diff -r 6ab14a1afb65 -r 9cb215e833b0 cubicweb/web/request.py
--- a/cubicweb/web/request.py	Thu Oct 06 12:15:50 2016 +0200
+++ b/cubicweb/web/request.py	Sat Oct 01 11:56:27 2016 +0200
@@ -1008,7 +1008,8 @@
             self._ = self.__ = text_type
             self.pgettext = lambda x, y: text_type(y)
 
-    entity_metas = _cnx_func('entity_metas')
+    entity_metas = _cnx_func('entity_metas')  # XXX deprecated
+    entity_type = _cnx_func('entity_type')
     source_defs = _cnx_func('source_defs')
     get_shared_data = _cnx_func('get_shared_data')
     set_shared_data = _cnx_func('set_shared_data')