diff --git a/src/Midgard/CreatePHP/Metadata/RdfTypeFactory.php b/src/Midgard/CreatePHP/Metadata/RdfTypeFactory.php
index 3af3315..b3a66fa 100644
--- a/src/Midgard/CreatePHP/Metadata/RdfTypeFactory.php
+++ b/src/Midgard/CreatePHP/Metadata/RdfTypeFactory.php
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ class RdfTypeFactory
     /**
      * @var RdfMapperInterface
      */
-    private $mapper;
+    private $defaultMapper;
+
+    /**
+     * @var RdfMapperInterface[]
+     */
+    private $mappers;
 
     /**
      * @var RdfDriverInterface
@@ -33,18 +38,21 @@ class RdfTypeFactory
     private $loadedTypes = array();
 
     /**
-     * @param RdfMapperInterface $mapper the mapper to use in this project
+     * @param RdfMapperInterface $defaultMapper the default mapper to use if there is no specific one
+     * @param RdfDriverInterface $driver the driver to load types from
+     * @param RdfMapperInterface[] $mappers rdf mappers per type name
      */
-    public function __construct(RdfMapperInterface $mapper, RdfDriverInterface $driver)
+    public function __construct(RdfMapperInterface $defaultMapper, RdfDriverInterface $driver, $mappers = array())
     {
-        $this->mapper = $mapper;
+        $this->defaultMapper = $defaultMapper;
         $this->driver = $driver;
+        $this->mappers = $mappers;
     }
 
     public function getTypeByObject($object)
     {
         return $this->getTypeByName(
-            $this->driver->objectToName($object, $this->mapper)
+            $this->driver->objectToName($object, $this->defaultMapper)
         );
     }
 
@@ -58,7 +66,8 @@ public function getTypeByObject($object)
     public function getTypeByName($name)
     {
         if (!isset($this->loadedTypes[$name])) {
-            $this->loadedTypes[$name] = $this->driver->loadType($name, $this->mapper, $this);
+            $mapper = $this->getMapper($name);
+            $this->loadedTypes[$name] = $this->driver->loadType($name, $mapper, $this);
         }
 
         // TODO: combine types from parent models...
@@ -66,6 +75,18 @@ public function getTypeByName($name)
         return $this->loadedTypes[$name];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the mapper for type $name, or the defaultMapper if there is no specific mapper.
+     *
+     * @param string $name the type name for which to get the mapper
+     *
+     * @return RdfMapperInterface
+     */
+    protected function getMapper($name)
+    {
+        return isset($this->mappers[$name]) ? $this->mappers[$name] : $this->defaultMapper;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the type information by (full) RDF name
      *
diff --git a/src/Midgard/CreatePHP/RestService.php b/src/Midgard/CreatePHP/RestService.php
index f295cb3..66242d3 100644
--- a/src/Midgard/CreatePHP/RestService.php
+++ b/src/Midgard/CreatePHP/RestService.php
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ class RestService
     const HTTP_PUT = 'put';
     const HTTP_DELETE = 'delete';
 
-    /**
-     * The mapper object
-     *
-     * @var RdfMapperInterface
-     */
-    protected $_mapper;
-
     /**
      * Custom workflows for post, put, delete or get
      *
@@ -132,7 +125,7 @@ public function run($data, TypeInterface $type, $subject = null, $method = null)
                 $subject = $_GET["subject"];
             }
             // TODO: workflows should expect subject rather than instance
-            $object = $this->_mapper->getBySubject($subject);
+            $object = $type->getMapper()->getBySubject($subject);
             return $this->_workflows[$method]->run($object);
         }
 
@@ -170,12 +163,12 @@ private function _handleCreate($received_data, TypeInterface $type)
             $about = $received_data[$this->jsonldEncode($rdf)];
 
             if (! empty($about)) {
-                $parent = $this->_mapper->getBySubject($this->jsonldDecode(current($about)));
+                $parent = $type->getMapper()->getBySubject($this->jsonldDecode(current($about)));
                 break;
             }
         }
 
-        $object = $this->_mapper->prepareObject($type, $parent);
+        $object = $type->getMapper()->prepareObject($type, $parent);
         $entity = $type->createWithObject($object);
 
         return $this->_storeData($received_data, $entity);
@@ -189,7 +182,7 @@ private function _handleUpdate($data, TypeInterface $type, $subject = null)
         if (null === $subject) {
             $subject = $this->jsonldDecode($data['@subject']);
         }
-        $object = $this->_mapper->getBySubject($subject);
+        $object = $type->getMapper()->getBySubject($subject);
         $entity = $type->createWithObject($object);
         return $this->_storeData($data, $entity);
     }
@@ -208,12 +201,11 @@ private function _storeData($new_values, EntityInterface $entity)
             $expanded_name = $this->_expandPropertyName($rdf_name, $entity);
 
             if (array_key_exists($expanded_name, $new_values)) {
-                $object = $this->_mapper->setPropertyValue($object, $node, $new_values[$expanded_name]);
+                $object = $entity->getMapper()->setPropertyValue($object, $node, $new_values[$expanded_name]);
             }
         }
 
-        if ($this->_mapper->store($entity))
-        {
+        if ($entity->getMapper()->store($entity)) {
             return $this->_convertToJsonld($new_values, $object, $entity);
         }
 
@@ -225,7 +217,7 @@ private function _convertToJsonld($data, $object, EntityInterface $entity)
         // lazy: copy stuff from the sent json-ld to not have to rebuild everything.
         $jsonld = $data;
 
-        $jsonld['@subject'] = $this->jsonldEncode($this->_mapper->createSubject($object));
+        $jsonld['@subject'] = $this->jsonldEncode($entity->getMapper()->createSubject($object));
         foreach ($entity->getChildDefinitions() as $node) {
             if (!$node instanceof PropertyInterface) {
                 continue;
@@ -236,7 +228,7 @@ private function _convertToJsonld($data, $object, EntityInterface $entity)
             $expanded_name = $this->_expandPropertyName($rdf_name, $entity);
 
             if (array_key_exists($expanded_name, $jsonld)) {
-                $jsonld[$expanded_name] = $this->_mapper->getPropertyValue($object, $node);
+                $jsonld[$expanded_name] = $entity->getMapper()->getPropertyValue($object, $node);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Test/Midgard/CreatePHP/RestServiceTest.php b/tests/Test/Midgard/CreatePHP/RestServiceTest.php
index 55b10a8..7bb3cfb 100644
--- a/tests/Test/Midgard/CreatePHP/RestServiceTest.php
+++ b/tests/Test/Midgard/CreatePHP/RestServiceTest.php
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ public function setUp()
             ->method('getChildDefinitions')
             ->will($this->returnValue(array('title' => $this->property, 'children' => $this->collection)))
         ;
+        $this->type->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getMapper')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($this->mapper))
+        ;
 
         $this->child_type->expects($this->any())
             ->method('getVocabularies')
@@ -98,6 +102,10 @@ public function setUp()
             ->method('getVocabularies')
             ->will($this->returnValue(array('dcterms' => 'http://purl.org/dc/terms/')))
         ;
+        $this->entity->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getMapper')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($this->mapper))
+        ;
         $this->property->expects($this->any())
             ->method('getProperty')
             ->will($this->returnValue('dcterms:title'))