Index: rave-portal-resources/src/main/webapp/static/script/rave.js
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--- rave-portal-resources/src/main/webapp/static/script/rave.js	(revision 1370376)
+++ rave-portal-resources/src/main/webapp/static/script/rave.js	(working copy)
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
     // variable to store whether or not some
     // UI actions should be propagated back to the server
     var pageEditor = true;
+    var pageViewer = {
+        username: "Unknown",
+        id:-1
+    };
+    var pageOwner = {
+        username: "Unknown",
+        id:-1
+    };
 
     var onWidgetsInitializedHandlers = [];
     var onProvidersInitializedHandlers = [];
@@ -1074,6 +1082,22 @@
         return context;
     }
 
+    function setPageViewer(viewer) {
+        pageViewer = viewer;
+    }
+
+    function getPageViewer(){
+        return pageViewer;
+    }
+
+    function setPageOwner(owner){
+        pageOwner = owner;
+    }
+
+    function getPageOwner(){
+        return pageOwner;
+    }
+
     function getRegionWidgetById(regionWidgetId) {
         return widgetByIdMap[regionWidgetId];
     }
@@ -1264,6 +1288,30 @@
         getContext:getContext,
 
         /**
+         * Sets the authenticated page viewer for the Rave web application
+         *
+         * @param viewer an object representing the authenticated user viewing the page {username:"bob", id:"1"}
+         */
+        setPageViewer:setPageViewer,
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the current viewer
+         */
+        getPageViewer:getPageViewer,
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the owner of the current page
+         *
+         * @param owner an object representing the owner of the page
+         */
+        setPageOwner:setPageOwner,
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the page owner
+         */
+        getPageOwner:getPageOwner,
+
+        /**
          * Gets a regionwidget by region widget id
          */
         getRegionWidgetById:getRegionWidgetById,
Index: rave-portal-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/views/personProfile.jsp
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--- rave-portal-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/views/personProfile.jsp	(revision 1370376)
+++ rave-portal-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/views/personProfile.jsp	(working copy)
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@
             rave.initUI();
             rave.layout.init();
             rave.personprofile.init();
+            rave.setPageOwner({
+                username: "${userProfile.username}",
+                id: "${userProfile.id}"
+            });
         });
     </script>
 </portal:register-init-script>
Index: rave-portal-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/tags/rave_js.tag
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--- rave-portal-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/tags/rave_js.tag	(revision 1370376)
+++ rave-portal-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/tags/rave_js.tag	(working copy)
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 --%>
 <%@ include file="/WEB-INF/jsp/includes/taglibs.jsp" %>
-<portal:render-script location="${'BEFORE_LIB'}" />
-<rave:third_party_js />
-<portal:render-script location="${'AFTER_LIB'}" />
+<portal:render-script location="${'BEFORE_LIB'}"/>
+<rave:third_party_js/>
+<portal:render-script location="${'AFTER_LIB'}"/>
 <%-- local rave scripts --%>
-<portal:render-script location="${'BEFORE_RAVE'}" />
+<portal:render-script location="${'BEFORE_RAVE'}"/>
 <%-- check to see if the javaScriptDebugMode is on, if so render the individual JS files, otherwise render the minified single file --%>
 <c:choose>
     <c:when test="${not empty portalSettings and not empty portalSettings['javaScriptDebugMode'] and portalSettings['javaScriptDebugMode'].value == '0'}">
@@ -41,8 +41,14 @@
     </c:otherwise>
 </c:choose>
 <script src="<spring:url value="/app/messagebundle/rave_client_messages.js"/>"></script>
-<portal:render-script location="${'AFTER_RAVE'}" />
+<portal:render-script location="${'AFTER_RAVE'}"/>
 <%-- common javascript to execute on all pages --%>
 <script>
     rave.setContext("<spring:url value="/app/" />");
+    <sec:authorize access="isAuthenticated()">
+        <sec:authentication property="principal.username" scope="request" var="username"/>
+        <sec:authentication property="principal.id" scope="request" var="id"/>
+        rave.setPageViewer({username:"${username}",
+            id:"${id}"});
+    </sec:authorize>
 </script>