diff --git a/Core/Code/Internal/mitkCoreActivator.cpp b/Core/Code/Internal/mitkCoreActivator.cpp
index c141081f03..1611373125 100644
--- a/Core/Code/Internal/mitkCoreActivator.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/Internal/mitkCoreActivator.cpp
@@ -1,461 +1,461 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkCoreActivator.h"
 
 // File IO
 #include <mitkIOUtil.h>
 #include <mitkIOMimeTypes.h>
 #include <Internal/mitkItkImageIO.h>
 #include <Internal/mitkMimeTypeProvider.h>
 #include <Internal/mitkPointSetReaderService.h>
 #include <Internal/mitkPointSetWriterService.h>
 #include <Internal/mitkRawImageFileReader.h>
 #include <Internal/mitkSurfaceStlIO.h>
 #include <Internal/mitkSurfaceVtkLegacyIO.h>
 #include <Internal/mitkSurfaceVtkXmlIO.h>
 #include <Internal/mitkImageVtkXmlIO.h>
 #include <Internal/mitkImageVtkLegacyIO.h>
 
 #include <mitkFileWriter.h>
 #include "mitkLegacyFileWriterService.h"
 #include "mitkDicomSeriesReaderService.h"
 
 #include <itkNiftiImageIO.h>
 #include <itkGDCMImageIO.h>
 
 // Micro Services
 #include <usGetModuleContext.h>
 #include <usModuleInitialization.h>
 #include <usModuleActivator.h>
 #include <usModuleContext.h>
 #include <usModuleSettings.h>
 #include <usModuleEvent.h>
 #include <usModule.h>
 #include <usModuleResource.h>
 #include <usModuleResourceStream.h>
 #include <usServiceTracker.h>
 
 
 void HandleMicroServicesMessages(us::MsgType type, const char* msg)
 {
   switch (type)
   {
   case us::DebugMsg:
     MITK_DEBUG << msg;
     break;
   case us::InfoMsg:
     MITK_INFO << msg;
     break;
   case us::WarningMsg:
     MITK_WARN << msg;
     break;
   case us::ErrorMsg:
     MITK_ERROR << msg;
     break;
   }
 }
 
 void AddMitkAutoLoadPaths(const std::string& programPath)
 {
   us::ModuleSettings::AddAutoLoadPath(programPath);
 #ifdef __APPLE__
   // Walk up three directories since that is where the .dylib files are located
   // for build trees.
   std::string additionalPath = programPath;
   bool addPath = true;
   for(int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
   {
     std::size_t index = additionalPath.find_last_of('/');
     if (index != std::string::npos)
     {
       additionalPath = additionalPath.substr(0, index);
     }
     else
     {
       addPath = false;
       break;
     }
   }
   if (addPath)
   {
     us::ModuleSettings::AddAutoLoadPath(additionalPath);
   }
 #endif
 }
 
 class ShaderRepositoryTracker : public us::ServiceTracker<mitk::IShaderRepository>
 {
 
 public:
 
   ShaderRepositoryTracker()
     : Superclass(us::GetModuleContext())
   {
   }
 
   virtual void Close()
   {
     us::GetModuleContext()->RemoveModuleListener(this, &ShaderRepositoryTracker::HandleModuleEvent);
     Superclass::Close();
   }
 
   virtual void Open()
   {
     us::GetModuleContext()->AddModuleListener(this, &ShaderRepositoryTracker::HandleModuleEvent);
     Superclass::Open();
   }
 
 private:
 
   typedef us::ServiceTracker<mitk::IShaderRepository> Superclass;
 
   TrackedType AddingService(const ServiceReferenceType &reference)
   {
     mitk::IShaderRepository* shaderRepo = Superclass::AddingService(reference);
     if (shaderRepo)
     {
       // Add all existing shaders from modules to the new shader repository.
       // If the shader repository is registered in a modules activator, the
       // GetLoadedModules() function call below will also return the module
       // which is currently registering the repository. The HandleModuleEvent
       // method contains code to avoid double registrations due to a fired
       // ModuleEvent::LOADED event after the activators Load() method finished.
       std::vector<us::Module*> modules = us::ModuleRegistry::GetLoadedModules();
       for (std::vector<us::Module*>::const_iterator iter = modules.begin(),
            endIter = modules.end(); iter != endIter; ++iter)
       {
         this->AddModuleShaderToRepository(*iter, shaderRepo);
       }
 
       m_ShaderRepositories.push_back(shaderRepo);
     }
     return shaderRepo;
   }
 
   void RemovedService(const ServiceReferenceType& /*reference*/, TrackedType tracked)
   {
     m_ShaderRepositories.erase(std::remove(m_ShaderRepositories.begin(), m_ShaderRepositories.end(), tracked),
                                m_ShaderRepositories.end());
   }
 
   void HandleModuleEvent(const us::ModuleEvent moduleEvent)
   {
     if (moduleEvent.GetType() == us::ModuleEvent::LOADED)
     {
       std::vector<mitk::IShaderRepository*> shaderRepos;
       for (std::map<mitk::IShaderRepository*, std::map<long, std::vector<int> > >::const_iterator shaderMapIter = m_ModuleIdToShaderIds.begin(),
            shaderMapEndIter = m_ModuleIdToShaderIds.end(); shaderMapIter != shaderMapEndIter; ++shaderMapIter)
       {
         if (shaderMapIter->second.find(moduleEvent.GetModule()->GetModuleId()) == shaderMapIter->second.end())
         {
           shaderRepos.push_back(shaderMapIter->first);
         }
       }
       AddModuleShadersToRepositories(moduleEvent.GetModule(), shaderRepos);
     }
     else if (moduleEvent.GetType() == us::ModuleEvent::UNLOADED)
     {
       RemoveModuleShadersFromRepositories(moduleEvent.GetModule(), m_ShaderRepositories);
     }
   }
 
   void AddModuleShadersToRepositories(us::Module* module, const std::vector<mitk::IShaderRepository*>& shaderRepos)
   {
     // search and load shader files
     std::vector<us::ModuleResource> shaderResources = module->FindResources("Shaders", "*.xml", true);
     for (std::vector<us::ModuleResource>::iterator i = shaderResources.begin();
          i != shaderResources.end(); ++i)
     {
       if (*i)
       {
         us::ModuleResourceStream rs(*i);
         for (std::vector<mitk::IShaderRepository*>::const_iterator shaderRepoIter = shaderRepos.begin(),
              shaderRepoEndIter = shaderRepos.end(); shaderRepoIter != shaderRepoEndIter; ++shaderRepoIter)
         {
           int id = (*shaderRepoIter)->LoadShader(rs, i->GetBaseName());
           if (id >= 0)
           {
             m_ModuleIdToShaderIds[*shaderRepoIter][module->GetModuleId()].push_back(id);
           }
         }
         rs.seekg(0, std::ios_base::beg);
       }
     }
   }
 
   void AddModuleShaderToRepository(us::Module* module, mitk::IShaderRepository* shaderRepo)
   {
     std::vector<mitk::IShaderRepository*> shaderRepos;
     shaderRepos.push_back(shaderRepo);
     this->AddModuleShadersToRepositories(module, shaderRepos);
   }
 
   void RemoveModuleShadersFromRepositories(us::Module* module,
                                            const std::vector<mitk::IShaderRepository*>& shaderRepos)
   {
     for (std::vector<mitk::IShaderRepository*>::const_iterator shaderRepoIter = shaderRepos.begin(),
          shaderRepoEndIter = shaderRepos.end(); shaderRepoIter != shaderRepoEndIter; ++shaderRepoIter)
     {
       std::map<long, std::vector<int> >& moduleIdToShaderIds = m_ModuleIdToShaderIds[*shaderRepoIter];
       std::map<long, std::vector<int> >::iterator shaderIdsIter =
         moduleIdToShaderIds.find(module->GetModuleId());
       if (shaderIdsIter != moduleIdToShaderIds.end())
       {
         for (std::vector<int>::iterator idIter = shaderIdsIter->second.begin();
              idIter != shaderIdsIter->second.end(); ++idIter)
         {
           (*shaderRepoIter)->UnloadShader(*idIter);
         }
         moduleIdToShaderIds.erase(shaderIdsIter);
       }
     }
   }
 
 private:
 
   // Maps to each shader repository a map containing module ids and related
   // shader registration ids
   std::map<mitk::IShaderRepository*, std::map<long, std::vector<int> > > m_ModuleIdToShaderIds;
   std::vector<mitk::IShaderRepository*> m_ShaderRepositories;
 };
 
 class FixedNiftiImageIO : public itk::NiftiImageIO
 {
 public:
 
   /** Standard class typedefs. */
   typedef FixedNiftiImageIO         Self;
   typedef itk::NiftiImageIO         Superclass;
   typedef itk::SmartPointer< Self > Pointer;
 
   /** Method for creation through the object factory. */
   itkNewMacro(Self)
 
   /** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
   itkTypeMacro(FixedNiftiImageIO, Superclass)
 
   virtual bool SupportsDimension(unsigned long dim)
   {
     return dim > 1 && dim < 5;
   }
 
 };
 
 void MitkCoreActivator::Load(us::ModuleContext* context)
 {
   // Handle messages from CppMicroServices
   us::installMsgHandler(HandleMicroServicesMessages);
 
   this->m_Context = context;
 
   // Add the current application directory to the auto-load paths.
   // This is useful for third-party executables.
   std::string programPath = mitk::IOUtil::GetProgramPath();
   if (programPath.empty())
   {
     MITK_WARN << "Could not get the program path.";
   }
   else
   {
     AddMitkAutoLoadPaths(programPath);
   }
 
   m_ShaderRepositoryTracker.reset(new ShaderRepositoryTracker);
 
   //m_RenderingManager = mitk::RenderingManager::New();
   //context->RegisterService<mitk::RenderingManager>(renderingManager.GetPointer());
   m_PlanePositionManager.reset(new mitk::PlanePositionManagerService);
   context->RegisterService<mitk::PlanePositionManagerService>(m_PlanePositionManager.get());
 
   m_PropertyAliases.reset(new mitk::PropertyAliases);
   context->RegisterService<mitk::IPropertyAliases>(m_PropertyAliases.get());
 
   m_PropertyDescriptions.reset(new mitk::PropertyDescriptions);
   context->RegisterService<mitk::IPropertyDescriptions>(m_PropertyDescriptions.get());
 
   m_PropertyExtensions.reset(new mitk::PropertyExtensions);
   context->RegisterService<mitk::IPropertyExtensions>(m_PropertyExtensions.get());
 
   m_PropertyFilters.reset(new mitk::PropertyFilters);
   context->RegisterService<mitk::IPropertyFilters>(m_PropertyFilters.get());
 
   m_MimeTypeProvider.reset(new mitk::MimeTypeProvider);
   m_MimeTypeProvider->Start();
   m_MimeTypeProviderReg = context->RegisterService<mitk::IMimeTypeProvider>(m_MimeTypeProvider.get());
 
   this->RegisterDefaultMimeTypes();
   this->RegisterItkReaderWriter();
   this->RegisterVtkReaderWriter();
 
   // Add custom Reader / Writer Services
   m_FileReaders.push_back(new mitk::PointSetReaderService());
   m_FileWriters.push_back(new mitk::PointSetWriterService());
   m_FileReaders.push_back(new mitk::DicomSeriesReaderService());
   m_FileReaders.push_back(new mitk::RawImageFileReaderService());
 
   m_ShaderRepositoryTracker->Open();
 
   /*
     There IS an option to exchange ALL vtkTexture instances against vtkNeverTranslucentTextureFactory.
     This code is left here as a reminder, just in case we might need to do that some time.
 
     vtkNeverTranslucentTextureFactory* textureFactory = vtkNeverTranslucentTextureFactory::New();
     vtkObjectFactory::RegisterFactory( textureFactory );
     textureFactory->Delete();
     */
 
   this->RegisterLegacyWriter();
 }
 
 void MitkCoreActivator::Unload(us::ModuleContext* )
 {
   for(std::vector<mitk::IFileReader*>::iterator iter = m_FileReaders.begin(),
       endIter = m_FileReaders.end(); iter != endIter; ++iter)
   {
     delete *iter;
   }
 
   for(std::vector<mitk::IFileWriter*>::iterator iter = m_FileWriters.begin(),
       endIter = m_FileWriters.end(); iter != endIter; ++iter)
   {
     delete *iter;
   }
 
   for(std::vector<mitk::AbstractFileIO*>::iterator iter = m_FileIOs.begin(),
       endIter = m_FileIOs.end(); iter != endIter; ++iter)
   {
     delete *iter;
   }
 
   for(std::vector<mitk::IFileWriter*>::iterator iter = m_LegacyWriters.begin(),
       endIter = m_LegacyWriters.end(); iter != endIter; ++iter)
   {
     delete *iter;
   }
 
   // The mitk::ModuleContext* argument of the Unload() method
   // will always be 0 for the Mitk library. It makes no sense
   // to use it at this stage anyway, since all libraries which
   // know about the module system have already been unloaded.
 
   // we need to close the internal service tracker of the
   // MimeTypeProvider class here. Otherwise it
   // would hold on to the ModuleContext longer than it is
   // actually valid.
   m_MimeTypeProviderReg.Unregister();
   m_MimeTypeProvider->Stop();
 
   for (std::vector<mitk::CustomMimeType*>::const_iterator mimeTypeIter = m_DefaultMimeTypes.begin(),
        iterEnd = m_DefaultMimeTypes.end(); mimeTypeIter != iterEnd; ++mimeTypeIter)
   {
     delete *mimeTypeIter;
   }
 
   m_ShaderRepositoryTracker->Close();
 }
 
 void MitkCoreActivator::RegisterDefaultMimeTypes()
 {
   // Register some default mime-types
 
   std::vector<mitk::CustomMimeType*> mimeTypes = mitk::IOMimeTypes::Get();
   for (std::vector<mitk::CustomMimeType*>::const_iterator mimeTypeIter = mimeTypes.begin(),
        iterEnd = mimeTypes.end(); mimeTypeIter != iterEnd; ++mimeTypeIter)
   {
     m_DefaultMimeTypes.push_back(*mimeTypeIter);
     m_Context->RegisterService(m_DefaultMimeTypes.back());
   }
 }
 
 void MitkCoreActivator::RegisterItkReaderWriter()
 {
   std::list<itk::LightObject::Pointer> allobjects =
     itk::ObjectFactoryBase::CreateAllInstance("itkImageIOBase");
 
   for (std::list<itk::LightObject::Pointer >::iterator i = allobjects.begin(),
        endIter = allobjects.end(); i != endIter; ++i)
   {
     itk::ImageIOBase* io = dynamic_cast<itk::ImageIOBase*>(i->GetPointer());
 
     // NiftiImageIO does not provide a correct "SupportsDimension()" methods
     // and the supported read/write extensions are not ordered correctly
     if (dynamic_cast<itk::NiftiImageIO*>(io)) continue;
 
     // Use a custom mime-type for GDCMImageIO below
     if (dynamic_cast<itk::GDCMImageIO*>(i->GetPointer()))
     {
       // MITK provides its own DICOM reader (which internally uses GDCMImageIO).
       continue;
     }
 
     if (io)
     {
       m_FileIOs.push_back(new mitk::ItkImageIO(io));
     }
     else
     {
       MITK_WARN << "Error ImageIO factory did not return an ImageIOBase: "
                 << ( *i )->GetNameOfClass();
     }
   }
 
   FixedNiftiImageIO::Pointer itkNiftiIO = FixedNiftiImageIO::New();
-  mitk::ItkImageIO* niftiIO = new mitk::ItkImageIO(mitk::CustomMimeType(mitk::IOMimeTypes::NIFTI_MIMETYPE_NAME()),
+  mitk::ItkImageIO* niftiIO = new mitk::ItkImageIO(mitk::IOMimeTypes::NIFTI_MIMETYPE(),
                                                    itkNiftiIO.GetPointer(), 0);
   m_FileIOs.push_back(niftiIO);
 }
 
 void MitkCoreActivator::RegisterVtkReaderWriter()
 {
   m_FileIOs.push_back(new mitk::SurfaceVtkXmlIO());
   m_FileIOs.push_back(new mitk::SurfaceStlIO());
   m_FileIOs.push_back(new mitk::SurfaceVtkLegacyIO());
 
   m_FileIOs.push_back(new mitk::ImageVtkXmlIO());
   m_FileIOs.push_back(new mitk::ImageVtkLegacyIO());
 }
 
 void MitkCoreActivator::RegisterLegacyWriter()
 {
   std::list<itk::LightObject::Pointer> allobjects = itk::ObjectFactoryBase::CreateAllInstance("IOWriter");
 
   for( std::list<itk::LightObject::Pointer>::iterator i = allobjects.begin();
        i != allobjects.end(); ++i)
   {
     mitk::FileWriter::Pointer io = dynamic_cast<mitk::FileWriter*>(i->GetPointer());
     if(io)
     {
       std::string description = std::string("Legacy ") + io->GetNameOfClass() + " Writer";
       mitk::IFileWriter* writer = new mitk::LegacyFileWriterService(io, description);
       m_LegacyWriters.push_back(writer);
     }
     else
     {
       MITK_ERROR << "Error IOWriter override is not of type mitk::FileWriter: "
                  << (*i)->GetNameOfClass()
                  << std::endl;
     }
   }
 }
 
 US_EXPORT_MODULE_ACTIVATOR(MitkCoreActivator)
 
 // Call CppMicroservices initialization code at the end of the file.
 // This especially ensures that VTK object factories have already
 // been registered (VTK initialization code is injected by implicitly
 // include VTK header files at the top of this file).
 US_INITIALIZE_MODULE