diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9c7851..68d9de9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 # Changelog for gCube Catalogue (gCat) Service
 
 
+## [v2.4.2-SNAPSHOT]
+
+- Switched from commons-lang3 to commons-lang to avoid duplicates
+- Set resource-registry-publisher dependency scope to provided
+
+
 ## [v2.4.1]
 
 - Integrating Sphinx for documentation [#23833]
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d3f25bd..686a7b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data-catalogue</groupId>
 	<artifactId>gcat</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>2.4.1</version>
+	<version>2.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>gCube Catalogue (gCat) Service</name>
 	<description>
 		This service allows any client to publish on the gCube Catalogue.
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@
 
 		<!-- Used by Validator -->
 		<dependency>
-		    <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-		    <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-		    <version>3.12.0</version>
+		    <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+		    <version>2.6</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<!-- 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/CatalogueConfigurationFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/CatalogueConfigurationFactory.java
index bef9571..e92d5d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/CatalogueConfigurationFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/CatalogueConfigurationFactory.java
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ public class CatalogueConfigurationFactory {
 	public synchronized static ServiceCatalogueConfiguration createOrUpdate(ServiceCatalogueConfiguration catalogueConfiguration) throws Exception {
 		String context = SecretManagerProvider.instance.get().getContext();
 		catalogueConfigurations.remove(context);
+		
 		GCoreISConfigurationProxy gCoreISConfigurationProxy = new GCoreISConfigurationProxy(context, catalogueConfiguration);
 		catalogueConfiguration = gCoreISConfigurationProxy.createOrUpdateOnIS();
+		
 		catalogueConfigurations.put(context, catalogueConfiguration);
 		
 		// The supported organizations could be changed we need to empty the user cache for the context
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/GCoreISConfigurationProxy.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/GCoreISConfigurationProxy.java
index e2979cb..b5eda12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/GCoreISConfigurationProxy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/GCoreISConfigurationProxy.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.api.DiscoveryClient;
 import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.queries.api.SimpleQuery;
 import org.gcube.resources.discovery.icclient.ICFactory;
 import org.gcube.smartgears.ContextProvider;
-import org.gcube.smartgears.configuration.application.ApplicationConfiguration;
 import org.gcube.smartgears.configuration.container.ContainerConfiguration;
 import org.gcube.smartgears.context.application.ApplicationContext;
 import org.gcube.smartgears.context.container.ContainerContext;
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 /**
  * @author Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
  */
-public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy {
+public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy extends ISConfigurationProxy<ServiceEndpoint> {
 
 	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GCoreISConfigurationProxy.class);
 	
@@ -88,24 +87,21 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy {
 	private final static String OLD_CATEGORY = "Application";
 	private final static String OLD_NAME = "CKanDataCatalogue";
 
-	protected final String context;
 	protected ObjectMapper mapper;
-	protected ServiceCatalogueConfiguration catalogueConfiguration;
 	
 	public GCoreISConfigurationProxy(String context) {
-		this.context = context;
+		super(context);
 		this.mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 	}
 
 	public GCoreISConfigurationProxy(String context, ServiceCatalogueConfiguration catalogueConfiguration) {
-		this(context);
-		this.catalogueConfiguration = catalogueConfiguration;
+		super(context, catalogueConfiguration);
 		this.mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 	}
 
 	public ServiceCatalogueConfiguration getCatalogueConfiguration() throws WebApplicationException {
 		if (catalogueConfiguration == null) {
-			catalogueConfiguration = getCatalogueConfigurationFromIS();
+			catalogueConfiguration = readFromIS();
 		}
 		return catalogueConfiguration;
 	}
@@ -168,7 +164,8 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy {
 		return serviceEndpoints;
 	}
 	
-	protected ServiceEndpoint getServiceEndpoint() {
+	@Override
+	protected ServiceEndpoint getISResource() {
 		List<ServiceEndpoint> serviceEndpoints = getServiceEndpoints(GCatConstants.CONFIGURATION_CATEGORY, GCatConstants.CONFIGURATION_NAME);
 		if (serviceEndpoints==null || serviceEndpoints.size() == 0) {
 			logger.error("There is no {} having Category {} and Name {} in this context.",
@@ -179,10 +176,11 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy {
 		return serviceEndpoint;
 	}
 	
-	protected ServiceCatalogueConfiguration getCatalogueConfigurationFromIS() throws WebApplicationException {
-		ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint = getServiceEndpoint();
+	@Override
+	protected ServiceCatalogueConfiguration readFromIS() throws WebApplicationException {
+		ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint = getISResource();
 		if(serviceEndpoint==null) {
-			return getOLDCatalogueConfigurationFromIS();
+			return getOLDCatalogueConfigurationFromGCoreIS();
 		}
 		try {
 			return getConfiguration(serviceEndpoint);
@@ -240,7 +238,7 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy {
 	}
 	
 	@Deprecated
-	protected ServiceCatalogueConfiguration getOLDCatalogueConfigurationFromIS() {
+	protected ServiceCatalogueConfiguration getOLDCatalogueConfigurationFromGCoreIS() {
 		ServiceCatalogueConfiguration catalogueConfiguration = new ServiceCatalogueConfiguration(context);
 		try {
 			// boolean mustBeUpdated = false;
@@ -251,7 +249,7 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy {
 			}
 
 			// catalogueConfiguration.setID(serviceEndpoint.id());
-
+			
 			Profile profile = serviceEndpoint.profile();
 			AccessPoint accessPoint = getAccessPoint(profile);
 				
@@ -498,14 +496,13 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	@Override
 	public void delete() {
 		RegistryPublisher registryPublisher = RegistryPublisherFactory.create();
-		
-		ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint = getServiceEndpoint();
+		ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint = getISResource();
 		if(serviceEndpoint!=null) {
 			registryPublisher.remove(serviceEndpoint);
 		}
-
 	}
 	
 	protected Property addProperty(Group<Property> properties, String name, String value) {
@@ -554,17 +551,6 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy {
 		return properties;
 	}
 	
-	protected Version getGcatVersion() {
-		try {
-			ApplicationContext applicationContext = ContextProvider.get();
-			ApplicationConfiguration applicationConfiguration = applicationContext.configuration();
-			Version version = new Version(applicationConfiguration.version());
-			return version;
-		}catch (Exception e) {
-			return new Version("2.2.0");
-		}
-	}
-	
 	/**
 	 * Set the version of gcat so that in future implementation
 	 * we can understand if the configuration must be updated.
@@ -668,7 +654,8 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy {
 		return serviceEndpoint;
 	}
 	
-	public ServiceCatalogueConfiguration createOnIS() throws Exception {
+	@Override
+	protected ServiceCatalogueConfiguration createOnIS() throws Exception {
 		RegistryPublisher registryPublisher = RegistryPublisherFactory.create();
 		String id = catalogueConfiguration.getID();
 		if(id==null || id.compareTo("")==0) {
@@ -680,7 +667,8 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy {
 		return catalogueConfiguration;
 	}
 	
-	public ServiceCatalogueConfiguration updateOnIS(ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint) throws Exception {
+	@Override
+	protected ServiceCatalogueConfiguration updateOnIS(ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint) throws Exception {
 		RegistryPublisher registryPublisher = RegistryPublisherFactory.create();
 		String id = serviceEndpoint.id();
 		catalogueConfiguration.setID(id);
@@ -689,16 +677,4 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxy {
 		return catalogueConfiguration;
 	}
 	
-	public ServiceCatalogueConfiguration createOrUpdateOnIS() throws Exception {
-		ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint = getServiceEndpoint();
-		if(serviceEndpoint!=null) {
-			// It's an update
-			updateOnIS(serviceEndpoint);
-		}else {
-			// It's a create
-			createOnIS();
-		}
-		return catalogueConfiguration;
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/ISConfigurationProxy.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/ISConfigurationProxy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c1c4cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/ISConfigurationProxy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.gcube.gcat.configuration;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
+
+import org.gcube.smartgears.ContextProvider;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.configuration.application.ApplicationConfiguration;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.context.application.ApplicationContext;
+
+/**
+ * @author Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
+ */
+public abstract class ISConfigurationProxy<ISResource extends Object> {
+
+	protected final String context;
+	protected ServiceCatalogueConfiguration catalogueConfiguration;
+	
+	public ISConfigurationProxy(String context) {
+		this.context = context;
+	}
+
+	public ISConfigurationProxy(String context, ServiceCatalogueConfiguration catalogueConfiguration) {
+		this(context);
+		this.catalogueConfiguration = catalogueConfiguration;
+	}
+	
+	public ServiceCatalogueConfiguration getCatalogueConfiguration() throws WebApplicationException {
+		if (catalogueConfiguration == null) {
+			catalogueConfiguration = readFromIS();
+		}
+		return catalogueConfiguration;
+	}
+
+	public ServiceCatalogueConfiguration createOrUpdateOnIS() throws Exception {
+		ISResource isResource = getISResource();
+		if(isResource!=null) {
+			// It's an update
+			catalogueConfiguration = updateOnIS(isResource);
+		}else {
+			// It's a create
+			catalogueConfiguration = createOnIS();
+		}
+		return catalogueConfiguration;
+	}
+	
+	protected Version getGcatVersion() {
+		try {
+			ApplicationContext applicationContext = ContextProvider.get();
+			ApplicationConfiguration applicationConfiguration = applicationContext.configuration();
+			Version version = new Version(applicationConfiguration.version());
+			return version;
+		}catch (Exception e) {
+			return new Version("2.2.0");
+		}
+	}
+	
+	protected abstract ServiceCatalogueConfiguration createOnIS() throws Exception;
+	
+	protected abstract ISResource getISResource();
+
+	protected abstract ServiceCatalogueConfiguration readFromIS();
+
+	protected abstract ServiceCatalogueConfiguration updateOnIS(ISResource isResource) throws Exception;
+	
+	protected abstract void delete();
+	
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/RestISConfigurationProxy.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/RestISConfigurationProxy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e63887f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/RestISConfigurationProxy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package org.gcube.gcat.configuration;
+
+/**
+ * @author Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
+ */
+public class RestISConfigurationProxy extends ISConfigurationProxy {
+
+	public RestISConfigurationProxy(String context) {
+		super(context);
+	}
+	
+	public RestISConfigurationProxy(String context, ServiceCatalogueConfiguration catalogueConfiguration) {
+		super(context, catalogueConfiguration);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected ServiceCatalogueConfiguration readFromIS() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void delete() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected ServiceCatalogueConfiguration createOnIS() throws Exception {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected Object getISResource() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected ServiceCatalogueConfiguration updateOnIS(Object isResource) throws Exception {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/oldutils/Validator.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/oldutils/Validator.java
index d548e71..1edf8a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/oldutils/Validator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/oldutils/Validator.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.InternalServerErrorException;
 import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.math.NumberUtils;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ public class Validator {
 				break;
 			case Number:
 				
-				if(!NumberUtils.isCreatable(value))
+				if(!NumberUtils.isNumber(value))
 					throw new BadRequestException("Field's value with key '" + key + "' is not a valid number!");
 				
 				break;
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 173daa3..d08daa0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.gcube.common.scope.impl.ScopeBean;
 import org.gcube.common.scope.impl.ScopeBean.Type;
 import org.gcube.gcat.api.GCatConstants;
 import org.gcube.gcat.api.configuration.CatalogueConfiguration;
@@ -891,7 +892,10 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 				((ObjectNode) jsonNode).remove(RESOURCES_KEY);
 			}
 			
-			if(configuration.getScopeBean().is(Type.VRE)) {
+			String context = configuration.getContext();
+			ScopeBean scopeBean = new ScopeBean(context);
+			
+			if(scopeBean.is(Type.VRE)) {
 				addItemURLViaResolver(jsonNode);
 			}
 			
@@ -904,7 +908,7 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 			postItemCreated();
 			
 			if(!isModerationEnabled()) {
-				if(configuration.getScopeBean().is(Type.VRE)) {
+				if(scopeBean.is(Type.VRE)) {
 					// Actions performed after a package has been correctly created on ckan.
 					sendSocialPost();
 				}
@@ -1489,7 +1493,10 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 						moderationThread.setItemCoordinates(itemID, name, itemTitle,  itemURL);
 						moderationThread.postItemApproved(moderatorMessage);
 						
-						if(configuration.getScopeBean().is(Type.VRE)) {
+						String context = configuration.getContext();
+						ScopeBean scopeBean = new ScopeBean(context);
+						
+						if(scopeBean.is(Type.VRE)) {
 							// Actions performed after a package has been correctly created on ckan.
 							sendSocialPost();
 						}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/GCoreISConfigurationProxyTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/GCoreISConfigurationProxyTest.java
index fd6455d..9199a61 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/GCoreISConfigurationProxyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/configuration/GCoreISConfigurationProxyTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxyTest extends ContextTest {
 		ContextTest.setContextByName("/gcube/devsec/devVRE");
 		String context = SecretManagerProvider.instance.get().getContext();
 		GCoreISConfigurationProxy gCoreISConfigurationProxy = new GCoreISConfigurationProxy(context);
-		ServiceCatalogueConfiguration catalogueConfiguration = gCoreISConfigurationProxy.getCatalogueConfigurationFromIS();
+		ServiceCatalogueConfiguration catalogueConfiguration = gCoreISConfigurationProxy.readFromIS();
 		String json = catalogueConfiguration.toJsonString();
 		logger.info("Configuration in context {} is {}", context, json);
 		/*
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class GCoreISConfigurationProxyTest extends ContextTest {
 		String context = SecretManagerProvider.instance.get().getContext();
 		GCoreISConfigurationProxy gCoreISConfigurationProxy = new GCoreISConfigurationProxy(context);
 		@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-		ServiceCatalogueConfiguration catalogueConfiguration = gCoreISConfigurationProxy.getOLDCatalogueConfigurationFromIS();
+		ServiceCatalogueConfiguration catalogueConfiguration = gCoreISConfigurationProxy.getOLDCatalogueConfigurationFromGCoreIS();
 		String json = catalogueConfiguration.toJsonString();
 		logger.debug("Read configuration {}", json);
 		catalogueConfiguration = gCoreISConfigurationProxy.createOrUpdateOnIS();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANOrganizationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANOrganizationTest.java
index 6cd1cf0..401f29d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANOrganizationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANOrganizationTest.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class CKANOrganizationTest extends ContextTest {
 		ScopeBean scopeBean = new ScopeBean(context);
 		CKANOrganization ckanOrganization = new CKANOrganization();
 		ckanOrganization.setApiKey(CKANUtility.getSysAdminAPI());
-		String name = CatalogueConfiguration.getOrganizationName(scopeBean);
+		String name = CatalogueConfiguration.getOrganizationName(context);
 		ckanOrganization.setName(name);
 		String json = "{\"display_name\": \"" + scopeBean.name() + "\",\"description\": \"" + context + " Organization\",\"name\": \"" + name + "\"}";
 		logger.info("Going to create Organization {} : {}", name, json);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackageTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackageTest.java
index b4c0751..cf6ed18 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackageTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackageTest.java
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ public class CKANPackageTest extends ContextTest {
 	@Test
 	public void listWithParameters() throws Exception {
 		String contextName = "/gcube/devNext/NextNext";
-		ScopeBean scopeBean = new ScopeBean(contextName);
-		String ckanOrganizationName = CatalogueConfiguration.getOrganizationName(scopeBean);
+		String ckanOrganizationName = CatalogueConfiguration.getOrganizationName(contextName);
 		ContextTest.setContextByName(contextName);
 		
 		CKANPackage ckanPackage = new CKANPackage();
@@ -312,8 +311,7 @@ public class CKANPackageTest extends ContextTest {
 	
 	protected CKANPackage createPackage(ObjectMapper mapper, Boolean socialPost) throws Exception {
 		String currentContext = SecretManagerProvider.instance.get().getContext();
-		ScopeBean scopeBean = new ScopeBean(currentContext);
-		String organization = CatalogueConfiguration.getOrganizationName(scopeBean);
+		String organization = CatalogueConfiguration.getOrganizationName(currentContext);
 		
 		ObjectNode itemObjectNode = mapper.createObjectNode();
 		itemObjectNode.put(CKAN.NAME_KEY, ITEM_NAME_VALUE);