diff --git a/docs/source/configuration.rst b/docs/source/configuration.rst
index 6f8e3f3ac..cfb72ce13 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/source/configuration.rst
@@ -667,6 +667,45 @@ templates using dataset level templating. To learn more about Jinja2 templates,
       context:
         - datetime: https://schema.org/DateTime
 
+Injecting verbatim JSON-LD contexts
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Sometimes it is desirable to override pygeoapi's default handling of JSON and JSON-LD resources
+so that the provided ``context`` entries inside ``linked-data`` are injected into the objects
+exactly as provided.
+
+This behavior can be enabled by setting ``inject_verbatim_context`` to ``true`` inside
+the Linked Data configuration for the resource:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    linked-data:
+      context:
+        - https://example.com/my-context.jsonld
+      inject_verbatim_context: true
+
+With ``inject_verbatim_context`` enabled, both JSON and JSON-LD item resources will have
+a ``@context`` property with the provided linked data context entries, and no JSON-LD
+manipulation will be performed by pygeoapi.
+
+Additionally, some semantically enabled resources may provide their own ``@id`` (i.e., URI) value,
+which may be different from the one used by pygeoapi. The ``replace_id_field`` setting
+inside ``linked-data`` can be used to instruct pygeoapi to override a given property
+in the object with its own item URL:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    linked-data:
+      context:
+        - https://example.com/my-context.jsonld
+      inject_verbatim_context: true
+      replace_id_field: id
+
+In the example above, the ``id`` field will be overwritten with the item URL on
+the pygeoapi service.
+
+.. Important::
+    ``inject_verbatim_context`` must be enabled for ``replace_id_field`` to work.
 
 Validating the configuration
 ----------------------------
diff --git a/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py b/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py
index a1e1bda16..e6a5e6cf8 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py
@@ -956,6 +956,11 @@ def get_collection_item(api: API, request: APIRequest,
     # locale (or fallback default locale)
     l10n.set_response_language(headers, prv_locale, request.locale)
 
+    config_dataset = api.config['resources'][dataset]
+    linked_data = config_dataset.get('linked-data')
+    if linked_data:
+        content['linked_data'] = linked_data
+
     if request.format == F_HTML:  # render
         tpl_config = api.get_dataset_templates(dataset)
         content['title'] = l10n.translate(collections[dataset]['title'],
@@ -973,7 +978,12 @@ def get_collection_item(api: API, request: APIRequest,
                                      content, request.locale)
         return headers, HTTPStatus.OK, content
 
-    elif request.format == F_JSONLD:
+    elif request.format == F_JSONLD or (
+            request.format == F_JSON
+            and linked_data
+            and all(linked_data.get(k)
+                    for k in ('context', 'inject_verbatim_context'))
+      ):
         content = geojson2jsonld(
             api, content, dataset, uri, (p.uri_field or 'id')
         )
diff --git a/pygeoapi/api/stac.py b/pygeoapi/api/stac.py
index 37dfbedc9..b9565512d 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/api/stac.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/api/stac.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 )
 from pygeoapi.util import (
     filter_dict_by_key_value, get_current_datetime, get_provider_by_type,
-    render_j2_template, to_json
+    render_j2_template, to_json, get_base_url
 )
 
 from . import APIRequest, API, FORMAT_TYPES, F_JSON, F_HTML
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ def get_stac_path(api: API, request: APIRequest,
         content['links'].extend(
             stac_collections[dataset].get('links', []))
 
+        linked_data = api.config['resources'][dataset].get('linked-data')
+        content['linked_data'] = linked_data
+
         if request.format == F_HTML:  # render
             content['path'] = path
             if 'assets' in content:  # item view
@@ -227,6 +230,18 @@ def get_stac_path(api: API, request: APIRequest,
 
             return headers, HTTPStatus.OK, content
 
+        elif (linked_data
+                and all(linked_data.get(k)
+                        for k in ('context', 'inject_verbatim_context'))):
+            content = {
+                '@context': linked_data['context'],
+                **content
+            }
+            if replace_id_field := linked_data.get('replace_id_field'):
+                content[replace_id_field] = (f"{get_base_url(api.config)}"
+                                             f"/stac/{path}")
+                pass
+
         return headers, HTTPStatus.OK, to_json(content, api.pretty_print)
 
     else:  # send back file
diff --git a/pygeoapi/linked_data.py b/pygeoapi/linked_data.py
index 4b0edb1d1..8365e515d 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/linked_data.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/linked_data.py
@@ -195,59 +195,71 @@ def geojson2jsonld(cls, data: dict, dataset: str,
     context = linked_data.get('context', []).copy()
     templates = cls.get_dataset_templates(dataset)
 
-    defaultVocabulary = {
-        'schema': 'https://schema.org/',
-        'gsp': 'http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#',
-        'type': '@type'
-    }
-
-    if identifier:
-        # Expand properties block
-        data.update(data.pop('properties'))
-
-        # Include multiple geometry encodings
-        if (data.get('geometry') is not None):
-            jsonldify_geometry(data)
-
-        data['@id'] = identifier
-
+    if (identifier and context
+            and linked_data.get('inject_verbatim_context', False)):
+        ldjsonData = {
+            '@context': context,
+            **data
+        }
+        if replace_id_field := linked_data.get('replace_id_field'):
+            ldjsonData[replace_id_field] = identifier
     else:
-        # Collection of jsonld
-        defaultVocabulary.update({
-            'features': 'schema:itemListElement',
-            'FeatureCollection': 'schema:itemList'
-        })
-
-        ds_url = url_join(cls.get_collections_url(), dataset)
-        data['@id'] = ds_url
-
-        for i, feature in enumerate(data['features']):
-            # Get URI for each feature
-            identifier_ = feature.get(id_field,
-                                      feature['properties'].get(id_field, ''))
-            if not is_url(str(identifier_)):
-                identifier_ = f"{ds_url}/items/{feature['id']}"  # noqa
 
-            # Include multiple geometry encodings
-            if feature.get('geometry') is not None:
-                jsonldify_geometry(feature)
-
-            data['features'][i] = {
-                '@id': identifier_,
-                'type': 'schema:Place',
-                **feature.pop('properties'),
-                **feature
-            }
-
-    if data.get('timeStamp', False):
-        data['https://schema.org/sdDatePublished'] = data.pop('timeStamp')
+        defaultVocabulary = {
+            'schema': 'https://schema.org/',
+            'gsp': 'http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#',
+            'type': '@type'
+        }
 
-    data['links'] = data.pop('links')
+        if identifier:
+            # Expand properties block
+            data.update(data.pop('properties'))
 
-    ldjsonData = {
-        '@context': [defaultVocabulary, *(context or [])],
-        **data
-    }
+            # Include multiple geometry encodings
+            if (data.get('geometry') is not None):
+                jsonldify_geometry(data)
+
+            data['@id'] = identifier
+
+        else:
+            # Collection of jsonld
+            defaultVocabulary.update({
+                'features': 'schema:itemListElement',
+                'FeatureCollection': 'schema:itemList'
+            })
+
+            ds_url = url_join(cls.get_collections_url(), dataset)
+            data['@id'] = ds_url
+
+            for i, feature in enumerate(data['features']):
+                # Get URI for each feature
+                identifier_ = feature.get(
+                    id_field,
+                    feature['properties'].get(id_field, '')
+                )
+                if not is_url(str(identifier_)):
+                    identifier_ = f"{ds_url}/items/{feature['id']}"  # noqa
+
+                # Include multiple geometry encodings
+                if feature.get('geometry') is not None:
+                    jsonldify_geometry(feature)
+
+                data['features'][i] = {
+                    '@id': identifier_,
+                    'type': 'schema:Place',
+                    **feature.pop('properties'),
+                    **feature
+                }
+
+        if data.get('timeStamp', False):
+            data['https://schema.org/sdDatePublished'] = data.pop('timeStamp')
+
+        data['links'] = data.pop('links')
+
+        ldjsonData = {
+            '@context': [defaultVocabulary, *(context or [])],
+            **data
+        }
 
     if identifier:
         # Render jsonld template for single item
diff --git a/pygeoapi/static/css/linked-data.css b/pygeoapi/static/css/linked-data.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..031385ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygeoapi/static/css/linked-data.css
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+.object-property.resource-loading::before,
+.literal-value.resource-loading::before {
+    content: "";
+    display: inline-block;
+    margin-right: 0.35em;
+    width: 1em;
+    height: 1em;
+    border: 2px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+    border-top-color: black;
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+    animation: spin 0.8s linear infinite;
+}
+
+.object-property.resource-resolved::after,
+.literal-value.resource-resolved::after {
+    content: "✔";
+    color: green;
+    margin-left: 0.35em;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+    font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;
+}
+
+.object-property.resource-error::after,
+.literal-value.resource-error::after {
+    content: "✖";
+    color: red;
+    margin-left: 0.35em;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+    font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;
+}
+
+@keyframes spin {
+  to { transform: rotate(360deg); }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pygeoapi/templates/collections/items/item.html b/pygeoapi/templates/collections/items/item.html
index 705f9057c..5607f047a 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/templates/collections/items/item.html
+++ b/pygeoapi/templates/collections/items/item.html
@@ -1,25 +1,33 @@
 {% extends "_base.html" %}
 {% set ptitle = data['properties'][data['title_field']] or data['id'] | string %}
+{% set linked_data = data.get('linked_data') %}
 {% block desc %}{{ data.get('properties',{}).get('description', {}) | string | truncate(250) }}{% endblock %}
 {% block tags %}{{ data['properties'].get('themes', [{}])[0].get('concepts', []) | join(',') }}{% endblock %}
 {# Optionally renders an img element, otherwise standard value or link rendering #}
-{% macro render_item_value(v, width) -%}
+{% macro render_item_value(v, width, additional_classes='') -%}
     {% set val = v | string | trim %}
     {% if val|length and val.lower().endswith(('.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.gif', '.bmp')) %}
         {# Ends with image extension: render img element with link to image #}
+      <span class="literal-value">
         <a href="{{ val }}"><img src="{{ val }}" alt="{{ val.split('/') | last }}" width="{{ width }}"/></a>
+      </span>
     {% elif v is string or v is number %}
-        {{ val | urlize() }}
+      <span class="literal-value">{{ val | urlize() }}</span>
     {% elif v is mapping %}
-      {% for i,j in v.items() %}
-        <i>{{ i }}:</i> {{ render_item_value(j, 60) }}<br/>
-      {% endfor %}
+      <table class="table table-striped table-border object-table {{ additional_classes }}">
+        {% for i,j in v.items() %}
+          <tr>
+            <td class="object-property" data-property="{{ i }}">{{ i }}</td>
+            <td class="object-value">{{ render_item_value(j, 60) }}</td>
+          </tr>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </table>
     {% elif v is iterable %}
       {% for i in v %}
-        {{ render_item_value(i, 60) }}
+        {{ render_item_value(i, 60, 'array-entry') }}
       {% endfor %}
     {% else %}
-      {{ val | urlize() }}
+      <span class="literal-value">{{ val | urlize() }}</span>
     {% endif %}
 {%- endmacro %}
 {% block title %}{{ ptitle }}{% endblock %}
@@ -35,6 +43,7 @@
 {% endblock %}
 {% block extrahead %}
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/leaflet@1.3.1/dist/leaflet.css"/>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ config['server']['url'] }}/static/css/linked-data.css">
     <script src="https://unpkg.com/leaflet@1.3.1/dist/leaflet.js"></script>
 {% endblock %}
 
@@ -71,7 +80,14 @@ <h1>{{ ptitle }}</h1>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12">
-            <table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
+            {% if linked_data and linked_data.get('context') | length %}
+              <div class="text-end mb-2">
+                <a href="#" class="btn btn-primary" id="semantic-lookup-btn" data-target="#item-properties-table">
+                  {% trans %}Semantic lookup{% endtrans %}
+                </a>
+              </div>
+            {% endif %}
+            <table class="table table-striped table-bordered object-table" id="item-properties-table">
               <thead>
               <tr>
                 <th>{% trans %}Property{% endtrans %}</th>
@@ -86,14 +102,14 @@ <h1>{{ ptitle }}</h1>
               </tr>
               {% endif %}
               <tr>
-                <td>id</td>
-                <td>{{ data.id }}</td>
+                <td class="object-property" data-property="id">id</td>
+                <td class="object-value">{{ data.id }}</td>
               </tr>
               {% for k, v in data['properties'].items() %}
                 {% if k != data['id_field'] %}
                 <tr>
-                  <td>{{ k | striptags }}</td>
-                  <td>{{ render_item_value(v, 80) }}</td>
+                  <td class="object-property" data-property="{{ k | striptags }}">{{ k | striptags }}</td>
+                  <td class="object-value">{{ render_item_value(v, 80) }}</td>
                 </tr>
                 {% endif %}
               {% endfor %}
@@ -135,4 +151,26 @@ <h1>{{ ptitle }}</h1>
     map.addLayer(items);
     map.fitBounds(items.getBounds(), {maxZoom: 15});
     </script>
+    {% if linked_data and linked_data.get('context') | length %}
+      <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/rdflib@2.3.0/dist/rdflib.min.js"></script>
+      <script src="https://github.com/avillar/jsonld-ui-utils/releases/latest/download/jsonld-ui-utils.min.js"></script>
+      <script>
+          document.getElementById('semantic-lookup-btn').addEventListener('click', function(e) {
+            e.target.style.display = 'none';
+            var rootElem = document.getElementById('item-properties-table');
+            if (rootElem) {
+              var linkedDataConfig = {{ linked_data | tojson }}
+              var options = {};
+              if (linkedDataConfig.fallback_sparql_endpoint) {
+                options.fallbackSparqlEndpoint = linkedDataConfig.fallback_sparql_endpoint;
+              }
+              var context = {'@context': linkedDataConfig['context']};
+              jsonldUIUtils.loadContext(context)
+                      .then(loadedContext => {
+                        jsonldUIUtils.augment(rootElem, loadedContext, options);
+                      });
+            }
+          });
+      </script>
+    {% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/pygeoapi/templates/stac/item.html b/pygeoapi/templates/stac/item.html
index f42525e44..830f6acee 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/templates/stac/item.html
+++ b/pygeoapi/templates/stac/item.html
@@ -6,9 +6,38 @@
 / <a class="crumbs-path" href="{{config['server']['url'] }}/stac/{{ link['href'] }}">{{ link['title'] }}</a>
 {% endfor %}
 {% endblock %}
+{% set linked_data = data.get('linked_data') %}
+
+{% macro render_item_value(v, width, additional_classes='') -%}
+    {% set val = v | string | trim %}
+    {% if val|length and val.lower().endswith(('.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.gif', '.bmp')) %}
+        {# Ends with image extension: render img element with link to image #}
+      <span class="literal-value">
+        <a href="{{ val }}"><img src="{{ val }}" alt="{{ val.split('/') | last }}" width="{{ width }}"/></a>
+      </span>
+    {% elif v is string or v is number %}
+      <span class="literal-value">{{ val | urlize() }}</span>
+    {% elif v is mapping %}
+      <table class="table table-striped table-border object-table {{ additional_classes }}">
+        {% for i,j in v.items() %}
+          <tr>
+            <td class="object-property" data-property="{{ i }}">{{ i }}</td>
+            <td class="object-value">{{ render_item_value(j, 60) }}</td>
+          </tr>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </table>
+    {% elif v is iterable %}
+      {% for i in v %}
+        {{ render_item_value(i, 60, 'array-entry') }}
+      {% endfor %}
+    {% else %}
+      <span class="literal-value">{{ val | urlize() }}</span>
+    {% endif %}
+{%- endmacro %}
 
 {% block extrahead %}
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/leaflet@1.3.1/dist/leaflet.css"/>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ config['server']['url'] }}/static/css/linked-data.css">
     <script src="https://unpkg.com/leaflet@1.3.1/dist/leaflet.js"></script>
 {% endblock %}
 
@@ -52,7 +81,14 @@ <h4>{% trans %}Assets{% endtrans %}</h4>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12">
-            <table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
+            {% if linked_data and linked_data.get('context') | length %}
+              <div class="text-end mb-2">
+                <a href="#" class="btn btn-primary" id="semantic-lookup-btn" data-target="#item-properties-table">
+                  {% trans %}Semantic lookup{% endtrans %}
+                </a>
+              </div>
+            {% endif %}
+            <table class="table table-striped table-bordered object-table" id="item-properties-table">
               <thead>
               <tr>
                 <th>{% trans %}Property{% endtrans %}</th>
@@ -61,12 +97,12 @@ <h4>{% trans %}Assets{% endtrans %}</h4>
             </thead>
             <tbody>
               <tr>
-                <td>{% trans %}id{% endtrans %}</td>
-                <td>{{ data.id }}</td>
+                <td class="object-property" data-property="id">{% trans %}id{% endtrans %}</td>
+                <td class="object-value">{{ data.id }}</td>
               </tr>
               {% for k, v in data['properties'].items() %}
               <tr>
-                <td>{{ k }}</td>
+                <td class="object-property" data-property="{{ k | striptags }}">{{ k }}</td>
                 {% if k == 'links' %}
                 <td>
                     <ul>
@@ -76,7 +112,7 @@ <h4>{% trans %}Assets{% endtrans %}</h4>
                     </ul>
                 </td>
                 {% else %}
-                  <td>{{ v }}</td>
+                  <td class="object-value">{{ render_item_value(v, 80) }}</td>
                 {% endif %}
               </tr>
               {% endfor %}
@@ -106,4 +142,26 @@ <h4>{% trans %}Assets{% endtrans %}</h4>
     map.addLayer(bbox_layer);
     map.fitBounds(bbox_layer.getBounds(), {maxZoom: 10});
     </script>
+    {% if linked_data and linked_data.get('context') | length %}
+      <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/rdflib@2.3.0/dist/rdflib.min.js"></script>
+      <script src="https://github.com/avillar/jsonld-ui-utils/releases/latest/download/jsonld-ui-utils.min.js"></script>
+      <script>
+          document.getElementById('semantic-lookup-btn').addEventListener('click', function(e) {
+            e.target.style.display = 'none';
+            var rootElem = document.getElementById('item-properties-table');
+            if (rootElem) {
+              var linkedDataConfig = {{ linked_data | tojson }}
+              var options = {};
+              if (linkedDataConfig.fallback_sparql_endpoint) {
+                options.fallbackSparqlEndpoint = linkedDataConfig.fallback_sparql_endpoint;
+              }
+              var context = {'@context': linkedDataConfig['context']};
+              jsonldUIUtils.loadContext(context)
+                      .then(loadedContext => {
+                        jsonldUIUtils.augment(rootElem, loadedContext, options);
+                      });
+            }
+          });
+      </script>
+    {% endif %}
 {% endblock %}