diff --git a/src/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.ts b/src/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.ts
index 08c77dde2..9c23156e8 100644
--- a/src/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.ts
+++ b/src/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ import { MethodNotAllowedHttpError } from '../util/errors/MethodNotAllowedHttpEr
 import { NotFoundHttpError } from '../util/errors/NotFoundHttpError';
 import { NotImplementedError } from '../util/errors/NotImplementedError';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
-import { ensureTrailingSlash, getParentContainer, trimTrailingSlashes } from '../util/PathUtil';
+import {
+  ensureTrailingSlash,
+  getParentContainer,
+  isContainerIdentifier,
+  isContainerPath,
+  trimTrailingSlashes,
+} from '../util/PathUtil';
 import { parseQuads } from '../util/QuadUtil';
 import { generateResourceQuads } from '../util/ResourceUtil';
 import { CONTENT_TYPE, HTTP, LDP, RDF } from '../util/UriConstants';
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@ export class DataAccessorBasedStore implements ResourceStore {
 
     // When a POST method request targets a non-container resource without an existing representation,
     // the server MUST respond with the 404 status code.
-    if (!parentMetadata && !container.path.endsWith('/')) {
+    if (!parentMetadata && !isContainerIdentifier(container)) {
       throw new NotFoundHttpError();
     }
 
@@ -104,7 +110,7 @@ export class DataAccessorBasedStore implements ResourceStore {
     const newID = this.createSafeUri(container, representation.metadata, parentMetadata);
 
     // Write the data. New containers will need to be created if there is no parent.
-    await this.writeData(newID, representation, newID.path.endsWith('/'), !parentMetadata);
+    await this.writeData(newID, representation, isContainerIdentifier(newID), !parentMetadata);
 
     return newID;
   }
@@ -128,7 +134,7 @@ export class DataAccessorBasedStore implements ResourceStore {
     if (oldMetadata && isContainer !== this.isExistingContainer(oldMetadata)) {
       throw new ConflictHttpError('Input resource type does not match existing resource type.');
     }
-    if (isContainer !== identifier.path.endsWith('/')) {
+    if (isContainer !== isContainerIdentifier(identifier)) {
       throw new UnsupportedHttpError('Containers should have a `/` at the end of their path, resources should not.');
     }
 
@@ -172,7 +178,7 @@ export class DataAccessorBasedStore implements ResourceStore {
    * @param identifier - Identifier that needs to be checked.
    */
   protected async getNormalizedMetadata(identifier: ResourceIdentifier): Promise<RepresentationMetadata> {
-    const hasSlash = identifier.path.endsWith('/');
+    const hasSlash = isContainerIdentifier(identifier);
     try {
       return await this.accessor.getMetadata(identifier);
     } catch (error: unknown) {
@@ -312,7 +318,7 @@ export class DataAccessorBasedStore implements ResourceStore {
       isContainer = this.isExistingContainer(metadata);
     } catch {
       const slug = suffix ?? metadata.get(HTTP.slug)?.value;
-      isContainer = Boolean(slug?.endsWith('/'));
+      isContainer = Boolean(slug && isContainerPath(slug));
     }
     return isContainer;
   }
diff --git a/src/storage/ExtensionBasedMapper.ts b/src/storage/ExtensionBasedMapper.ts
index dcafebfd2..0ab52786f 100644
--- a/src/storage/ExtensionBasedMapper.ts
+++ b/src/storage/ExtensionBasedMapper.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   decodeUriPathComponents,
   encodeUriPathComponents,
   ensureTrailingSlash,
+  isContainerIdentifier,
   trimTrailingSlashes,
 } from '../util/PathUtil';
 import type { FileIdentifierMapper, ResourceLink } from './FileIdentifierMapper';
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export class ExtensionBasedMapper implements FileIdentifierMapper {
     let filePath = this.getAbsolutePath(path);
 
     // Container
-    if (identifier.path.endsWith('/')) {
+    if (isContainerIdentifier(identifier)) {
       this.logger.debug(`URL ${identifier.path} points to the container ${filePath}`);
       return {
         identifier,
diff --git a/src/storage/accessors/FileDataAccessor.ts b/src/storage/accessors/FileDataAccessor.ts
index b81e58075..11c4c4af7 100644
--- a/src/storage/accessors/FileDataAccessor.ts
+++ b/src/storage/accessors/FileDataAccessor.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { ConflictHttpError } from '../../util/errors/ConflictHttpError';
 import { NotFoundHttpError } from '../../util/errors/NotFoundHttpError';
 import { isSystemError } from '../../util/errors/SystemError';
 import { UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError } from '../../util/errors/UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError';
+import { isContainerIdentifier } from '../../util/PathUtil';
 import { parseQuads, pushQuad, serializeQuads } from '../../util/QuadUtil';
 import { generateContainmentQuads, generateResourceQuads } from '../../util/ResourceUtil';
 import { CONTENT_TYPE, DCTERMS, POSIX, RDF, XSD } from '../../util/UriConstants';
@@ -62,10 +63,10 @@ export class FileDataAccessor implements DataAccessor {
   public async getMetadata(identifier: ResourceIdentifier): Promise<RepresentationMetadata> {
     const link = await this.resourceMapper.mapUrlToFilePath(identifier);
     const stats = await this.getStats(link.filePath);
-    if (!identifier.path.endsWith('/') && stats.isFile()) {
+    if (!isContainerIdentifier(identifier) && stats.isFile()) {
       return this.getFileMetadata(link, stats);
     }
-    if (identifier.path.endsWith('/') && stats.isDirectory()) {
+    if (isContainerIdentifier(identifier) && stats.isDirectory()) {
       return this.getDirectoryMetadata(link, stats);
     }
     throw new NotFoundHttpError();
@@ -131,9 +132,9 @@ export class FileDataAccessor implements DataAccessor {
       }
     }
 
-    if (!identifier.path.endsWith('/') && stats.isFile()) {
+    if (!isContainerIdentifier(identifier) && stats.isFile()) {
       await fsPromises.unlink(link.filePath);
-    } else if (identifier.path.endsWith('/') && stats.isDirectory()) {
+    } else if (isContainerIdentifier(identifier) && stats.isDirectory()) {
       await fsPromises.rmdir(link.filePath);
     } else {
       throw new NotFoundHttpError();
diff --git a/src/storage/accessors/InMemoryDataAccessor.ts b/src/storage/accessors/InMemoryDataAccessor.ts
index 6602585f5..5b6ed4fa0 100644
--- a/src/storage/accessors/InMemoryDataAccessor.ts
+++ b/src/storage/accessors/InMemoryDataAccessor.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { NamedNode } from 'rdf-js';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import type { ResourceIdentifier } from '../../ldp/representation/ResourceIdentifier';
 import { NotFoundHttpError } from '../../util/errors/NotFoundHttpError';
-import { ensureTrailingSlash } from '../../util/PathUtil';
+import { ensureTrailingSlash, isContainerIdentifier } from '../../util/PathUtil';
 import { generateContainmentQuads, generateResourceQuads } from '../../util/ResourceUtil';
 import type { DataAccessor } from './DataAccessor';
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class InMemoryDataAccessor implements DataAccessor {
 
   public async getMetadata(identifier: ResourceIdentifier): Promise<RepresentationMetadata> {
     const entry = this.getEntry(identifier);
-    if (this.isDataEntry(entry) === identifier.path.endsWith('/')) {
+    if (this.isDataEntry(entry) === isContainerIdentifier(identifier)) {
       throw new NotFoundHttpError();
     }
     return this.generateMetadata(identifier, entry);
diff --git a/src/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.ts b/src/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.ts
index 01431da24..d4f114197 100644
--- a/src/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.ts
+++ b/src/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { ConflictHttpError } from '../../util/errors/ConflictHttpError';
 import { NotFoundHttpError } from '../../util/errors/NotFoundHttpError';
 import { UnsupportedHttpError } from '../../util/errors/UnsupportedHttpError';
 import { UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError } from '../../util/errors/UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError';
-import { ensureTrailingSlash, getParentContainer } from '../../util/PathUtil';
+import { ensureTrailingSlash, getParentContainer, isContainerIdentifier } from '../../util/PathUtil';
 import { generateResourceQuads } from '../../util/ResourceUtil';
 import { CONTENT_TYPE, LDP } from '../../util/UriConstants';
 import { toNamedNode } from '../../util/UriUtil';
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class SparqlDataAccessor implements DataAccessor {
    */
   public async getMetadata(identifier: ResourceIdentifier): Promise<RepresentationMetadata> {
     const name = namedNode(identifier.path);
-    const query = identifier.path.endsWith('/') ?
+    const query = isContainerIdentifier(identifier) ?
       this.sparqlConstructContainer(name) :
       this.sparqlConstruct(this.getMetadataNode(name));
     const stream = await this.sendSparqlConstruct(query);
diff --git a/src/util/PathUtil.ts b/src/util/PathUtil.ts
index c4aedd2f3..fda439ae5 100644
--- a/src/util/PathUtil.ts
+++ b/src/util/PathUtil.ts
@@ -58,3 +58,15 @@ export const getParentContainer = (id: ResourceIdentifier): ResourceIdentifier =
 
   return { path: parentPath };
 };
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the path corresponds to a container path (ending in a /).
+ * @param path - Path to check.
+ */
+export const isContainerPath = (path: string): boolean => path.endsWith('/');
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the identifier corresponds to a container identifier.
+ * @param identifier - Identifier to check.
+ */
+export const isContainerIdentifier = (identifier: ResourceIdentifier): boolean => isContainerPath(identifier.path);