diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
index cc090da..9c2e376 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
@@ -11,14 +11,8 @@ import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.BadRequestException;
-import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
 import javax.ws.rs.ForbiddenException;
-import javax.ws.rs.GET;
-import javax.ws.rs.HEAD;
 import javax.ws.rs.InternalServerErrorException;
-import javax.ws.rs.NotAllowedException;
-import javax.ws.rs.OPTIONS;
-import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
 import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
@@ -26,7 +20,6 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
 import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.GenericResource;
 import org.gcube.common.scope.impl.ScopeBean;
 import org.gcube.common.scope.impl.ScopeBean.Type;
-import org.gcube.gcat.annotation.PURGE;
 import org.gcube.gcat.api.GCatConstants;
 import org.gcube.gcat.oldutils.Validator;
 import org.gcube.gcat.profile.MetadataUtility;
@@ -241,9 +234,25 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN {
 	}
 	
 	public ObjectNode checkBaseInformation(String json) throws Exception {
+		return checkBaseInformation(json, false);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @param json The json to check
+	 * @param allowPartialInfo used for patch method which provide only partial information (i.e. the info to patch) 
+	 * @return ObjectNode from json
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	public ObjectNode checkBaseInformation(String json, boolean allowPartialInfo) throws Exception {
 		ObjectNode objectNode = (ObjectNode) mapper.readTree(json);
 		
-		objectNode = (ObjectNode) checkName(objectNode);
+		try {
+			objectNode = (ObjectNode) checkName(objectNode);
+		}catch (Exception e) {
+			if(!allowPartialInfo) {
+				throw e;
+			}
+		}
 		
 		// We need to enforce the itemID to properly manage resource persistence
 		if(objectNode.has(ID_KEY)) {
@@ -265,15 +274,17 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN {
 		if(objectNode.has(LICENSE_KEY)) {
 			licenseId = objectNode.get(LICENSE_KEY).asText();
 		}
-		if(licenseId == null || licenseId.isEmpty()) {
+		if(licenseId == null || licenseId.isEmpty() && !allowPartialInfo) {
 			throw new BadRequestException(
 					"You must specify a license identifier for the item. License list can be retrieved using licence collection");
 		} else {
-			try {
-				CKANLicense.checkLicenseId(licenseId);
-			} catch(Exception e) {
-				throw new BadRequestException(
-						"You must specify an existing license identifier for the item. License list can be retrieved using licence collection");
+			if(licenseId!=null) {
+				try {
+					CKANLicense.checkLicenseId(licenseId);
+				} catch(Exception e) {
+					throw new BadRequestException(
+							"You must specify an existing license identifier for the item. License list can be retrieved using licence collection");
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		
@@ -643,9 +654,74 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN {
 	// see http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/#ckan.logic.action.patch.package_patch
 	@Override
 	public String patch(String json) {
-		String[] moreAllowed = new String[] {HEAD.class.getSimpleName(), GET.class.getSimpleName(),
-				PUT.class.getSimpleName(), DELETE.class.getSimpleName(), PURGE.class.getSimpleName()};
-		throw new NotAllowedException(OPTIONS.class.getSimpleName(), moreAllowed);
+		try {
+			JsonNode jsonNode = checkBaseInformation(json);
+			
+			read();
+			
+			this.itemID = result.get(ID_KEY).asText();
+			
+			Map<String,CKANResource> originalResources = new HashMap<>();
+			ArrayNode originalResourcesarrayNode = (ArrayNode) result.get(RESOURCES_KEY);
+			if(originalResources != null) {
+				for(JsonNode resourceNode : originalResourcesarrayNode) {
+					CKANResource ckanResource = new CKANResource(itemID);
+					ckanResource.setPreviousRepresentation(resourceNode);
+					String resourceID = ckanResource.getResourceID();
+					originalResources.put(resourceID, ckanResource);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			if(jsonNode.has(RESOURCES_KEY)) {
+				ArrayNode resourcesToBeSend = mapper.createArrayNode();
+				ArrayNode receivedResources = (ArrayNode) jsonNode.get(RESOURCES_KEY);
+				for(JsonNode resourceNode : receivedResources) {
+					CKANResource ckanResource = new CKANResource(itemID);
+					String resourceId = CKANResource.extractResourceID(resourceNode);
+					if(resourceId != null) {
+						if(originalResources.containsKey(resourceId)) {
+							ckanResource = originalResources.get(resourceId);
+							originalResources.remove(resourceId);
+						} else {
+							throw new BadRequestException(
+									"The content contains a resource with id " + resourceId + " which does not exists");
+						}
+					}
+					if(originalResources.get(resourceId) != null
+							&& (!originalResources.get(resourceId).getPreviousRepresentation().equals(resourceNode))) {
+						resourceNode = ckanResource.createOrUpdate(resourceNode);
+					}
+					resourcesToBeSend.add(resourceNode);
+					managedResources.add(ckanResource);
+					
+				}
+				((ObjectNode) jsonNode).replace(RESOURCES_KEY, resourcesToBeSend);
+			}
+			
+			addItemURLViaResolver(jsonNode);
+			
+			sendPostRequest(ITEM_PATCH, getAsString(jsonNode));
+			
+			for(String resourceId : originalResources.keySet()) {
+				CKANResource ckanResource = originalResources.get(resourceId);
+				ckanResource.deleteFile();
+			}
+			
+			/*
+			// Adding Item URL via Resolver
+			URIResolver uriResolver = new URIResolver();
+			String catalogueItemURL = uriResolver.getCatalogueItemURL(name);
+			((ObjectNode) result).put(ITEM_URL_KEY, catalogueItemURL);
+			*/
+			
+			return getAsString(result);
+		} catch(WebApplicationException e) {
+			rollbackManagedResources();
+			throw e;
+		} catch(Exception e) {
+			rollbackManagedResources();
+			throw new InternalServerErrorException(e);
+		}
 	}
 	
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/rest/Item.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/rest/Item.java
index 211896c..eea6314 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/rest/Item.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/rest/Item.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException;
 
 import org.gcube.gcat.ResourceInitializer;
+import org.gcube.gcat.annotation.PATCH;
 import org.gcube.gcat.annotation.PURGE;
 import org.gcube.gcat.api.GCatConstants;
 import org.gcube.gcat.persistence.ckan.CKANPackage;
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@ public class Item extends REST<CKANPackage> implements org.gcube.gcat.api.interf
 		return super.update(id, json);
 	}
 	
-	/*
 	@PATCH
 	@Path("/{" + ITEM_ID_PARAMETER + "}")
 	@Consumes(ResourceInitializer.APPLICATION_JSON_CHARSET_UTF_8)
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ public class Item extends REST<CKANPackage> implements org.gcube.gcat.api.interf
 	public String patch(@PathParam(ITEM_ID_PARAMETER) String id, String json) {
 		return super.patch(id, json);
 	}
-	*/
 	
 	@DELETE
 	@Path("/{" + ITEM_ID_PARAMETER + "}")