diff --git a/dnet-ariadneplus/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/data/collector/plugins/ariadneplus/ads/FileJSONCollectorPlugin.java b/dnet-ariadneplus/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/data/collector/plugins/ariadneplus/ads/FileJSONCollectorPlugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7b93e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dnet-ariadneplus/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/data/collector/plugins/ariadneplus/ads/FileJSONCollectorPlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.data.collector.plugins.ariadneplus.ads;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.dom4j.Document;
+import org.dom4j.DocumentHelper;
+import org.dom4j.Element;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
+
+import eu.dnetlib.data.collector.plugins.FileCollectorPlugin;
+import eu.dnetlib.rmi.data.CollectorServiceException;
+import eu.dnetlib.rmi.data.InterfaceDescriptor;
+
+public class FileJSONCollectorPlugin extends FileCollectorPlugin {
+
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(FileJSONCollectorPlugin.class);
+	
+	@Override
+	public Iterable<String> collect(final InterfaceDescriptor interfaceDescriptor, final String fromDate, final String untilDate)
+			throws CollectorServiceException {
+		log.info("FileJSONCollectorPlugin");
+		System.out.println("FileJSONCollectorPlugin");
+		final String identifierFieldKey = interfaceDescriptor.getParams().get("identifierFieldKey");
+
+		URL u = null;
+		try {
+			u = new URL(interfaceDescriptor.getBaseUrl());
+			System.out.println(u.toString());
+		} catch (MalformedURLException e1) {
+			e1.printStackTrace();
+			throw new CollectorServiceException(e1);
+		}
+		final String baseUrl = u.getPath();
+
+		log.info("base URL = " + baseUrl);
+
+		try {
+			final FileReader fileReader = new FileReader(new File(baseUrl));
+			return new Iterable<String>() {
+
+				@Override
+				public Iterator<String> iterator() {
+					return new FileJSONIterator(fileReader, identifierFieldKey);
+				}
+			};
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			throw new CollectorServiceException(e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class FileJSONIterator implements Iterator<String> {
+
+		private String next;
+		private String identifierFieldKey;
+		private Iterator<JsonElement> aatInfosIterator;
+		private JsonReader jsonReader;
+
+		public FileJSONIterator(final FileReader fileReader, final String identifierFieldKey) {
+			this.identifierFieldKey = identifierFieldKey;
+			jsonReader = new JsonReader(fileReader);
+			System.out.println("parsing ...");
+			JsonElement jsonElement = new JsonParser().parse(jsonReader);
+			JsonArray jsonArrays = jsonElement.getAsJsonArray();
+			System.out.println("size: "+ jsonArrays.size());
+			aatInfosIterator = jsonArrays.iterator();
+			next = calculateNext();
+		}
+		
+		@Override
+		public boolean hasNext() {
+			return next != null;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String next() {
+			String s = next;
+			next = calculateNext();
+			return s;
+		}
+
+		private String calculateNext() {
+			try {
+				System.out.println("calculateNext()");
+				Document document = DocumentHelper.createDocument();
+				Element root = document.addElement("jsonRecord");
+
+				if (!aatInfosIterator.hasNext()) {
+					System.out.println("son entries finished");
+					log.info("json entries finished, closing RESULT SET");
+					jsonReader.close();
+					return null;
+				}
+				System.out.println("parsing next entry");
+				JsonElement aatInfos = aatInfosIterator.next();
+				JsonObject aatInfoJsonObj = aatInfos.getAsJsonObject();
+				Set<Entry<String, JsonElement>> keys = aatInfoJsonObj.entrySet();
+				for(Map.Entry<String,JsonElement> entry : keys) {
+					String key = entry.getKey();
+//					if (key.equals("updated")) {
+//						continue;
+//					}
+					JsonElement jsonElement = aatInfoJsonObj.get(key);
+					if (jsonElement.isJsonNull()) {
+						continue;
+					}
+					String value =  jsonElement.getAsString();
+					if (StringUtils.isEmpty(value)) {
+						continue;
+					}
+					System.out.println("key: "+key+"  value: "+value);
+					Element element = root.addElement("Entry");
+					String name = new String(key);
+					if (name.equals("sourceURI")) {
+						name = new String("Source_ID");
+					} else if (name.equals("targetURI")) {
+						name = new String("Target_URI");
+					}
+					value = StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml11(value.replace('\r',' ').replace('\t',' '));
+					if (name.equals(identifierFieldKey)) {
+						element.addAttribute("isID", "true");
+						element.addAttribute("name", name).addText(value);
+					} else {
+						element.addAttribute("name", name).addText(value);
+					}
+		    	}
+				String xmlRecord = new String(document.asXML());
+				log.debug(xmlRecord);
+				return xmlRecord;
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				log.error("Error calculating next json element", e);
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void remove() {
+			throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/dnet-ariadneplus/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/data/collector/plugins/ariadneplus/applicationContext-ariadneplus-collector-plugins.xml b/dnet-ariadneplus/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/data/collector/plugins/ariadneplus/applicationContext-ariadneplus-collector-plugins.xml
index f86d2f4..bc3fe25 100644
--- a/dnet-ariadneplus/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/data/collector/plugins/ariadneplus/applicationContext-ariadneplus-collector-plugins.xml
+++ b/dnet-ariadneplus/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/data/collector/plugins/ariadneplus/applicationContext-ariadneplus-collector-plugins.xml
@@ -17,4 +17,16 @@
 			</bean>
 		</property>
 	</bean>
+	<bean id="aatCollectorPlugin" class="eu.dnetlib.data.collector.plugins.ariadneplus.ads.FileJSONCollectorPlugin">
+		<property name="protocolDescriptor">
+			<bean class="eu.dnetlib.rmi.data.ProtocolDescriptor" p:name="aat">
+				<property name="params">
+					<list>
+						<bean class="eu.dnetlib.rmi.data.ProtocolParameter"
+						      p:name="identifierFieldKey"/>
+					</list>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
 </beans>