diff --git a/controller.xql b/controller.xql
index e206cad0a..abf2138bc 100644
--- a/controller.xql
+++ b/controller.xql
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ console:log('exist:path: ' || $exist:path)
 ,
 :)
 
+let $if-modified-since := request:get-header("If-Modified-Since")
+return
+    if ($if-modified-since) then
+        request:set-attribute("if-modified-since", $if-modified-since)
+    else
+        (),
+
 if ($exist:path eq '') then
     <dispatch xmlns="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">
         <redirect url="{local:get-uri()}/"/>
diff --git a/modules/app.xqm b/modules/app.xqm
index da32bd4e0..f441b1f10 100644
--- a/modules/app.xqm
+++ b/modules/app.xqm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-xquery version "3.0";
+xquery version "3.1";
 
 module namespace app="http://history.state.gov/ns/site/hsg/templates";
 
@@ -151,6 +151,20 @@ function app:handle-error($node as node(), $model as map(*), $code as xs:int?) {
             ()
 };
 
+declare function app:format-http-date($dateTime as xs:dateTime) as xs:string {
+    $dateTime
+    => adjust-dateTime-to-timezone(xs:dayTimeDuration("PT0H"))
+    => format-dateTime("[FNn,*-3], [D01] [MNn,*-3] [Y0001] [H01]:[m01]:[s01] [Z0000]", "en", (), ())
+};
+
+declare function app:set-last-modified($last-modified as xs:dateTime) {
+    response:set-header("Last-Modified", app:format-http-date($last-modified))
+};
+
+declare function app:set-created($created as xs:dateTime) {
+    response:set-header("Created", app:format-http-date($created))
+};
+
 declare function app:uri($node as node(), $model as map(*)) {
     <code>{request:get-attribute("hsg-shell.path")}</code>
 };
diff --git a/modules/config.xqm b/modules/config.xqm
index 04d41d8ed..bf46f68e5 100644
--- a/modules/config.xqm
+++ b/modules/config.xqm
@@ -115,6 +115,32 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
     map {
         "frus": map {
             "collection": $config:FRUS_VOLUMES_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { 
+                (
+                    xmldb:last-modified($config:FRUS_VOLUMES_COL, $document-id || '.xml'),
+                    (: for volumes that we do not have as TEI yet, fall back on volume metadata :)
+                    xmldb:last-modified($config:FRUS_METADATA_COL, $document-id || '.xml')
+                )[1]
+            },
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) {
+                (
+                    xmldb:last-modified($config:FRUS_VOLUMES_COL, $document-id || '.xml'),
+                    xmldb:last-modified($config:FRUS_METADATA_COL, $document-id || '.xml')
+                )[1]
+            },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { 
+                (
+                    xmldb:created($config:FRUS_VOLUMES_COL, $document-id || '.xml'),
+                    (: for volumes that we do not have as TEI yet, fall back on volume metadata :)
+                    xmldb:created($config:FRUS_METADATA_COL, $document-id || '.xml')
+                )[1]
+            },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {
+                (
+                    xmldb:created($config:FRUS_VOLUMES_COL, $document-id || '.xml'),
+                    xmldb:created($config:FRUS_METADATA_COL, $document-id || '.xml')
+                )[1]
+            },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:FRUS_VOLUMES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { 
                 let $node := doc($config:FRUS_VOLUMES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) 
@@ -155,6 +181,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "buildings": map {
             "collection": $config:BUILDINGS_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:BUILDINGS_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:BUILDINGS_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:BUILDINGS_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:BUILDINGS_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:BUILDINGS_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:BUILDINGS_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/departmenthistory/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
@@ -171,6 +201,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "conferences": map {
             "collection": $config:CONFERENCES_ARTICLES_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:CONFERENCES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:CONFERENCES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:CONFERENCES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:CONFERENCES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:CONFERENCES_ARTICLES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:CONFERENCES_ARTICLES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/conferences/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
@@ -193,7 +227,11 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "countries": map {
             "collection": $config:COUNTRIES_ARTICLES_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:COUNTRIES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:COUNTRIES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:COUNTRIES_ARTICLES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:COUNTRIES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:COUNTRIES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:COUNTRIES_ARTICLES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/countries/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
             "odd": "frus.odd",
@@ -203,6 +241,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "countries-issues": map {
             "collection": $config:COUNTRIES_ISSUES_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:COUNTRIES_ISSUES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:COUNTRIES_ISSUES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:COUNTRIES_ISSUES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:COUNTRIES_ISSUES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:COUNTRIES_ISSUES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:COUNTRIES_ISSUES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/countries/issues/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
@@ -213,6 +255,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "archives": map {
             "collection": $config:ARCHIVES_ARTICLES_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:ARCHIVES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:ARCHIVES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:ARCHIVES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:ARCHIVES_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:ARCHIVES_ARTICLES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:ARCHIVES_ARTICLES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')//tei:body },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/countries/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
@@ -222,6 +268,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "articles": map {
             "collection": $config:FRUS_HISTORY_ARTICLES_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:FRUS_HISTORY_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:FRUS_HISTORY_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:FRUS_HISTORY_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:FRUS_HISTORY_ARTICLES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:FRUS_HISTORY_ARTICLES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:FRUS_HISTORY_ARTICLES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')//tei:body },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/frus-history/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
@@ -240,6 +290,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "people": map {
             "collection": $config:SECRETARY_BIOS_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:SECRETARY_BIOS_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:SECRETARY_BIOS_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:SECRETARY_BIOS_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:SECRETARY_BIOS_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:SECRETARY_BIOS_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:SECRETARY_BIOS_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/departmenthistory/people/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
@@ -285,6 +339,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "milestones": map {
             "collection": $config:MILESTONES_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:MILESTONES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:MILESTONES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:MILESTONES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:MILESTONES_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:MILESTONES_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:MILESTONES_COL|| '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/milestones/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
@@ -295,6 +353,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "short-history": map {
             "collection": $config:SHORT_HISTORY_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:SHORT_HISTORY_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:SHORT_HISTORY_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:SHORT_HISTORY_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:SHORT_HISTORY_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:SHORT_HISTORY_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:SHORT_HISTORY_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/departmenthistory/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
@@ -305,6 +367,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "timeline": map {
             "collection": $config:ADMINISTRATIVE_TIMELINE_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:ADMINISTRATIVE_TIMELINE_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:ADMINISTRATIVE_TIMELINE_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:ADMINISTRATIVE_TIMELINE_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:ADMINISTRATIVE_TIMELINE_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:ADMINISTRATIVE_TIMELINE_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:ADMINISTRATIVE_TIMELINE_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id('chapter_' || $section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/departmenthistory/" || string-join(($document-id, substring-after($section-id, 'chapter_')), '/') },
@@ -316,6 +382,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "faq": map {
             "collection": $config:FAQ_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:FAQ_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:FAQ_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:FAQ_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:FAQ_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:FAQ_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:FAQ_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/about/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
@@ -325,6 +395,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "hac": map {
             "collection": $config:HAC_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:HAC_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:HAC_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:HAC_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:HAC_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:HAC_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:HAC_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/about/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
@@ -334,6 +408,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "education": map {
             "collection": $config:EDUCATION_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:EDUCATION_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:EDUCATION_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:EDUCATION_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:EDUCATION_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:EDUCATION_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:EDUCATION_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/education/modules/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '#') },
@@ -346,6 +424,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "frus-history-monograph": map {
             "collection": $config:FRUS_HISTORY_MONOGRAPH_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:FRUS_HISTORY_MONOGRAPH_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:FRUS_HISTORY_MONOGRAPH_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:FRUS_HISTORY_MONOGRAPH_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:FRUS_HISTORY_MONOGRAPH_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:FRUS_HISTORY_MONOGRAPH_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { 
                 let $target-section-id :=
@@ -392,6 +474,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "vietnam-guide": map {
             "collection": $config:VIETNAM_GUIDE_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:VIETNAM_GUIDE_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:VIETNAM_GUIDE_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:VIETNAM_GUIDE_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:VIETNAM_GUIDE_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:VIETNAM_GUIDE_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:VIETNAM_GUIDE_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/historicaldocuments/" || string-join(($document-id, $section-id), '/') },
@@ -401,6 +487,10 @@ declare variable $config:PUBLICATIONS :=
         },
         "views-from-the-embassy": map {
             "collection": $config:VIEWS_FROM_EMBASSY_COL,
+            "document-last-modified": function($document-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:VIEWS_FROM_EMBASSY_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },  
+            "section-last-modified": function($document-id, $section-id) { xmldb:last-modified($config:VIEWS_FROM_EMBASSY_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "document-created": function($document-id) { xmldb:created($config:VIEWS_FROM_EMBASSY_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
+            "section-created": function($document-id, $section-id) {xmldb:created($config:VIEWS_FROM_EMBASSY_COL, $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-document": function($document-id) { doc($config:VIEWS_FROM_EMBASSY_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml') },
             "select-section": function($document-id, $section-id) { doc($config:VIEWS_FROM_EMBASSY_COL || '/' || $document-id || '.xml')/id($section-id) },
             "html-href": function($document-id, $section-id) { "$app/departmenthistory/wwi" },
diff --git a/modules/pages.xqm b/modules/pages.xqm
index 45182aec7..630286ac3 100644
--- a/modules/pages.xqm
+++ b/modules/pages.xqm
@@ -44,25 +44,83 @@ function pages:load($node as node(), $model as map(*), $publication-id as xs:str
         $section-id as xs:string?, $view as xs:string, $ignore as xs:boolean) {
     let $log := console:log("loading publication-id: " || $publication-id || " document-id: " || $document-id || " section-id: " || $section-id )
 
-    let $content := map {
-        "data":
-            if (exists($publication-id) and exists($document-id)) then
-                pages:load-xml($publication-id, $document-id, $section-id, $view, $ignore)
-            else (),
-        "publication-id": $publication-id,
-        "document-id": $document-id,
-        "section-id": $section-id,
-        "view": $view,
-        "base-path":
-            (: allow for pages that don't have $config:PUBLICATIONS?select-document defined :)
-            if (exists($publication-id) and map:contains(map:get($config:PUBLICATIONS, $publication-id), 'base-path')) then
-                map:get($config:PUBLICATIONS, $publication-id)?base-path($document-id, $section-id)
-            else (),
-        "odd": if (exists($publication-id)) then map:get($config:PUBLICATIONS, $publication-id)?transform else $config:odd-transform-default
-    }
-
+    let $last-modified := 
+        if (exists($publication-id) and exists($document-id)) then
+            pages:last-modified($publication-id, $document-id, $section-id)
+        else 
+            ()
+    let $if-modified-since := try { request:get-attribute("if-modified-since") => parse-ietf-date() } catch * { () }
+    let $should-return-304 := 
+        if (exists($last-modified) and exists($if-modified-since)) then
+            $if-modified-since ge 
+                $last-modified
+                (: For the purpose of comparing the resource's last modified date with the If-Modified-Since
+                 : header supplied by the client, we must truncate any milliseconds from the last modified date.
+                 : This is because HTTP-date is only specific to the second.
+                 : @see https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.3.1 :)
+                => format-dateTime("[Y0001]-[M01]-[D01]T[H01]:[m01]:[s01][Z]")
+                => xs:dateTime()
+        else
+            ()
+    let $created := 
+        if (exists($publication-id) and exists($document-id)) then
+            (: No need to truncate creation date; it'll be serialized in view.xql :)
+            pages:created($publication-id, $document-id, $section-id)
+        else 
+            ()
     return
-        templates:process($node/*, map:merge(($model, $content)))
+        (: if the "If-Modified-Since" header in the client request is later than the 
+         : last-modified date, then halt further processing of the templates and simply
+         : return a 304 response. :)
+        if ($should-return-304) then
+            (
+                response:set-status-code(304),
+                app:set-last-modified($last-modified)
+            )
+        else
+            let $content := map {
+                "data":
+                    if (exists($publication-id) and exists($document-id)) then
+                        pages:load-xml($publication-id, $document-id, $section-id, $view, $ignore)
+                    else (),
+                "publication-id": $publication-id,
+                "document-id": $document-id,
+                "section-id": $section-id,
+                "view": $view,
+                "base-path":
+                    (: allow for pages that do not have $config:PUBLICATIONS?select-document defined :)
+                    (: ... TODO: I do not see any such cases in config:PUBLICATIONS! Check if OK to remove this entry? - JW :)
+                    if (exists($publication-id) and map:contains(map:get($config:PUBLICATIONS, $publication-id), 'base-path')) then
+                        map:get($config:PUBLICATIONS, $publication-id)?base-path($document-id, $section-id)
+                    else (),
+                "odd": if (exists($publication-id)) then map:get($config:PUBLICATIONS, $publication-id)?transform else $config:odd-transform-default
+            }
+        
+            return
+                (
+                    if (exists($last-modified) and exists($created)) then
+                        (
+                            request:set-attribute("hsgshell.last-modified", $last-modified),
+                            request:set-attribute("hsgshell.created", $created)
+                        )
+                    else
+                        (),
+                    templates:process($node/*, map:merge(($model, $content)))
+                )
+};
+
+declare function pages:last-modified($publication-id as xs:string, $document-id as xs:string, $section-id as xs:string?) {
+    if ($section-id) then
+        map:get($config:PUBLICATIONS, $publication-id)?section-last-modified($document-id, $section-id)
+    else
+        map:get($config:PUBLICATIONS, $publication-id)?document-last-modified($document-id)
+};
+
+declare function pages:created($publication-id as xs:string, $document-id as xs:string, $section-id as xs:string?) {
+    if ($section-id) then
+        map:get($config:PUBLICATIONS, $publication-id)?section-created($document-id, $section-id)
+    else
+        map:get($config:PUBLICATIONS, $publication-id)?document-created($document-id)
 };
 
 declare function pages:load-xml($publication-id as xs:string, $document-id as xs:string, $section-id as xs:string?, $view as xs:string) {
diff --git a/modules/view.xql b/modules/view.xql
index b9619292a..a4ec2abd6 100644
--- a/modules/view.xql
+++ b/modules/view.xql
@@ -56,4 +56,16 @@ let $lookup := function($functionName as xs:string, $arity as xs:int) {
  :)
 let $content := request:get-data()
 return
-    templates:apply($content, $lookup, (), $config)
+    (
+        templates:apply($content, $lookup, (), $config),
+        let $last-modified := request:get-attribute("hsgshell.last-modified")
+        let $created := request:get-attribute("hsgshell.created")
+        return
+            if (exists($last-modified) and exists($created)) then
+                (
+                    app:set-last-modified($last-modified),
+                    app:set-created($created)
+                )
+            else
+                ()
+    )
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