diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Dynamics/PropertyResult.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Dynamics/PropertyResult.cs
index 59d3a0f247..4b6f83c1d2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Dynamics/PropertyResult.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Dynamics/PropertyResult.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using System.Web;
 
@@ -43,5 +44,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Dynamics
             var value = Value;
 			return value == null ? string.Empty : value.ToString();
         }
+
+        // see notes in IPublishedProperty
+        [Obsolete("Use PropertyTypeAlias.", true)]
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public string Alias { get { return PropertyTypeAlias; } }
+        [Obsolete]
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public Guid Version { get { return Guid.Empty; } }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/IPublishedProperty.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/IPublishedProperty.cs
index f6afa1f05e..6a93bc85ec 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/IPublishedProperty.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/IPublishedProperty.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a property of an <c>IPublishedContent</c>.
     /// </summary>
-	public interface IPublishedProperty
+	public interface IPublishedProperty : IPublishedContentProperty
 	{
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the alias of the property.
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
         /// <para>It can be null, or any type of CLR object.</para>
         /// <para>It has been fully prepared and processed by the appropriate converter.</para>
         /// </remarks>
-        object Value { get; }
+        new object Value { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the XPath value of the property.
@@ -57,4 +60,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
         /// </remarks>
         object XPathValue { get; }
 	}
+
+    // had to re-introduce that one for backward-compatibility reasons
+    [Obsolete("Use IPublishedProperty.", false)]
+    [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+    public interface IPublishedContentProperty
+	{
+		string Alias { get; }
+		object Value { get; }
+		Guid Version { get; }
+	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedPropertyBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedPropertyBase.cs
index b841b85212..06c3dfbfa9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedPropertyBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedPropertyBase.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent
 {
@@ -27,5 +28,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent
         public abstract object DataValue { get; }
         public abstract object Value { get; }
         public abstract object XPathValue { get; }
+
+        // see notes in IPublishedProperty
+        [Obsolete("Use PropertyTypeAlias.", true)]
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public string Alias { get { return PropertyTypeAlias; } }
+        [Obsolete]
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public Guid Version { get { return Guid.Empty; } }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/PublishedContentTestElements.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/PublishedContentTestElements.cs
index be357c4c03..04414f9e99 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/PublishedContentTestElements.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/PublishedContentTestElements.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
@@ -231,6 +232,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PublishedContent
         public object Value { get; set; }
         public bool HasValue { get; set; }
         public object XPathValue { get; set; }
+
+        // see notes in IPublishedProperty
+        [Obsolete("Use PropertyTypeAlias.", true)]
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public string Alias { get { return PropertyTypeAlias; } }
+        [Obsolete]
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public Guid Version { get { return Guid.Empty; } }
     }
 
     [PublishedContentModel("ContentType2")]
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentPropertyExtension.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentPropertyExtension.cs
index ee4dd83e57..54a77ddd0c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentPropertyExtension.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentPropertyExtension.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Umbraco.Core;
+using System;
+using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Web.PropertyEditors;
 
@@ -57,5 +58,27 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         }
 
         #endregion
+
+        #region IPublishedContentProperty.GetValue<T>
+
+        // see notes in IPublishedProperty
+
+        public static T GetValue<T>(this IPublishedContentProperty property)
+        {
+            var property2 = property as IPublishedProperty;
+            if (property2 == null) // should never happen
+                throw new ArgumentException("Not an IPublishedProperty.", "property");
+            return property2.GetValue(false, default(T));
+        }
+
+        public static T GetValue<T>(this IPublishedContentProperty property, T defaultValue)
+        {
+            var property2 = property as IPublishedProperty;
+            if (property2 == null) // should never happen
+                throw new ArgumentException("Not an IPublishedProperty.", "property");
+            return property2.GetValue(true, defaultValue);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
     }
 }