diff --git a/search-commons/src/main/java/no/unit/nva/search/resource/SimplifiedResourceModelMutator.java b/search-commons/src/main/java/no/unit/nva/search/resource/SimplifiedResourceModelMutator.java
index ee48f21da..926db0fbe 100644
--- a/search-commons/src/main/java/no/unit/nva/search/resource/SimplifiedResourceModelMutator.java
+++ b/search-commons/src/main/java/no/unit/nva/search/resource/SimplifiedResourceModelMutator.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 public class SimplifiedResourceModelMutator implements JsonNodeMutator {
 
     public static final String ID = "id";
+    public static final String IDENTIFIER = "identifier";
     public static final String AFFILIATIONS = "affiliations";
     public static final String PUBLICATION_INSTANCE = "publicationInstance";
     public static final String TYPE = "type";
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ public static String path(String... path) {
     public static List<String> getIncludedFields() {
         return List.of(
                 ID,
+                IDENTIFIER,
                 STATUS,
                 CREATED_DATE,
                 MODIFIED_DATE,
@@ -140,7 +142,8 @@ private static PublicationDate mutatePublicationDate(JsonNode source) {
 
     private ResourceSearchResponse transformToDto(JsonNode source) throws IOException {
         return new Builder()
-                .withId(source.path(ID).textValue())
+                .withId(uriFromText(source.path(ID).textValue()))
+                .withIdentifier(source.path(IDENTIFIER).textValue())
                 .withType(
                         source.path(ENTITY_DESCRIPTION)
                                 .path(REFERENCE)
diff --git a/search-commons/src/main/java/no/unit/nva/search/resource/response/ResourceSearchResponse.java b/search-commons/src/main/java/no/unit/nva/search/resource/response/ResourceSearchResponse.java
index e602437dd..af78b994d 100644
--- a/search-commons/src/main/java/no/unit/nva/search/resource/response/ResourceSearchResponse.java
+++ b/search-commons/src/main/java/no/unit/nva/search/resource/response/ResourceSearchResponse.java
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public record ResourceSearchResponse(
-        String id,
+        URI id,
+        String identifier,
         String type,
         OtherIdentifiers otherIdentifiers,
         RecordMetadata recordMetadata,
@@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ public record ResourceSearchResponse(
 
     public static final class Builder {
 
-        private String id;
+        private URI id;
+        private String identifier;
         private String type;
         private OtherIdentifiers otherIdentifiers;
         private RecordMetadata recordMetadata;
@@ -40,11 +43,16 @@ public static Builder aResourceSearchResponse() {
             return new Builder();
         }
 
-        public Builder withId(String id) {
+        public Builder withId(URI id) {
             this.id = id;
             return this;
         }
 
+        public Builder withIdentifier(String identifier) {
+            this.identifier = identifier;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public Builder withType(String type) {
             this.type = type;
             return this;
@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@ public Builder withPublishingDetails(PublishingDetails publishingDetails) {
         public ResourceSearchResponse build() {
             return new ResourceSearchResponse(
                     id,
+                    identifier,
                     type,
                     otherIdentifiers,
                     recordMetadata,
diff --git a/search-handlers/src/test/java/no/unit/nva/search/SearchResource20241201HandlerTest.java b/search-handlers/src/test/java/no/unit/nva/search/SearchResource20241201HandlerTest.java
index 943adce11..f383fad1b 100644
--- a/search-handlers/src/test/java/no/unit/nva/search/SearchResource20241201HandlerTest.java
+++ b/search-handlers/src/test/java/no/unit/nva/search/SearchResource20241201HandlerTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -83,7 +84,10 @@ public void shouldReturnAResponseThatCanBeMappedToModelDto() throws IOException
 
         assertThat(
                 firstHitDto.id(),
-                is(equalTo("http://localhost/publication/f367b260-c15e-4d0f-b197-e1dc0e9eb0e8")));
+                is(
+                        equalTo(
+                                URI.create(
+                                        "http://localhost/publication/f367b260-c15e-4d0f-b197-e1dc0e9eb0e8"))));
     }
 
     private InputStream getInputStream() throws JsonProcessingException {