diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/FieldDefinition.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/FieldDefinition.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bada685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/FieldDefinition.php
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\Entity\Field\FieldDefinition.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Entity\Field;
+
+/**
+ * @todo Document.
+ */
+class FieldDefinition implements FieldDefinitionInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * @todo Document.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\Field\FieldInterface
+   */
+  protected $field;
+
+  /**
+   * @todo Document.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $definition;
+
+  /**
+   * @todo Document.
+   */
+  public function __construct(FieldInterface $field) {
+    $this->field = $field;
+    $this->definition = $field->getDefinition() + \Drupal::typedData()->getDefinition($field->getType());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getFieldName() {
+    return $this->field->getName();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getFieldType() {
+     return $this->definition['field_type'];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getFieldSettings() {
+    return $this->definition['field_settings'];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getFieldSetting($setting_name) {
+    return $this->definition['field_settings'][$setting_name];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getFieldPropertyNames() {
+    return array_keys($this->field->getPropertyDefinitions());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function isFieldTranslatable() {
+    return !empty($this->definition['translatable']);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getFieldLabel() {
+    return $this->definition['label'];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getFieldDescription() {
+    return $this->definition['description'];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getFieldCardinality() {
+    return isset($this->definition['cardinality']) ? $this->definition['cardinality'] : 1;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function isFieldRequired() {
+    return !empty($this->definition['required']);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Plugin/DataType/FieldDataTypeDerivative.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Plugin/DataType/FieldDataTypeDerivative.php
index 504e427..2085618 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Plugin/DataType/FieldDataTypeDerivative.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Plugin/DataType/FieldDataTypeDerivative.php
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ public function getDerivativeDefinitions(array $base_plugin_definition) {
       $definition['list class'] = $definition['list_class'];
       unset($definition['list_class']);
 
+      $definition['field_type'] = $plugin_id;
+      $definition['field_settings'] = $definition['instance_settings'] + $definition['settings'];
       $this->derivatives[$plugin_id] = $definition;
     }
     return $this->derivatives;
diff --git a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterBase.php b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterBase.php
index fa780a5..b6e70f7 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterBase.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ protected function checkFieldAccess($op, $entity) {
       return field_access($op, $field, $entity->entityType(), $entity);
     }
     else {
-      return FALSE;
+      return TRUE;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterPluginManager.php b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterPluginManager.php
index 7c2e35a..10c3067 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterPluginManager.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterPluginManager.php
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Discovery\CacheDecorator;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Discovery\AnnotatedClassDiscovery;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Discovery\AlterDecorator;
-use Drupal\field\Plugin\Core\Entity\FieldInstance;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\Field\FieldDefinition;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\Field\FieldInterface;
 
 /**
  * Plugin type manager for field formatters.
@@ -160,4 +162,31 @@ public function getOptions($field_type = NULL) {
     return $this->formatterOptions;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @todo Document.
+   */
+  public function viewBaseField(FieldInterface $field) {
+    $field_definition = new FieldDefinition($field);
+    $options = array(
+      'field_definition' => $field_definition,
+      'view_mode' => 'default',
+      'configuration' => array(
+        'label' => 'hidden',
+      ),
+    );
+    $formatter = $this->getInstance($options);
+
+    $entity = $field->getParent();
+    $entity_id = $entity->id();
+    $langcode = $entity->language()->langcode;
+    $items = $field->getValue();
+
+    $items_multi = array($entity_id => $items);
+    $formatter->prepareView(array($entity_id => $entity), $langcode, $items_multi);
+    $items = $items_multi[$entity_id];
+
+    $result = $formatter->view($entity, $langcode, $items);
+    $field_name = $field_definition->getFieldName();
+    return isset($result[$field_name]) ? $result[$field_name] : array();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeStorageController.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeStorageController.php
index 524036b..a248461 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeStorageController.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeStorageController.php
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public function baseFieldDefinitions() {
     $properties['title'] = array(
       'label' => t('Title'),
       'description' => t('The title of this node, always treated as non-markup plain text.'),
-      'type' => 'string_field',
+      'type' => 'field_item:text',
     );
     $properties['uid'] = array(
       'label' => t('User ID'),
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index fbdf07d..14714cf 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ function template_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
 
   $uri = $node->uri();
   $variables['node_url']  = url($uri['path'], $uri['options']);
-  $variables['label'] = check_plain($node->label());
+  $variables['label'] = Drupal::service('plugin.manager.field.formatter')->viewBaseField($node->getNGEntity()->title);
   $variables['page'] = $variables['view_mode'] == 'full' && node_is_page($node);
 
   // Helpful $content variable for templates.