diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/publisher/ResourceRegistryPublisherImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/publisher/ResourceRegistryPublisherImpl.java
index 7103daa..db2ce95 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/publisher/ResourceRegistryPublisherImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/publisher/ResourceRegistryPublisherImpl.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import org.gcube.common.gxhttp.reference.GXConnection;
 import org.gcube.common.gxhttp.request.GXHTTPStringRequest;
 import org.gcube.common.http.GXHTTPUtility;
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.rest.SharingPath;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.rest.SharingPath.SharingOperation;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.rest.httputils.HTTPUtility;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.serialization.ElementMapper;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.JsonUtility;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.TypeUtility;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.UUIDManager;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.UUIDUtility;
@@ -440,8 +443,14 @@ public class ResourceRegistryPublisherImpl extends BaseRequestInfo implements Re
 	public String create(String json)
 			throws SchemaViolationException, AlreadyPresentException, ResourceRegistryException {
 		try {
-			ERElement e = ElementMapper.unmarshal(ERElement.class, json);
-			return internalCreate(e);
+			JsonNode jsonNode = JsonUtility.getJsonNode(json);
+			String type = TypeUtility.getTypeName(jsonNode);
+			UUID uuid = UUIDUtility.getUUID(jsonNode);
+			if(uuid==null) {
+				uuid = UUIDManager.getInstance().generateValidUUID();
+				((ObjectNode) jsonNode).put(ERElement.ID_PROPERTY, uuid.toString());
+			}
+			return create(type, json, uuid);
 		} catch (ResourceRegistryException e) {
 			// logger.trace("Error Creating {}", facet, e);
 			throw e;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/publisher/NoGcubeModelTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/publisher/NoGcubeModelTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b819516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/publisher/NoGcubeModelTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.publisher;
+
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * To properly use thois test you must comment 
+ * gcube-model dependency
+ * @author Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
+ */
+public class NoGcubeModelTest extends ContextTest {
+
+	private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NoGcubeModelTest.class);
+	
+	public static final String GROUP = "InformationSystem";
+	public static final String NAME = "resource-registry";
+	public static final String VERSION = "1.0.0";
+	public static final String NEW_VERSION = "2.0.0";
+	
+	protected ResourceRegistryPublisher resourceRegistryPublisher;
+	
+	public NoGcubeModelTest() {
+		Object rrURLOBj = ContextTest.properties.get(RESOURCE_REGISTRY_URL_PROPERTY);
+		if(rrURLOBj!=null  && !rrURLOBj.toString().isEmpty()) {
+			resourceRegistryPublisher = new ResourceRegistryPublisherImpl(rrURLOBj.toString());
+		}else {
+			resourceRegistryPublisher = ResourceRegistryPublisherFactory.create();
+		}
+		resourceRegistryPublisher.setIncludeMeta(true);
+		resourceRegistryPublisher.setAllMeta(true);
+	}
+	
+	@Ignore
+	@Test
+	public void testCreateResourceFromJson() throws Exception {
+		String json = "{\"type\":\"VirtualService\",\"consistsOf\":[{\"type\":\"IsIdentifiedBy\",\"target\":{\"name\":\"aaaaaa\",\"optional\":\"true\",\"group\":\"xxxxx\",\"description\":\"\",\"version\":\"cvcvvv\",\"qualifier\":\"\",\"type\":\"SoftwareFacet\",\"aaaa\":\"dddddd\"}}]}";
+		String ret = resourceRegistryPublisher.createResource(json);
+		logger.info(ret);
+	}
+
+}