diff --git a/.settings/.gitignore b/.settings/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0924da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 335020d..195fb46 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 		<artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.gcube.tools</groupId>
 		<version>1.1.0</version>
-		
+
 	</parent>
 
-		<properties>
-		<gitBaseUrl>https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem</gitBaseUrl>		
-  			<sis.version>1.0</sis.version>
-  			
-		</properties>
+	<properties>
+		<gitBaseUrl>https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem</gitBaseUrl>
+		<sis.version>1.0</sis.version>
+
+	</properties>
 
 
 
@@ -51,8 +51,12 @@
 			<version>1.14.8</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.json</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.json-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1</version>
+		</dependency>
 
-		
 
 		<!-- TEST -->
 		<dependency>
@@ -62,6 +66,12 @@
 			<version>4.11</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
+		<!-- Provider JSON -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.json</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1</version>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
@@ -69,7 +79,7 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/faults/JsonParseException.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/faults/JsonParseException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f45f8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/faults/JsonParseException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.faults;
+
+public class JsonParseException extends Exception{
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 */
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+	public JsonParseException() {
+		super();
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+	public JsonParseException(String message, Throwable cause, boolean enableSuppression, boolean writableStackTrace) {
+		super(message, cause, enableSuppression, writableStackTrace);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+	public JsonParseException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super(message, cause);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+	public JsonParseException(String message) {
+		super(message);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+	public JsonParseException(Throwable cause) {
+		super(cause);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+	
+	
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/BasicJSONObject.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/BasicJSONObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9c8c05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/BasicJSONObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.json.JsonArray;
+import javax.json.JsonNumber;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+import javax.json.JsonString;
+import javax.json.JsonValue;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Getter;
+
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class BasicJSONObject implements JsonObject {
+
+	@Getter
+	private JsonObject theObject;
+	
+	public String toJson() {
+		return getTheObject().toString();
+	}
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public int size() {
+		return getTheObject().size();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isEmpty() {
+		return getTheObject().isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean containsKey(Object key) {
+		return getTheObject().containsKey(key);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean containsValue(Object value) {
+		return getTheObject().containsValue(value);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public JsonValue get(Object key) {
+		return getTheObject().get(key);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public JsonValue put(String key, JsonValue value) {
+		return getTheObject().put(key, value);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public JsonValue remove(Object key) {
+		return getTheObject().remove(key);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void putAll(Map<? extends String, ? extends JsonValue> m) {
+		getTheObject().putAll(m);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void clear() {
+		getTheObject().clear();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> keySet() {
+		return getTheObject().keySet();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Collection<JsonValue> values() {
+		return getTheObject().values();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<Entry<String, JsonValue>> entrySet() {
+		return getTheObject().entrySet();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public JsonArray getJsonArray(String name) {
+		return getTheObject().getJsonArray(name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public JsonObject getJsonObject(String name) {
+		return getTheObject().getJsonObject(name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public JsonNumber getJsonNumber(String name) {
+		return getTheObject().getJsonNumber(name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public JsonString getJsonString(String name) {
+		return getTheObject().getJsonString(name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getString(String name) {
+		return getTheObject().getString(name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getString(String name, String defaultValue) {
+		return getTheObject().getString(name, defaultValue);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int getInt(String name) {
+		return getTheObject().getInt(name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int getInt(String name, int defaultValue) {
+		return getTheObject().getInt(name, defaultValue);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean getBoolean(String name) {
+		return getTheObject().getBoolean(name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean getBoolean(String name, boolean defaultValue) {
+		return getTheObject().getBoolean(name, defaultValue);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isNull(String name) {
+		return getTheObject().isNull(name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public ValueType getValueType() {
+		return getTheObject().getValueType();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/DefaultCompiler.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/DefaultCompiler.java
index 8a59431..43a4caf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/DefaultCompiler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/DefaultCompiler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.profile;
 
-public class DefaultCompiler {
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.BasicJSONObject;
+
+public class DefaultCompiler extends BasicJSONObject{
+
+	public DefaultCompiler(JsonObject theObject) {
+		super(theObject);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Field.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Field.java
index 9a5751f..36a375e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Field.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Field.java
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.profile;
 
-public class Field {
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
 
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.BasicJSONObject;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+
+@Getter
+public class Field extends BasicJSONObject{
+
+	public Field(JsonObject theObject) {
+		super(theObject);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+	
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/FieldMapping.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/FieldMapping.java
index 9813a46..b8cfb3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/FieldMapping.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/FieldMapping.java
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.profile;
 
-public class FieldMapping {
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.BasicJSONObject;
+
+public class FieldMapping extends BasicJSONObject {
+
+	public FieldMapping(JsonObject theObject) {
+		super(theObject);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/IndexDefinition.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/IndexDefinition.java
index 62cc863..8d8cd0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/IndexDefinition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/IndexDefinition.java
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.profile;
 
-public class IndexDefinition {
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
 
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.BasicJSONObject;
+
+public class IndexDefinition extends BasicJSONObject {
+
+	public IndexDefinition(JsonObject theObject) {
+		super(theObject);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/IsoMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/IsoMapper.java
index adeb86d..54a7739 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/IsoMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/IsoMapper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.profile;
 
-public class IsoMapper {
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
 
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.BasicJSONObject;
+
+public class IsoMapper extends BasicJSONObject{
+
+	public IsoMapper(JsonObject theObject) {
+		super(theObject);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Profile.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Profile.java
index ad1f461..01fae27 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Profile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Profile.java
@@ -2,9 +2,38 @@ package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.profile;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
 
-public class Profile {
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.faults.JsonParseException;
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.BasicJSONObject;
 
+import lombok.Getter;
+
+@Getter
+public class Profile extends BasicJSONObject{
+
+	
+	
+	public Profile(JsonObject theObject) throws JsonParseException {
+		super(theObject);
+		name=theObject.getString("name");
+		id=theObject.getString("_id");
+//		JsonArray jsonFields=theObject.getJsonArray("fields");
+//		if(jsonFields==null)
+//			fields=null;
+//		else {
+//			fields=new ArrayList<Field>();
+//			for(int i= 0; i<jsonFields.size();i++)
+//				fields.add(new Field(jsonFields.getJsonObject(i)));
+//		}
+		fields=Serialization.asArray(theObject.getJsonArray("fields"), Field.class);
+		defaultCompilers=Serialization.asArray(theObject.getJsonArray("default_compilers"), DefaultCompiler.class);
+		validators=Serialization.asArray(theObject.getJsonArray("validators"), Validator.class);
+		isoMapper=new IsoMapper(theObject.getJsonObject("iso_mapper"));
+		centroidsMapping=Serialization.asArray(theObject.getJsonArray("centroid_mapping"), FieldMapping.class);
+		indexes=Serialization.asArray(theObject.getJsonArray("findexes"), IndexDefinition.class);
+		
+	}
 	private String name;
 	private String id;
 	private List<Field> fields;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Serialization.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Serialization.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..774c793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Serialization.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.profile;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import javax.json.JsonArray;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.faults.JsonParseException;
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.BasicJSONObject;
+
+public class Serialization {
+
+	
+	public static <T extends BasicJSONObject> ArrayList<T> asArray(JsonArray array,Class<T> clazz) throws JsonParseException{
+		try {
+		ArrayList<T> toReturn=new ArrayList<T>();
+		if(array!=null)
+			for(int i=0;i<array.size();i++)
+				toReturn.add(clazz.getConstructor(JsonObject.class).newInstance(array.getJsonObject(i)));
+		return toReturn;
+		}catch(Exception e) {
+			throw new JsonParseException("Unable to create list of "+clazz,e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Validator.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Validator.java
index d161f5d..14db636 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Validator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/profile/Validator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.profile;
 
-public class Validator {
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.BasicJSONObject;
+
+public class Validator extends BasicJSONObject {
+
+	public Validator(JsonObject theObject) {
+		super(theObject);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/project/Document.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/project/Document.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 396a4d8..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/project/Document.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.project;
-
-public interface Document {
-
-	
-	
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/project/Project.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/project/Project.java
index c9e9b3d..5813d54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/project/Project.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/project/Project.java
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.project;
 
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
 
-public class Project {
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.BasicJSONObject;
 
+
+public class Project extends BasicJSONObject{
+
+	public Project(JsonObject theObject) {
+		super(theObject);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
 /**
  * Project{
  _id:
@@ -35,7 +43,8 @@ public class Project {
 	private String profile_id;
 	private PublicationDetails publication;
 	private Status status;
-	private Document document;
+	private BasicJSONObject document;
 	private Centroid centroid;
 	
+		
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/utils/Files.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/utils/Files.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c99a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/utils/Files.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.utils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class Files {
+
+	public static File getFileFromResources(String fileName) {
+
+        ClassLoader classLoader =Files.class.getClassLoader();
+
+        URL resource = classLoader.getResource(fileName);
+        if (resource == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("file is not found!");
+        } else {
+            return new File(resource.getFile());
+        }
+
+    }	
+
+
+	public static String readFileAsString(String path, Charset encoding) 
+			  throws IOException 
+	{
+	  byte[] encoded = java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(path));
+	  return new String(encoded, encoding);
+	}
+	
+	
+	public static String getName(String path) {
+		
+		return path.substring((path.contains(File.separator)?path.lastIndexOf(File.separator)+1:0)
+				,(path.contains(".")?path.lastIndexOf("."):path.length()));
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/SerializationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/SerializationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..506b1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/common/model/SerializationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model;
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+
+import javax.json.Json;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.faults.JsonParseException;
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.profile.Profile;
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.utils.Files;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class SerializationTest {
+
+	
+	@Test
+	public void readProfile() throws FileNotFoundException, JsonParseException {
+		JsonObject object=Json.createReader(new FileInputStream(Files.getFileFromResources("ProfileConcessioni.json"))).readObject();
+		
+		System.out.println("object is "+object);
+		Assert.assertNotNull(object);
+		Profile concessione=new Profile(object);
+		System.out.println("Profile is "+concessione.toJson());
+		
+		Assert.assertTrue(concessione.getFields().size()>0);
+		
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/ProfileConcessioni.json b/src/test/resources/ProfileConcessioni.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed42208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/ProfileConcessioni.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+	"name" : "Concessioni Profile",
+	"_id" : "",
+	"fields" :[
+		{ "name" : "introduzione", "label" : "Introduzione", "type" : "STRING"},
+		{ "label" : "Descrizione Contenuto", "type" : "STRING"},
+		{ "label" : "Autori", "type" : "STRING", "cardinality" : "MULTIPLE"},
+		{ "label" : "Contributore", "type" : "STRING"},
+		{ "label" : "Titolari", "type" : "STRING", "cardinality" : "MULTIPLE"},
+
+		{ "name":"relazioneScavo", "label" : "Relazione di Scavo", "type" : "DOCUMENT"},
+		{ "name":"posizionameno", 
+		  "label" : "Posizionamento Scavo", 
+		  "type" : "DOCUMENT",
+		  "fields":[
+		  	{ "label" : "Descrizione Contenuto", "type" : "STRING"},
+			{ "label" : "Autori", "type" : "STRING", "cardinality" : "MULTIPLE"},
+			{ "label" : "Contributore", "type" : "STRING"}
+		  ]
+		}
+	],
+
+	"validators" : [
+		{"name":"Validator Concessioni", 
+		"type":"JAVA", 
+	    "qName":"org.gcube.application.concessioni.Validator"}
+	]
+		
+}
\ No newline at end of file