diff --git a/src/main/webapp/datasetFieldForEditFragment.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/datasetFieldForEditFragment.xhtml
index 9733d34f26f..271904e6a31 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/datasetFieldForEditFragment.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/datasetFieldForEditFragment.xhtml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <!-- input text start UPDATE: UI:REMOVE applied due to duplicate ID errors, left code as reference incase test scripts complain -->
     <span id="pre-input-#{dsf.datasetFieldType.name}" class="pre-input-tag"/></ui:remove>
     
-    <p:inputText value="#{dsfv.valueForEdit}" id="inputText" required="#{required}"
+    <p:inputText value="#{dsfv.valueForEdit}" id="inputText" pt:aria-required="#{dsf.required}"
                  styleClass="form-control #{dsfv.datasetField.datasetFieldType.name == 'title' and DatasetPage.editMode == 'CREATE'  ? 'datasetfield-title' : ''}"
                  rendered="#{!dsfv.datasetField.datasetFieldType.controlledVocabulary
                              and (dsfv.datasetField.datasetFieldType.fieldType == 'TEXT'
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                              or dsfv.datasetField.datasetFieldType.fieldType == 'EMAIL')}"/>
     <p:watermark for="inputText" value="#{dsfv.datasetField.datasetFieldType.localeWatermark}"></p:watermark>
 
-    <p:inputTextarea value="#{dsfv.valueForEdit}" id="description" required="#{required}"
+    <p:inputTextarea value="#{dsfv.valueForEdit}" id="description" pt:aria-required="#{dsf.required}"
                      rows="5" cols="60" styleClass="form-control"
                      rendered="#{dsfv.datasetField.datasetFieldType.fieldType == 'TEXTBOX'}"/>
     <p:watermark for="description" value="#{dsfv.datasetField.datasetFieldType.localeWatermark}"></p:watermark>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml
index f72b8f5284d..e8d93e1912e 100755
--- a/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@
                                                                 <ui:include src="datasetFieldForEditFragment.xhtml">
                                                                     <ui:param name="dsfv" value="#{dsfv}"/>
                                                                     <ui:param name="dsfvIndex" value="#{valCount.index}"/>
-                                                                    <ui:param name="required" value="#{dsf.required}"/>
                                                                 </ui:include>
                                                             </div>
                                                             <!-- Add / Remove buttons -->
@@ -153,19 +152,19 @@
                                                     </ui:repeat>
                                                     <ui:fragment rendered="#{dsf.datasetFieldType.controlledVocabulary}">
                                                         <p:selectOneMenu value="#{dsf.singleControlledVocabularyValue}" converter="controlledVocabularyValueConverter" style="width: auto !important; max-width:100%; min-width:200px;" styleClass="form-control primitive"
-                                                                         id="unique1" required="#{dsf.required}" rendered="#{!dsf.datasetFieldType.allowMultiples}">
+                                                                         id="unique1" rendered="#{!dsf.datasetFieldType.allowMultiples}">
                                                             <f:selectItem itemLabel="#{bundle.select}" itemValue="" noSelectionOption="true"/>
                                                             <f:selectItems value="#{dsf.datasetFieldType.controlledVocabularyValues}" var="cvv" itemLabel="#{cvv.localeStrValue}" itemValue="#{cvv}"/>
                                                         </p:selectOneMenu>
                                                         <div class="ui-inputfield form-control select-scroll-block" jsf:rendered="#{dsf.datasetFieldType.allowMultiples}">
                                                             <p:selectManyCheckbox value="#{dsf.controlledVocabularyValues}" converter="controlledVocabularyValueConverter" layout="pageDirection"
-                                                                                  id="unique2" required="#{dsf.required}">
+                                                                                  id="unique2">
                                                                 <f:selectItem itemLabel="#{bundle.select}" class="chkbox-label-margin" itemValue="" noSelectionOption="true"/>
                                                                 <f:selectItems value="#{dsf.datasetFieldType.controlledVocabularyValues}" var="cvv" itemLabel="#{cvv.localeStrValue}" itemValue="#{cvv}"/>
                                                             </p:selectManyCheckbox>
                                                         </div>
-                                                        <div class="alert-danger" jsf:rendered="#{!empty dsf.validationMessage}">
-                                                            <strong>#{dsf.validationMessage}</strong>
+                                                        <div class="ui-message ui-message-error ui-widget ui-corner-all" aria-live="polite" jsf:rendered="#{!empty dsf.validationMessage}">
+                                                            <span class="ui-message-error-detail">#{dsf.validationMessage}</span>
                                                         </div>
                                                     </ui:fragment>
                                                 </div>
@@ -204,24 +203,23 @@
                                                                 <ui:include src="datasetFieldForEditFragment.xhtml">
                                                                     <ui:param name="dsfv" value="#{subdsf.singleValue}"/>
                                                                     <ui:param name="dsfvIndex" value="0"/>
-                                                                    <ui:param name="required" value="#{subdsf.required}"/>
                                                                 </ui:include>
                                                             </ui:fragment>
                                                             <!-- MOVED SELECT ONE TO dataFieldForEdit -->
                                                             <div jsf:rendered="#{subdsf.datasetFieldType.controlledVocabulary}">
                                                                 <p:selectOneMenu value="#{subdsf.singleControlledVocabularyValue}" converter="controlledVocabularyValueConverter" style="width: auto !important; max-width:100%; min-width:200px;"
-                                                                                 required="#{subdsf.required}" rendered="#{!subdsf.datasetFieldType.allowMultiples}">
+                                                                                 rendered="#{!subdsf.datasetFieldType.allowMultiples}">
                                                                     <f:selectItem itemLabel="#{bundle.select}" itemValue="" noSelectionOption="true"/>
                                                                     <f:selectItems value="#{subdsf.datasetFieldType.controlledVocabularyValues}" var="cvv" itemLabel="#{cvv.localeStrValue}" itemValue="#{cvv}" />
                                                                 </p:selectOneMenu>
                                                                 <div class="ui-inputfield form-control select-scroll-block" jsf:rendered="#{subdsf.datasetFieldType.allowMultiples}">
                                                                     <p:selectManyCheckbox value="#{subdsf.controlledVocabularyValues}" converter="controlledVocabularyValueConverter"
-                                                                                          required="#{subdsf.required}" layout="pageDirection">
+                                                                                          layout="pageDirection">
                                                                         <f:selectItems value="#{subdsf.datasetFieldType.controlledVocabularyValues}" var="cvv" itemLabel="#{cvv.localeStrValue}" itemValue="#{cvv}" />
                                                                     </p:selectManyCheckbox>
                                                                 </div>
-                                                                <div class="alert-danger" jsf:rendered="#{!empty subdsf.validationMessage}">
-                                                                    <strong>#{subdsf.validationMessage}</strong>
+                                                                <div class="ui-message ui-message-error ui-widget ui-corner-all" aria-live="polite" jsf:rendered="#{!empty subdsf.validationMessage}">
+                                                                    <span class="ui-message-error-detail">#{subdsf.validationMessage}</span>
                                                                 </div>
                                                             </div>
                                                         </div>