 						<button name="submitaction" type="submit" value="createNewDataset"> <?php echo (isset($LANG['CRT_NEW_DAT']) ? $LANG['CRT_NEW_DAT'] : 'Create New Dataset') ?> </button>
 					</div>
diff --git a/collections/datasets/publiclist.php b/collections/datasets/publiclist.php
index 62ae4c146f..659ec9b1ad 100644
--- a/collections/datasets/publiclist.php
+++ b/collections/datasets/publiclist.php
@@ -5,55 +5,38 @@
 header('Content-Type: text/html; charset='.$CHARSET);
 
 $datasetManager = new OccurrenceDataset();
-$dArr = $datasetManager->getPublicDatasets();
 ?>
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="<?php echo $LANG_TAG ?>">
 	<head>
-		<title>Public Datasets List</title>
+		<title><?= $LANG['PUB_DAT_LIST'] ?></title>
 		<?php
 		include_once($SERVER_ROOT.'/includes/head.php');
 		?>
 	</head>
 	<body>
 		<?php
-		$displayLeftMenu = true;
 		include($SERVER_ROOT.'/includes/header.php');
 		?>
 		<div class="navpath">
-			<a href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($CLIENT_ROOT, ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 | ENT_SUBSTITUTE); ?>/index.php"> <?php echo htmlspecialchars($LANG['H_HOME'], ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 | ENT_SUBSTITUTE) ?> </a> &gt;&gt;
-			<b> <?php echo htmlspecialchars($LANG['PUB_DAT_LIST'], ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 | ENT_SUBSTITUTE) ?> </b>
+			<a href="<?= $CLIENT_ROOT ?>/index.php"> <?= $LANG['H_HOME'] ?> </a> &gt;&gt;
+			<b> <?= $LANG['PUB_DAT_LIST'] ?> </b>
 		</div>
 		<!-- This is inner text! -->
 		<div role="main" id="innertext">
-			<h1 class="page-heading"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($LANG['PUB_DAT_LIST'], ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 | ENT_SUBSTITUTE) ?></h1>
+			<h1 class="page-heading"><?= $LANG['PUB_DAT_LIST'] ?></h1>
 			<ul>
 				<?php
-				if($dArr){
-					$catArr = array();
-					// Creates categories array
-					foreach($dArr as $row) {
-						if (array_key_exists('category', $row)) {
-							($row['category']) ? array_push($catArr, $row['category']) : array_push($catArr, NULL);
-						}
-						else {
-							echo '<li><a href="public.php?datasetid=' . htmlspecialchars($row['datasetid'], ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 | ENT_SUBSTITUTE) . '">' . htmlspecialchars($row['name'], ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 | ENT_SUBSTITUTE) . '</a></li>';
-						}
-					}
-					if (count($catArr) > 1) {
-						$catArr = array_unique($catArr);
-						foreach($catArr as $cat) {
-							echo ($cat) ? '<h3>'.$cat.'</h3>' : '';
-							foreach($dArr as $row){
-								if ($cat === $row['category']) {
-									echo '<li><a href="public.php?datasetid=' . htmlspecialchars($row['datasetid'], ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 | ENT_SUBSTITUTE) . '">' . htmlspecialchars($row['name'], ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 | ENT_SUBSTITUTE) . '</a></li>';
-								}
-							}
+				if($datasetArr = $datasetManager->getPublicDatasets()){
+					foreach($datasetArr as $category => $categoryArr) {
+						if($category) echo '<h3>' . $category . '</h3>';
+						foreach($categoryArr as $dsID => $dsObject){
+							echo '<li><a href="public.php?datasetid=' . $dsID . '">' . $dsObject->name . '</a></li>';
 						}
 					}
-					else {
-						echo '<li><a href="public.php?datasetid=' . htmlspecialchars($row['datasetid'], ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 | ENT_SUBSTITUTE) . '">' . htmlspecialchars($row['name'], ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 | ENT_SUBSTITUTE) . '</a></li>';
-					}
+				}
+				else{
+					echo $LANG['NO_DATASETS'];
 				}
 				?>
 			</ul>
diff --git a/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.en.php b/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.en.php
index f87b923a16..351ed5a706 100644
--- a/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.en.php
+++ b/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.en.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ------------------
 */
 
-$LANG['PUB_DAT_LIST'] = 'Public Datasets List'; 
-
+$LANG['HOME'] = 'Home';
+$LANG['PUB_DAT_LIST'] = 'Public Datasets List';
+$LANG['NO_DATASETS'] = 'There are no public datasets';
 ?>
diff --git a/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.es.php b/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.es.php
index 8f07613cd5..67b2be68ad 100644
--- a/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.es.php
+++ b/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.es.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ------------------
 */
 
+$LANG['HOME'] = 'Inicio';
 $LANG['PUB_DAT_LIST'] = 'Lista de conjuntos de datos públicos';
-
+$LANG['NO_DATASETS'] = 'No hay conjuntos de datos';
 ?>
diff --git a/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.fr.php b/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.fr.php
index 18823154cd..6a533f916b 100644
--- a/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.fr.php
+++ b/content/lang/collections/datasets/publiclist.fr.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ------------------
 */
 
+$LANG['HOME'] = 'Accueil';
 $LANG['PUB_DAT_LIST'] = 'Liste des ensembles de données publics';
-
+$LANG['NO_DATASETS'] = "Il n'y a pas d'ensembles de données publics";
 ?>