diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/base/impl/ElementImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/base/impl/ElementImpl.java
index 236d702..2c71561 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/base/impl/ElementImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/base/impl/ElementImpl.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.io.StringWriter;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeName;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.Element;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.serialization.ElementMapper;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.TypeUtility;
 
 /**
  * @author Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
@@ -30,4 +31,10 @@ public class ElementImpl implements Element {
 			return super.toString();
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getTypeName() {
+		return TypeUtility.getTypeName(this.getClass());
+	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/base/reference/Element.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/base/reference/Element.java
index 31d9a92..72f57dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/base/reference/Element.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/base/reference/Element.java
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ public interface Element extends Serializable {
 	 */
 	public static final String DATETIME_PATTERN = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS Z";
 	
+	public String getTypeName();
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/types/impl/TypeImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/types/impl/TypeImpl.java
index 2f54793..bd8b19d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/types/impl/TypeImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/types/impl/TypeImpl.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.impl.properties.PropertyTypeImpl;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.impl.relations.RelationTypeImpl;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.Type;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.properties.PropertyDefinition;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.TypeUtility;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.Version;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -288,5 +289,10 @@ public class TypeImpl implements Type {
 	public AccessType getAccessType() {
 		return null;
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getTypeName() {
+		return TypeUtility.getTypeName(this.getClass());
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/types/impl/properties/PropertyDefinitionImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/types/impl/properties/PropertyDefinitionImpl.java
index 33d720e..4369a93 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/types/impl/properties/PropertyDefinitionImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/types/impl/properties/PropertyDefinitionImpl.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeName;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.PropertyTypeName;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.annotations.ISProperty;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.properties.PropertyDefinition;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.TypeUtility;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.Version;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -281,4 +282,9 @@ public final class PropertyDefinitionImpl implements PropertyDefinition {
 		
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String getTypeName() {
+		return TypeUtility.getTypeName(this.getClass());
+	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/utils/TypeUtility.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/utils/TypeUtility.java
index fb6a6d9..a439bf1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/utils/TypeUtility.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/utils/TypeUtility.java
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ public class TypeUtility {
 		return getTypeName(jsonNode);
 	}
 	
-	public static String getTypeName(Element element){
-		return getTypeName(element.getClass());
-	}
-	
 	public static <E extends Element> String getTypeName(Class<E> clz){
 		return TypeMapper.getType(clz);
 	}