diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/metadatadiscovery/reader/MetadataFormatDiscovery.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/metadatadiscovery/reader/MetadataFormatDiscovery.java
index 071664a..ea98530 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/metadatadiscovery/reader/MetadataFormatDiscovery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/metadatadiscovery/reader/MetadataFormatDiscovery.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 public class MetadataFormatDiscovery {
 
 	private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MetadataFormatDiscovery.class);
-	protected static final String DATA_CATALOGUE_METADATA_SECONDARY_TYPE = "DataCatalogueMetadata";
+	public static final String DATA_CATALOGUE_METADATA_SECONDARY_TYPE = "DataCatalogueMetadata";
 	private String secondaryType;
 	private ScopeBean scope;
 	private List<MetadataProfile> metadataProfiles;