diff --git a/src/Compiler/Symbols/Symbols.fs b/src/Compiler/Symbols/Symbols.fs
index 4b8f8c4684b..499654b029a 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/Symbols/Symbols.fs
+++ b/src/Compiler/Symbols/Symbols.fs
@@ -433,18 +433,27 @@ type FSharpEntity(cenv: SymbolEnv, entity: EntityRef) =
             Some (buildAccessPath (Some cp))
         | Some _ -> None
 
-    member x.QualifiedName = 
+    member x.CompiledRepresentation =
         checkIsResolved()
-        let fail() = invalidOp (sprintf "the type '%s' does not have a qualified name" x.LogicalName)
+
+        let fail () =
+            invalidOp $"the type '{x.LogicalName}' does not have a qualified name"
+
 #if !NO_TYPEPROVIDERS
-        if entity.IsTypeAbbrev || entity.IsProvidedErasedTycon || entity.IsNamespace then fail()
-        #else
-        if entity.IsTypeAbbrev || entity.IsNamespace then fail()
+        if entity.IsTypeAbbrev || entity.IsProvidedErasedTycon || entity.IsNamespace then fail ()
+#else
+        if entity.IsTypeAbbrev || entity.IsNamespace then fail ()
 #endif
-        match entity.CompiledRepresentation with 
-        | CompiledTypeRepr.ILAsmNamed(tref, _, _) -> tref.QualifiedName
-        | CompiledTypeRepr.ILAsmOpen _ -> fail()
-        
+        match entity.CompiledRepresentation with
+        | CompiledTypeRepr.ILAsmNamed(tref, _, _) -> tref
+        | CompiledTypeRepr.ILAsmOpen _ -> fail ()
+
+    member x.QualifiedName =
+        x.CompiledRepresentation.QualifiedName
+
+    member x.BasicQualifiedName =
+        x.CompiledRepresentation.BasicQualifiedName
+
     member x.FullName = 
         checkIsResolved()
         match x.TryFullName with 
@@ -746,6 +755,10 @@ type FSharpEntity(cenv: SymbolEnv, entity: EntityRef) =
         | None -> invalidOp "not a type abbreviation"
         | Some ty -> FSharpType(cenv, ty)
 
+    member _.AsType() =
+        let ty = generalizedTyconRef cenv.g entity
+        FSharpType(cenv, ty)
+
     override _.Attributes = 
         if isUnresolved() then makeReadOnlyCollection [] else
         GetAttribInfosOfEntity cenv.g cenv.amap range0 entity
@@ -2250,6 +2263,11 @@ type FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue(cenv, d:FSharpMemberOrValData, item) =
         | V vref -> isForallFunctionTy cenv.g vref.Type
         | _ -> false
 
+    member x.IsRefCell =
+        match d with
+        | V vref -> not vref.IsCtorThisVal && isRefCellTy cenv.g vref.Type
+        | _ -> false
+
     override x.Equals(other: obj) =
         box x === other ||
         match other with
@@ -2483,6 +2501,21 @@ type FSharpType(cenv, ty:TType) =
         GetSuperTypeOfType cenv.g cenv.amap range0 ty
         |> Option.map (fun ty -> FSharpType(cenv, ty)) 
 
+    member x.ErasedType=
+        FSharpType(cenv, stripTyEqnsWrtErasure EraseAll cenv.g ty)
+
+    member x.BasicQualifiedName =
+        let fail () =
+            invalidOp $"the type '{x}' does not have a qualified name"
+
+        protect <| fun () ->
+            match stripTyparEqns ty with 
+            | TType_app(tcref, _, _) ->
+                match tcref.CompiledRepresentation with 
+                | CompiledTypeRepr.ILAsmNamed(tref, _, _) -> tref.BasicQualifiedName
+                | CompiledTypeRepr.ILAsmOpen _ -> fail () 
+            | _ -> fail ()
+
     member _.Instantiate(instantiation:(FSharpGenericParameter * FSharpType) list) = 
         let resTy = instType (instantiation |> List.map (fun (tyv, ty) -> tyv.TypeParameter, ty.Type)) ty
         FSharpType(cenv, resTy)
diff --git a/src/Compiler/Symbols/Symbols.fsi b/src/Compiler/Symbols/Symbols.fsi
index 024448bf170..8a38e2cb03e 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/Symbols/Symbols.fsi
+++ b/src/Compiler/Symbols/Symbols.fsi
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ type FSharpEntity =
     /// Get the fully qualified name of the type or module
     member QualifiedName: string
 
+    /// The fully qualified name of the type or module without strong assembly name.
+    member BasicQualifiedName: string
+
     /// Get the full name of the type or module
     member FullName: string
 
@@ -346,6 +349,9 @@ type FSharpEntity =
     /// Get the type abbreviated by an F# type abbreviation
     member AbbreviatedType: FSharpType
 
+    /// Instantiates FSharpType
+    member AsType: unit -> FSharpType
+
     /// Get the cases of a union type
     member UnionCases: IList<FSharpUnionCase>
 
@@ -933,8 +939,8 @@ type FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue =
     /// Indicated if this is a value compiled to a method
     member IsValCompiledAsMethod: bool
 
-    /// Indicates if this is a function
-    member IsFunction: bool
+    /// Indicates if this is a ref cell
+    member IsRefCell: bool
 
     /// Indicated if this is a value
     member IsValue: bool
@@ -1108,6 +1114,12 @@ type FSharpType =
     /// if it is an instantiation of a generic type.
     member BaseType: FSharpType option
 
+    /// Canonical form of the type with abbreviations, measures, and F# tuples and functions erased.
+    member ErasedType: FSharpType
+
+    /// The fully qualified name of the type or module without strong assembly name.
+    member BasicQualifiedName: string
+
     /// Adjust the type by removing any occurrences of type inference variables, replacing them
     /// systematically with lower-case type inference variables such as <c>'a</c>.
     static member Prettify: ty: FSharpType -> FSharpType
diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/FSharp.CompilerService.SurfaceArea.netstandard.expected b/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/FSharp.CompilerService.SurfaceArea.netstandard.expected
index 439ac088f60..812bacc06fa 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/FSharp.CompilerService.SurfaceArea.netstandard.expected
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/FSharp.CompilerService.SurfaceArea.netstandard.expected
@@ -4506,6 +4506,7 @@ FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpAccessibilit
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpDelegateSignature FSharpDelegateSignature
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpDelegateSignature get_FSharpDelegateSignature()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType AbbreviatedType
+FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType AsType()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType get_AbbreviatedType()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpXmlDoc XmlDoc
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpXmlDoc get_XmlDoc()
@@ -4551,6 +4552,7 @@ FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[FSharp.
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpUnionCase] UnionCases
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpUnionCase] get_UnionCases()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String AccessPath
+FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String BasicQualifiedName
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String CompiledName
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String DisplayName
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String FullName
@@ -4559,6 +4561,7 @@ FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String QualifiedName
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String ToString()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String XmlDocSig
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String get_AccessPath()
+FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String get_BasicQualifiedName()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String get_CompiledName()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String get_DisplayName()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpEntity: System.String get_FullName()
@@ -4864,6 +4867,7 @@ FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean IsOverrideOrExpli
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean IsProperty
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean IsPropertyGetterMethod
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean IsPropertySetterMethod
+FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean IsRefCell
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean IsTypeFunction
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean IsUnresolved
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean IsValCompiledAsMethod
@@ -4895,6 +4899,7 @@ FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean get_IsOverrideOrE
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean get_IsProperty()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean get_IsPropertyGetterMethod()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean get_IsPropertySetterMethod()
+FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean get_IsRefCell()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean get_IsTypeFunction()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean get_IsUnresolved()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue: Boolean get_IsValCompiledAsMethod()
@@ -5111,7 +5116,9 @@ FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType Abbreviat
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType Instantiate(Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.FSharpList`1[System.Tuple`2[FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpGenericParameter,FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType]])
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType Prettify(FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType)
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType StripAbbreviations()
+FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType ErasedType
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType get_AbbreviatedType()
+FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType get_ErasedType()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: FSharp.Compiler.Text.TaggedText[] FormatLayout(FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpDisplayContext)
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: FSharp.Compiler.Text.TaggedText[] FormatLayoutWithConstraints(FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpDisplayContext)
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: Int32 GetHashCode()
@@ -5124,9 +5131,11 @@ FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[FSharp.Co
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType] get_AllInterfaces()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType] get_GenericArguments()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpParameter]] Prettify(System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpParameter]])
+FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: System.String BasicQualifiedName
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: System.String Format(FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpDisplayContext)
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: System.String FormatWithConstraints(FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpDisplayContext)
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: System.String ToString()
+FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: System.String get_BasicQualifiedName()
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpType: System.Tuple`2[System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpParameter]],FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpParameter] Prettify(System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpParameter]], FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpParameter)
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpUnionCase
 FSharp.Compiler.Symbols.FSharpUnionCase: Boolean Equals(System.Object)