diff --git a/dmp-backend/.classpath b/dmp-backend/.classpath
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index a2c5e9fca..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.classpath
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@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/java">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/resources">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="org.eclipse.jst.component.dependency" value="/WEB-INF/lib"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/resources">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
-</classpath>
diff --git a/dmp-backend/.gitignore b/dmp-backend/.gitignore
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index b83d22266..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target/
diff --git a/dmp-backend/.project b/dmp-backend/.project
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index cff1ef775..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>dmp-backend</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.validation.validationbuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.jem.workbench.JavaEMFNature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.jsNature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/dmp-backend/.settings/.jsdtscope b/dmp-backend/.settings/.jsdtscope
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index f179e11ea..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.settings/.jsdtscope
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/webapp"/>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**/bower_components/*|**/node_modules/*|**/*.min.js" kind="src" path="target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.WebProject">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="hide" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.baseBrowserLibrary"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path=""/>
-</classpath>
diff --git a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b763404c..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
diff --git a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e80039d3..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.jpt.core.prefs b/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.jpt.core.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ff33762c..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.jpt.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jpt.core.platform=generic2_1
-org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.discoverAnnotatedClasses=true
diff --git a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index f897a7f1c..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-activeProfiles=
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
-version=1
diff --git a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c7a1cfe1..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
-    <wb-module deploy-name="dmp-backend">
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
-        <property name="context-root" value="dmp-backend"/>
-        <property name="java-output-path" value="/dmp-backend/target/classes"/>
-    </wb-module>
-</project-modules>
diff --git a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml b/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7961132fd..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<root>
-  <facet id="jpt.jpa">
-    <node name="libprov">
-      <attribute name="provider-id" value="jpa-no-op-library-provider"/>
-    </node>
-  </facet>
-</root>
diff --git a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c90fe5f2..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<faceted-project>
-  <fixed facet="wst.jsdt.web"/>
-  <installed facet="java" version="1.8"/>
-  <installed facet="jst.web" version="3.0"/>
-  <installed facet="jpt.jpa" version="2.1"/>
-  <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
-</faceted-project>
diff --git a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container b/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bd5d0a48..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.baseBrowserLibrary
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diff --git a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name b/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name
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index 05bd71b6e..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Window
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diff --git a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs b/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 04cad8cb7..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-disabled=06target
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/test/resources/applicationContextTEST.xml b/dmp-backend/web/src/test/resources/applicationContextTEST.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 91f49658e..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/test/resources/applicationContextTEST.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
-	xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans	
- 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
- 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
- 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd
- 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
- 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">
-
-
-	<context:property-placeholder location="classpath*:**/dmpTEST.properties" /> 
-
-	<tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" proxy-target-class="true"/>
-	
-	<bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor" />
-
-	<bean id="jpaDialect" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaDialect" />
-	
-<!-- 	<bean id="remoteFileRepositoryHostname" class="java.lang.String" />	 -->
-
-	<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
-		<property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="emf" />
-		<property name="jpaDialect" ref="jpaDialect" />
-	</bean>
-	
-	
-	<bean id="tokenSessionManager" class="security.TokenSessionManager" factory-method="getInstance" />
-	
-	<bean id="googleTokenValidator" class="security.validators.GoogleTokenValidator" />
-	<bean id="nativeTokenValidator" class="security.validators.NativeTokenValidator" />
-	
-	
-	<bean id="proxy" class="proxy.Proxy">
-		<constructor-arg type = "String" value = "${proxy.allowed.host}"/>
-	</bean>
-	
-	
-	<bean id="externalUrlLoader" class="proxy.config.ConfigLoader">
-		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String" value = "classpath:ExternalUrlsTEST.xml"/>
-	</bean>
-	
-	
-	<bean id="springApplicationContext" class="dao.SpringJpaDaoFactory" />
-
-	<bean id="databaseColumnType"	class="typedefinition.PostgreSQLDatabaseColumnType" />	
-	
-	<bean id="tokenAuthenticationFilter" class="security.TokenAuthenticationFilter" />
-	
-	<bean id="customAuthenticationProvider" class="security.CustomAuthenticationProvider" />
-		
-	<bean id="emf" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean">
-		<property name="persistenceUnitName" value="DMPBackendPersistence" />
-		 <property name="jpaProperties">
-	      <props>
-	        <prop key="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver">${persistence.jdbc.driver}</prop>
-	        <prop key="javax.persistence.jdbc.url">${persistence.jdbc.url}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.connection.username">${persistence.dbusername}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.connection.password">${persistence.dbpassword}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">${persistence.hibernate.show_sql}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">${persistence.hibernate.hbm2dll}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.dialect">${persistence.hibernate.dialect}</prop>
-	        
-	        <prop key="hibernate.enable_lazy_load_no_trans">true</prop> <!-- USE WITH CAUTION -->
-	         
-	        <prop key="hibernate.jdbc.batch_size">${persistence.hibernate.jdbc.batch_size}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.order_inserts">${persistence.hibernate.order_inserts}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.order_updates">${persistence.hibernate.order_updates}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.jdbc.batch_versioned_data">${persistence.hibernate.batch_versioned_data}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.connection.handling_mode">${persistence.hibernate.jdbc.batch_versioned_data}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.connection.release_mode">on_close</prop>
-	        
-	        <prop key="hibernate.connection.provider_class">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.provider_class}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.min_size">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.min_size}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.max_size">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.max_size}</prop>
-	        
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.timeout">0</prop>
-<!-- 	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.timeout">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.timeout}</prop> -->
-
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.max_statements">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.max_statements}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.acquire_retry_attempts">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.acquire_retry_attempts}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.acquire_retry_delay">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.acquire_retry_delay}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.idle_test_period">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.idle_test_period}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.break_after_acquire_failure">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.break_after_acquire_failure}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.idle_connection_test_period">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.idle_connection_test_period}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.test_connection_on_checkin">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.test_connection_on_checkin}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.test_connection_on_checkout">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.test_connection_on_checkout}</prop>
-	        <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.preferred_test_query">${persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.preferred_test_query}</prop>
-	       
-	      </props>
-    	</property>
-	</bean>
-	
-	
-
-	<bean id="organisationDao" class="dao.entities.OrganisationDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="dataRepositoryDao" class="dao.entities.DataRepositoryDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="datasetDao" class="dao.entities.DatasetDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="datasetProfileDao" class="dao.entities.DatasetProfileDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="datasetProfileRulesetDao" class="dao.entities.DatasetProfileRulesetDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="datasetProfileViewstyleDao" class="dao.entities.DatasetProfileViewstyleDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="datasetRegistryDao" class="dao.entities.DatasetRegistryDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="datasetServiceDao" class="dao.entities.DatasetServiceDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="dMPDao" class="dao.entities.DMPDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="dMPProfileDao" class="dao.entities.DMPProfileDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="dMPResearcherDao" class="dao.entities.DMPResearcherDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="projectDao" class="dao.entities.ProjectDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="registryDao" class="dao.entities.RegistryDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="researcherDao" class="dao.entities.ResearcherDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="serviceDao" class="dao.entities.ServiceDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="userInfoDao" class="dao.entities.UserInfoDaoImpl" />
-	<bean id="userAuthDao" class="dao.entities.security.UserAuthDaoImpl" />
-
-
-	<context:annotation-config />
-
-	<context:component-scan base-package="entities" />	
-	<context:component-scan base-package="dao" />
-	<context:component-scan base-package="core" />
-	<context:component-scan base-package="rest" />
-	<context:component-scan base-package="proxy.fetching" />
-<!-- 	<context:component-scan base-package="controller" /> -->
-
-
-</beans>
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