diff --git a/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/Generator.java b/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/Generator.java
index 907b056..a293d0f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/Generator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/Generator.java
@@ -338,9 +338,9 @@ public void createTriples(MappingDocument mappingDocument) {
 									}
 								}
 								
-								for (String predicate : predicateObjectMap.getPredicates()) {
+								for (Template predicate : predicateObjectMap.getPredicates()) {
 									
-									Property p = resultModel.createProperty(predicate);
+									Property p = resultModel.createProperty(util.fillTemplate(predicate, rs, encodeURLs));
 									
 									if (objectTemplate != null && objectTemplate.getTermType() != TermType.AUTO) {
 										//Literal o = resultModel.createLiteral(u.fillTemplate(predicateObjectMap.getObjectTemplate(), rs));
diff --git a/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/Parser.java b/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/Parser.java
index a489f3a..96c92d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/Parser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/Parser.java
@@ -279,11 +279,20 @@ public ArrayList<PredicateObjectMap> createPredicateObjectMapsForResource(Resour
 	    	PredicateObjectMap predicateObjectMap = new PredicateObjectMap();
 	    	
 	    	NodeIterator iterPredicate = mapModel.listObjectsOfProperty(rnPredicateObject.asResource(), mapModel.getProperty(rrNs + "predicate"));
-	    	ArrayList<String> predicates = new ArrayList<String>();
+	    	ArrayList<Template> predicates = new ArrayList<Template>();
 	    	while (iterPredicate.hasNext()) { //can return more than 1
 		    	RDFNode rnPredicate = iterPredicate.next();
 		    	if (verbose) log.info("Predicate is: " + rnPredicate.asResource().getURI());
-		    	predicates.add(rnPredicate.asResource().getURI());
+				log.info("Found predicate: " + rnPredicate.toString());
+				if (rnPredicate.isLiteral()) {
+					log.info("Adding predicate map constant: " + rnPredicate.asLiteral().toString() + ". Treating it as a template with no fields.");
+					Template template = new Template(rnPredicate.asLiteral(), TermType.LITERAL, baseNs, resultModel);
+					predicates.add(template);
+				} else {
+					log.info("Adding predicate map constant: " + rnPredicate.asNode().toString() + ". Treating it as a template with no fields.");
+					Template template = new Template(rnPredicate.asNode().toString(), TermType.IRI, baseNs, resultModel);
+					predicates.add(template);
+				}
 		    }
 	    	
 	    	NodeIterator iterPredicateMap = mapModel.listObjectsOfProperty(rnPredicateObject.asResource(), mapModel.getProperty(rrNs + "predicateMap"));
@@ -294,14 +303,35 @@ public ArrayList<PredicateObjectMap> createPredicateObjectMapsForResource(Resour
 			    while (iterConstant.hasNext()) {
 			    	RDFNode rnConstant = iterConstant.next();
 
-			    	if (rnConstant.isLiteral()) {
-			    		log.info("Adding predicate map constant literal: " + rnConstant.asNode().toString() + ".");
-		    			predicates.add(rnConstant.asLiteral().getString());
-			    	} else {
-		    			log.info("Adding predicate map constant uri: " + rnConstant.asNode().toString() + ".");
-		    			predicates.add(rnConstant.asResource().getURI());
-			    	}
+					if (rnConstant.isLiteral()) {
+						log.info("Adding predicate map constant: " + rnConstant.asLiteral().toString() + ". Treating it as a template with no fields.");
+						Template template = new Template(rnConstant.asLiteral(), TermType.LITERAL, baseNs, resultModel);
+						predicates.add(template);
+					} else {
+						log.info("Adding predicate map constant: " + rnConstant.asNode().toString() + ". Treating it as a template with no fields.");
+						Template template = new Template(rnConstant.asNode().toString(), TermType.IRI, baseNs, resultModel);
+						predicates.add(template);
+					}
 			    }
+				NodeIterator iterTemplate = mapModel.listObjectsOfProperty(rnPredicateMap.asResource(), mapModel.getProperty(rrNs + "template"));
+				while (iterTemplate.hasNext()) { //should return only 1
+					RDFNode rnTemplate = iterTemplate.next();
+
+					if (rnTemplate.isLiteral()) {
+						log.info("Processing predicate map template: " + rnTemplate.asLiteral().getString());
+						Template template = new Template(rnTemplate.asLiteral(), TermType.LITERAL, baseNs, resultModel);
+						predicates.add(template);
+
+					} else {
+						log.info("Processing predicate map template: " + rnTemplate.asNode().toString());
+						Template template = new Template(rnTemplate.asNode().toString(), TermType.IRI, baseNs, resultModel);
+						predicates.add(template);
+
+					}
+					//predicateObjectMap.setObjectColumn(predicateObjectMap.getObjectTemplate().getFields().get(0));
+					//System.out.println("added objectQuery " + "SELECT " + predicateObjectMap.getObjectTemplate().getFields().get(0) + " FROM " + mappingDocument.findLogicalTableMappingByUri(r.getURI()).getView().getQuery().getTables().get(0).getName());
+					//System.out.println("added objectTemplate " + rnTemplate.asLiteral().toString());
+				}
 		    }
 	    	predicateObjectMap.setPredicates(predicates);
 	    	
diff --git a/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/UtilImpl.java b/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/UtilImpl.java
index 612cedb..99ce497 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/UtilImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/beans/UtilImpl.java
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ public String md5(LogicalTableMapping logicalTableMapping) {
 					s += predicateObjectMap.getObjectColumn();
 				}
 				
-				for (String predicate : predicateObjectMap.getPredicates()) {
-					s += predicate;
+				for (Template predicate : predicateObjectMap.getPredicates()) {
+					s += predicate.getText();
 				}
 				
 				s += predicateObjectMap.getRefObjectMap() != null? predicateObjectMap.getRefObjectMap().getParentTriplesMapUri() : "null";
diff --git a/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/entities/PredicateObjectMap.java b/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/entities/PredicateObjectMap.java
index 126e43c..7d4bd20 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/entities/PredicateObjectMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gr/seab/r2rml/entities/PredicateObjectMap.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class PredicateObjectMap {
 	/**
 	 * The predicate value(s).
 	 */
-	private ArrayList<String> predicates;
+	private ArrayList<Template> predicates;
 	
 	/**
 	 * Holds the template through which the objects will be generated.
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ public PredicateObjectMap() {
 	/**
 	 * @return the predicates
 	 */
-	public ArrayList<String> getPredicates() {
+	public ArrayList<Template> getPredicates() {
 		return predicates;
 	}
 	/**
 	 * @param predicates the predicates to set
 	 */
-	public void setPredicates(ArrayList<String> predicates) {
+	public void setPredicates(ArrayList<Template> predicates) {
 		this.predicates = predicates;
 	}
 	/**