diff --git a/dhp-common/pom.xml b/dhp-common/pom.xml
index 6df11f4ea..58982ed11 100644
--- a/dhp-common/pom.xml
+++ b/dhp-common/pom.xml
@@ -166,6 +166,21 @@
 			<groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>
 			<artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.el</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/dhp-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/ConstraintViolation.java b/dhp-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/ConstraintViolation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..943043598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dhp-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/ConstraintViolation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.utils;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class ConstraintViolation implements Serializable {
+
+    private Map<String, String> properties = new HashMap<>();
+
+    public ConstraintViolation() {}
+
+    /*
+    @JsonCreator
+    public ConstraintViolation(
+            @JsonProperty("path") final String path,
+            @JsonProperty("message") final String message) {
+        this.properties.put(path, message);
+    }
+    */
+
+    @JsonAnyGetter
+    public Map<String, String> getProperties() {
+        return properties;
+    }
+
+    @JsonAnySetter
+    public void add(String key, String value) {
+        properties.put(key, value);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dhp-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/OafValidator.java b/dhp-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/OafValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d67166555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dhp-common/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/OafValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.utils;
+
+import org.hibernate.validator.messageinterpolation.ParameterMessageInterpolator;
+
+import javax.validation.Validation;
+import javax.validation.Validator;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class OafValidator {
+
+	private static final Validator VALIDATOR = Validation
+		.byDefaultProvider()
+		.configure()
+		.messageInterpolator(new ParameterMessageInterpolator())
+		.buildValidatorFactory()
+		.getValidator();
+
+	public static <T> Set<ConstraintViolation> validate(final T oaf) {
+		return VALIDATOR.validate(oaf)
+				.stream()
+				.map(v -> {
+					final String path = v.getRootBeanClass().getSimpleName() + "." + v.getPropertyPath().toString();
+					ConstraintViolation cv = new ConstraintViolation();
+					cv.add(path, v.getMessage());
+					return cv;
+				})
+				.collect(Collectors.toCollection(HashSet::new));
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/dhp-common/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/OafValidatorTest.java b/dhp-common/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/OafValidatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fda10c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dhp-common/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/OafValidatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+
+package eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.utils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Publication;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+public class OafValidatorTest {
+
+	@Test
+	void test_validate() throws IOException {
+		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+		String json = IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResourceAsStream("publication_3.json"));
+
+		Publication p = mapper.readValue(json, Publication.class);
+
+		Set<ConstraintViolation> res = OafValidator.validate(p);
+
+		assertNotNull(res);
+		assertFalse(res.isEmpty());
+
+		res.forEach(v -> {
+			System.out.println(v.getProperties());
+		});
+
+		String reportJson = mapper.writeValueAsString(res);
+		assertNotNull(reportJson);
+
+		Set<ConstraintViolation> report = mapper.readValue(reportJson, new TypeReference<Set<ConstraintViolation>>() { });
+
+		assertNotNull(report);
+
+		System.out.println(mapper.writeValueAsString(report));
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/dhp-common/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/publication_3.json b/dhp-common/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/publication_3.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f76f69c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dhp-common/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/utils/publication_3.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  "id": "50|DansKnawCris::0829b5191605bdbea36d6502b8c1ce1f",
+  "resulttype": {
+    "classid": "publication"
+  },
+  "pid": [
+    {
+      "qualifier": {
+        "classid": "doi"
+      },
+      "value": "10.1016/j.cmet.2011.03.013"
+    },
+    {
+      "qualifier": {
+        "classid": "urn"
+      },
+      "value": "urn:nbn:nl:ui:29-f3ed5f9e-edf6-457e-8848-61b58a4075e2"
+    },
+    {
+      "qualifier": {
+        "classid": "scp-number"
+      },
+      "value": "79953761260"
+    },
+    {
+      "qualifier": {
+        "classid": "pmc"
+      },
+      "value": "21459329"
+    }
+  ],
+  "collectedfrom": [
+    {
+      "key": "",
+      "value": ""
+    }
+  ],
+  "instance": [
+    {}
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 136b9b867..fb22d27ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -531,6 +531,23 @@
 				<version>4.8.71</version>
 			</dependency>
 
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
+				<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+				<version>6.0.13.Final</version>
+			</dependency>
+
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>javax.el</groupId>
+				<artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
+				<version>3.0.0</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
+				<artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
+				<version>3.0.0</version>
+			</dependency>
+
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -801,7 +818,7 @@
 		<mockito-core.version>3.3.3</mockito-core.version>
 		<mongodb.driver.version>3.4.2</mongodb.driver.version>
 		<vtd.version>[2.12,3.0)</vtd.version>
-		<dhp-schemas.version>[2.10.32]</dhp-schemas.version>
+		<dhp-schemas.version>[2.10.26-SNAPSHOT]</dhp-schemas.version>
 		<dnet-actionmanager-api.version>[4.0.3]</dnet-actionmanager-api.version>
 		<dnet-actionmanager-common.version>[6.0.5]</dnet-actionmanager-common.version>
 		<dnet-openaire-broker-common.version>[3.1.6]</dnet-openaire-broker-common.version>