diff --git a/pycsw/core/config.py b/pycsw/core/config.py
index 35734b3f9..9c57a7b56 100644
--- a/pycsw/core/config.py
+++ b/pycsw/core/config.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ def __init__(self, prefix='csw30'):
                         },
                         'parameters': {
                             'typeNames': {
-                                'values': ['csw:Record']
+                                'values': ['csw:Record', 'csw30:Record']
                             },
                             'outputSchema': {
                                 'values': ['http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/3.0']
diff --git a/pycsw/ogc/csw/csw3.py b/pycsw/ogc/csw/csw3.py
index 4c73ce99f..24ceea344 100644
--- a/pycsw/ogc/csw/csw3.py
+++ b/pycsw/ogc/csw/csw3.py
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ def getrecords(self):
                 'elementsetname',
                 'Missing one of ElementSetName or ElementName parameter(s)')
 
-        if 'elementsetname' in self.parent.kvp and 'elementname' in self.parent.kvp:
+        if 'elementsetname' in self.parent.kvp and 'elementname' in self.parent.kvp and self.parent.kvp['elementname']:
             # mutually exclusive required
             return self.exceptionreport('NoApplicableCode',
             'elementsetname',
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ def getrecords(self):
                     if ofmt.split('/')[0] in self.parent.kvp['outputformat']:
                         LOGGER.debug('FOUND OUTPUT MATCH')
                         formats_match = True
-                if not formats_match:
+                if not formats_match and self.parent.environ['HTTP_ACCEPT'] != '*/*':
                     return self.exceptionreport('InvalidParameterValue',
                     'outputformat', 'HTTP Accept header (%s) and outputformat (%s) must agree' %
                     (self.parent.environ['HTTP_ACCEPT'], self.parent.kvp['outputformat']))
@@ -930,8 +930,8 @@ def getrecords(self):
                 try:
                     if (self.parent.kvp['outputschema'] ==
                         'http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/3.0' and
-                        'csw:Record' in self.parent.kvp['typenames']):
-                        # serialize csw:Record inline
+                        'csw30:Record' in self.parent.kvp['typenames']):
+                        # serialize csw30:Record inline
                         searchresults.append(self._write_record(
                         res, self.parent.repository.queryables['_all']))
                     elif (self.parent.kvp['outputschema'] ==