diff --git a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/MainController.java b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/MainController.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b181ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/MainController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.is;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+
+import eu.dnetlib.is.context.model.Context;
+import eu.dnetlib.is.context.model.repository.ContextRepository;
+import eu.dnetlib.is.resource.model.SimpleResourceType;
+import eu.dnetlib.is.resource.repository.SimpleResourceTypeRepository;
+import eu.dnetlib.is.vocabulary.model.Vocabulary;
+import eu.dnetlib.is.vocabulary.repository.VocabularyRepository;
+import eu.dnetlib.is.wfs.WfHistoryRestController;
+
+@Controller
+public class MainController {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private ContextRepository contextRepository;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private VocabularyRepository vocabularyRepository;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private SimpleResourceTypeRepository simpleResourceTypeRepository;
+
+	@GetMapping("/main")
+	public void mainPage() {}
+
+	@GetMapping("/contextEditor")
+	public void contextEditor(@RequestParam final String id, final ModelMap map) {
+		final Context ctx = contextRepository.getById(id);
+		map.put("ctxId", ctx.getId());
+		map.put("ctxLabel", ctx.getLabel());
+		map.put("ctxType", ctx.getType());
+		map.put("ctxParams", ctx.getParameters());
+	}
+
+	@GetMapping("/contexts")
+	public void contexts() {}
+
+	@GetMapping("/vocabularyEditor")
+	public void vocabularyEditor(@RequestParam final String id, final ModelMap map) {
+		final Vocabulary voc = vocabularyRepository.getById(id);
+		map.put("vocId", voc.getId());
+		map.put("vocName", voc.getName());
+		map.put("vocDesc", voc.getDescription());
+	}
+
+	@GetMapping("/vocabularies")
+	public void vocabularies() {}
+
+	@GetMapping("/simpleResources")
+	public void simpleResources(@RequestParam final String type, final ModelMap map) {
+
+		System.out.println("TYPE: " + type);
+
+		final Optional<SimpleResourceType> restype = simpleResourceTypeRepository.findById(type);
+
+		System.out.println("OP TYPE: " + restype);
+		System.out.println("OP TYPE: " + restype.isPresent());
+
+		if (restype.isPresent()) {
+			map.addAttribute("type", restype.get());
+		} else {
+			map.addAttribute("type", new SimpleResourceType("not_present", "???", 0));
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	@GetMapping("/wf_history")
+	public void wfHistory(final ModelMap map,
+		@RequestParam(required = false, defaultValue = "-1") final Long from,
+		@RequestParam(required = false, defaultValue = "-1") final Long to) {
+		map.put("maxNumberOfRecentWfs", WfHistoryRestController.MAX_NUMBER_OF_RECENT_WFS);
+		map.put("fromDate", from);
+		map.put("toDate", to);
+	}
+
+	@ModelAttribute("resTypes")
+	public Iterable<SimpleResourceType> resourceTypes() {
+		return simpleResourceTypeRepository.findAll();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/context/ContextUIController.java b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/context/ContextUIController.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a788ae3..00000000
--- a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/context/ContextUIController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.is.context;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
-
-import eu.dnetlib.is.context.model.Context;
-import eu.dnetlib.is.context.model.repository.ContextRepository;
-
-@Controller
-public class ContextUIController {
-
-	@Autowired
-	private ContextRepository contextRepository;
-
-	@GetMapping("/contextEditor")
-	public void vocabularyEditor(@RequestParam final String id, final ModelMap map) {
-		final Context ctx = contextRepository.getById(id);
-
-		map.put("ctxId", ctx.getId());
-		map.put("ctxLabel", ctx.getLabel());
-		map.put("ctxType", ctx.getType());
-		map.put("ctxParams", ctx.getParameters());
-	}
-
-	@GetMapping("/contexts")
-	public void contexts(final ModelMap map) {
-
-	}
-}
diff --git a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/main/MainController.java b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/main/MainController.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 87448aef..00000000
--- a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/main/MainController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.is.main;
-
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
-
-@Controller
-public class MainController {
-
-	@GetMapping("/main")
-	public void vocabularies(final ModelMap map) {
-
-	}
-}
diff --git a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resources/ResourcesRestController.java b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resources/ResourcesRestController.java
index fae5ebd2..45f77d60 100644
--- a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resources/ResourcesRestController.java
+++ b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resources/ResourcesRestController.java
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.is.resources;
 
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import eu.dnetlib.is.resource.model.SimpleResource;
+import eu.dnetlib.is.resource.repository.SimpleResourceRepository;
+
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("/api/resources")
 public class ResourcesRestController {
 
+	@Autowired
+	private SimpleResourceRepository simpleResourceRepository;
+
+	@GetMapping("/")
+	public List<SimpleResource> listVocs() {
+		return simpleResourceRepository.findAll()
+			.stream()
+			.sorted((r1, r2) -> StringUtils.compareIgnoreCase(r1.getName(), r2.getName()))
+			.collect(Collectors.toList());
+	}
 }
diff --git a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resources/ResourcesUIController.java b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resources/ResourcesUIController.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bfd58609..00000000
--- a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resources/ResourcesUIController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.is.resources;
-
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
-
-import eu.dnetlib.is.resource.model.SimpleResourceType;
-import eu.dnetlib.is.resource.repository.SimpleResourceTypeRepository;
-
-@Controller
-public class ResourcesUIController {
-
-	@Autowired
-	private SimpleResourceTypeRepository simpleResourceTypeRepository;
-
-	@GetMapping("/simpleResources")
-	public void simpleResources(@RequestParam final String type, final ModelMap map) {
-		map.addAttribute("type", type);
-		map.addAttribute("types", simpleResourceTypeRepository.findAll()
-			.stream()
-			.map(SimpleResourceType::getType)
-			.sorted()
-			.collect(Collectors.toList()));
-	}
-}
diff --git a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/vocabulary/VocabularyUIController.java b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/vocabulary/VocabularyUIController.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d873aae8..00000000
--- a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/vocabulary/VocabularyUIController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.is.vocabulary;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
-
-import eu.dnetlib.is.vocabulary.model.Vocabulary;
-import eu.dnetlib.is.vocabulary.repository.VocabularyRepository;
-
-@Controller
-public class VocabularyUIController {
-
-	@Autowired
-	private VocabularyRepository vocabularyRepository;
-
-	@GetMapping("/vocabularyEditor")
-	public void vocabularyEditor(@RequestParam final String id, final ModelMap map) {
-		final Vocabulary voc = vocabularyRepository.getById(id);
-
-		map.put("vocId", voc.getId());
-		map.put("vocName", voc.getName());
-		map.put("vocDesc", voc.getDescription());
-	}
-
-	@GetMapping("/vocabularies")
-	public void vocabularies(final ModelMap map) {
-
-	}
-}
diff --git a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/wfs/WfHistoryController.java b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/wfs/WfHistoryController.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e58c41d..00000000
--- a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/wfs/WfHistoryController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.is.wfs;
-
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
-
-@Controller
-public class WfHistoryController {
-
-	@GetMapping("/wf_history")
-	public void wfHistory(final ModelMap map,
-		@RequestParam(required = false, defaultValue = "-1") final Long from,
-		@RequestParam(required = false, defaultValue = "-1") final Long to) {
-		map.put("maxNumberOfRecentWfs", WfHistoryRestController.MAX_NUMBER_OF_RECENT_WFS);
-		map.put("fromDate", from);
-		map.put("toDate", to);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/mainParts.html b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/mainParts.html
index d3952ae7..b35293d4 100644
--- a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/mainParts.html
+++ b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/mainParts.html
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@
 							<div class="dropdown-menu">
 								<a class="dropdown-item" href="./vocabularies">Vocabularies</a>
 								<a class="dropdown-item" href="./contexts">Contexts</a>
-								<a class="dropdown-item" href="./simpleResources?type=transformation_rules">Transformation rules</a>
-								<a class="dropdown-item" href="./simpleResources?type=cleaning_rules">Cleaning rules</a>
+								<div class="dropdown-divider"></div>								
+								<a th:each="t: ${resTypes}"
+								 	class="dropdown-item" 
+								 	th:href="@{'./simpleResources?type=' + ${t.id}}">
+								 		<span th:text="${t.name}"></span>
+								 		<span th:text="${t.count}" class="badge badge-primary"></span>
+								 	</a>
 							</div>
 						</li>
 						<li class="nav-item dropdown">
diff --git a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/resources/templates/simpleResources.html b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/resources/templates/simpleResources.html
index cf60a14d..b67a4a34 100644
--- a/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/resources/templates/simpleResources.html
+++ b/apps/dnet-is-application/src/main/resources/templates/simpleResources.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 
-	<head th:replace="fragments/mainParts.html :: htmlHeader('Resources: ' + ${type})"></head>
+	<head th:replace="fragments/mainParts.html :: htmlHeader('Resources: ' + ${type.name})"></head>
 	
 	<body ng-app="resourcesApp" ng-controller="resourcesController">
 	
-		<nav th:replace="fragments/mainParts.html :: mainMenu('Resources: ' + ${type})"></nav>
+		<nav th:replace="fragments/mainParts.html :: mainMenu('Resources: ' + ${type.name})"></nav>
 	
 		<div class="container-fluid">
 			<div class="row">	
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 							</div>
 							<div class="form-group">
 								<label>Type</label>
-								<input type="text" readonly class="form-control-plaintext" th-value="${type}" />
+								<input type="text" readonly class="form-control-plaintext" th-value="${type.id}" />
 							</div>
 							<div class="form-group">
 								<label>Name</label>
diff --git a/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/common/ReadOnlyRepository.java b/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/common/ReadOnlyRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bfa223ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/common/ReadOnlyRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.is.common;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.NoRepositoryBean;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.Repository;
+
+@NoRepositoryBean
+public interface ReadOnlyRepository<T, ID> extends Repository<T, ID> {
+
+	Optional<T> findById(ID id);
+
+	boolean existsById(ID id);
+
+	Page<T> findAll(Pageable pageable);
+
+	Iterable<T> findAll();
+
+	long count();
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resource/model/SimpleResourceType.java b/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resource/model/SimpleResourceType.java
index e08c82af..7ed8e82f 100644
--- a/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resource/model/SimpleResourceType.java
+++ b/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resource/model/SimpleResourceType.java
@@ -8,20 +8,51 @@ import javax.persistence.Id;
 import javax.persistence.Table;
 
 @Entity
-@Table(name = "resource_types")
+@Table(name = "resource_types_view")
 public class SimpleResourceType implements Serializable {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -152368127918595773L;
 
 	@Id
-	@Column(name = "type")
-	private String type;
+	@Column(name = "id")
+	private String id;
 
-	public String getType() {
-		return type;
+	@Column(name = "name")
+	private String name;
+
+	@Column(name = "count")
+	private long count;
+
+	public SimpleResourceType() {}
+
+	public SimpleResourceType(final String id, final String name, final long count) {
+		this.id = id;
+		this.name = name;
+		this.count = count;
 	}
 
-	public void setType(final String type) {
-		this.type = type;
+	public String getId() {
+		return id;
 	}
+
+	public void setId(final String id) {
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public void setName(final String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	public long getCount() {
+		return count;
+	}
+
+	public void setCount(final long count) {
+		this.count = count;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resource/repository/SimpleResourceTypeRepository.java b/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resource/repository/SimpleResourceTypeRepository.java
index 1936ee59..fe3e0aa9 100644
--- a/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resource/repository/SimpleResourceTypeRepository.java
+++ b/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/is/resource/repository/SimpleResourceTypeRepository.java
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.is.resource.repository;
 
-import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
-
+import eu.dnetlib.is.common.ReadOnlyRepository;
 import eu.dnetlib.is.resource.model.SimpleResourceType;
 
-public interface SimpleResourceTypeRepository extends JpaRepository<SimpleResourceType, String> {
+public interface SimpleResourceTypeRepository extends ReadOnlyRepository<SimpleResourceType, String> {
 
 }
diff --git a/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/resources/sql/schema.sql b/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/resources/sql/schema.sql
index f3b72c14..1113a927 100644
--- a/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/resources/sql/schema.sql
+++ b/libs/dnet-is-common/src/main/resources/sql/schema.sql
@@ -80,15 +80,25 @@ CREATE TABLE wf_history (
 
 -- Other Resources
 
-CREATE TABLE resource_types(type text PRIMARY KEY);
-INSERT INTO resource_types(type) VALUES ('transformation_rule'), ('cleaning_rule');
+CREATE TABLE resource_types(id text PRIMARY KEY, name text);
+INSERT INTO resource_types(id, name) VALUES ('transformation_rule', 'Transformation Rules'), ('cleaning_rule', 'Cleaning Rules');
 
 CREATE TABLE resources (
 	id                text PRIMARY KEY,
 	name              text NOT NULL,
 	description       text,
+	content_type      text NOT NULL,
 	content           text NOT NULL,
-	type              text NOT NULL REFERENCES resource_types(type),
+	type              text NOT NULL REFERENCES resource_types(id),
 	creation_date     timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
     modification_date timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
 );
+
+CREATE VIEW resource_types_view AS SELECT 
+	t.id        AS id, 
+	t.name      AS name, 
+	count(r.id) AS count
+FROM resource_types t
+LEFT OUTER JOIN resources r ON (r.type = t.id)
+GROUP BY t.id, t.name
+ORDER BY t.name;