diff --git a/sdi-interface/src/main/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/clients/SDIClientManager.java b/sdi-interface/src/main/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/clients/SDIClientManager.java
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index 0000000..add1736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdi-interface/src/main/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/clients/SDIClientManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.gcube.spatial.data.clients;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.ServiceLoader;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class SDIClientManager {
+
+	private Collection<SDIGenericClient> clients=new ArrayList<SDIGenericClient>();
+	
+	public SDIClientManager() {		
+		ServiceLoader.load(SDIGenericClient.class).forEach((SDIGenericClient c)->{clients.add(c);});
+		log.info("Loaded {} clients ",clients.size());
+		clients.forEach((SDIGenericClient c)->{
+			log.debug("Loaded "+c.getInfo());
+		});
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the implementation for the target engine. Null if no suitable plugin is found
+	 * 
+	 * @param engine
+	 * @param version
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public SDIGenericClient get(String engine,String version) {
+		log.info("Looking for clients [target : {} {} ] ",engine,version);
+		for(SDIGenericClient c:clients) {
+			if(c.getInfo().getSupportedEngine().getEngineUniqueString().equals(engine)
+				&& c.getInfo().getSupportedEngine().getRange().supports(version))
+				return c;
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sdi-interface/src/main/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/clients/SDIClientValidator.java b/sdi-interface/src/main/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/clients/SDIClientValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7be8a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdi-interface/src/main/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/clients/SDIClientValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package org.gcube.spatial.data.clients;
+
+public class SDIClientValidator {
+
+}
diff --git a/sdi-interface/src/test/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/sdi/Clients.java b/sdi-interface/src/test/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/sdi/Clients.java
index 5606815..3b06f21 100644
--- a/sdi-interface/src/test/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/sdi/Clients.java
+++ b/sdi-interface/src/test/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/sdi/Clients.java
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ package org.gcube.spatial.data.sdi;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-import org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.model.ClientInfo;
-import org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.model.engine.Engine;
+import org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.SDIClientManager;
 import org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.model.engine.Range;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -12,8 +11,7 @@ public class Clients {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testRanges() {
-		ClientInfo gnClient=new ClientInfo("gn2-client","GeoNetwork 2","Client to communicate with GN 2","org.gcube.sdi.some.clients.Client",
-				new Engine(Engine.GN_ENGINE,"",new Range("1.1.0",null)));
+		
 		
 		
 		assertFalse(new Range("1.1.0",null).supports("0.0.1"));
@@ -27,4 +25,9 @@ public class Clients {
 	}
 
 
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testLoading() {
+		System.out.println(new SDIClientManager().get("dumb-gn", "1.5.7rc").getInfo());
+	}
 }
diff --git a/sdi-interface/src/test/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/sdi/DumbGNClient.java b/sdi-interface/src/test/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/sdi/DumbGNClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97aad32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdi-interface/src/test/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/sdi/DumbGNClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.gcube.spatial.data.sdi;
+
+import org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.SDIGenericClient;
+import org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.model.ClientInfo;
+import org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.model.ConnectionDescriptor;
+import org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.model.engine.Engine;
+import org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.model.engine.Range;
+
+public class DumbGNClient implements SDIGenericClient{
+
+	
+	ClientInfo gnClient=new ClientInfo("dumb-gn","GeoNetwork 2","Client to communicate with GN 2","org.gcube.sdi.some.clients.Client",
+			new Engine("dumb-gn","",new Range("1.1.0","2.20")));
+	
+	@Override
+	public ClientInfo getInfo() {
+		return gnClient;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Object getRESTClient(ConnectionDescriptor conn) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sdi-interface/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.SDIGenericClient b/sdi-interface/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.SDIGenericClient
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9f4111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdi-interface/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/org.gcube.spatial.data.clients.SDIGenericClient
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.gcube.spatial.data.sdi.DumbGNClient
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