diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
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index 2d9616a..0000000
--- a/distro/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-${gcube.license}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
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index 355aa76..0000000
--- a/distro/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-The gCube System - ${name}
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-${description}
- 
- 
-${gcube.description}
- 
-${gcube.funding}
- 
- 
-Version
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-${version} (${buildDate})
- 
-Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes.
- 
- 
-Authors
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-* Francesco Mangiacrapa (francesco.mangiacrapa-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy). 
- 
-Maintainers
------------
- 
-* Francesco Mangiacrapa (francesco.mangiacrapa-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy). 
- 
-Download information
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-Source code is available from SVN: 
-    ${scm.url}
- 
-Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website: 
-   ${gcube.website}
- 
- 
-Installation
---------------------------------------------------
-
- 
-Documentation 
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
-    ${gcube.wikiRoot}/Workspace
- 
-Support 
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool:
-    ${gcube.issueTracking}
- 
- 
-Licensing
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
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-<ReleaseNotes>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-23-0"
-		date="${buildDate}">
-		<Change>[Task #17226] Removing HL </Change>
-		<Change>[Task #17524] Hiding 'Add Administrator" on VRE Folders
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Task #17552] Workspace: reconsider the actions Private Link, Folder Link and Get Link
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-22-0"
-		date="${buildDate}">
-		<Change>Updated to StorageHub [ticket: #13226]</Change>
-		<Change>{Bug #13328] Bug fixes</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-21-0"
-		date="2018-11-01">
-		<Change>Task #13106: Provide public links for versioned files
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-20-0"
-		date="2018-09-01">
-		<Change>Task #12604: Migrate Move operation to StorageHub
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Incident #12922: Bug fix</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-19-1"
-		date="2018-07-02">
-		<Change>Revised Style sheet and updated to common set of icons
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Task #12089] Migrate to workspace-uploader 2.0
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Release #12006] Removed portlets-widgets.wsmail-widget
-			dependency
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-19-0"
-		date="2018-06-07">
-		<Change>[Project Activity #11690] Integrated with Task Executor Widget
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-18-0"
-		date="2018-03-01">
-		<Change>[Task #11127] Porting to new ws-thredds engine</Change>
-		<Change>[Feature #11325] Workspace: add New URL feature in the context
-			menu of right pane
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-17-4"
-		date="2018-01-09">
-		<Change>Issue #10831, Workspace download folder tomcat temp occupation
-			issue
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Incident #11113] Bug fixing</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-17-3"
-		date="2017-11-20">
-		<Change>Task #9758: bug fixing</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-17-2"
-		date="2017-09-13">
-		<Change>Incident #9676: fixed. Removed check on get sub-folder public
-			link when operation is performed by an administrator
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-17-1"
-		date="2017-05-22">
-		<Change>Feature #5207: integrate image previewer widget
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-17-0"
-		date="2017-04-12">
-		<Change>Task #8070: file versioning info panel added into How-to
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Improved responsivness, added collapsible tree panel when
-			device is a phone and shifted download button next to the upload one.
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-16-0"
-		date="2017-03-03">
-		<Change>Removed accesslogger dependency</Change>
-		<Change>[Task #6988] Fixed Edit administrator showing</Change>
-		<Change>[Feature #7006] File Versioning</Change>
-		<Change>Edit administrator can be performed also by other
-			Administrator/s
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Edit permissions can be performed also by Administrators
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-15-1"
-		date="2017-02-02">
-		<Change>Minor fixes
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-15-0"
-		date="2016-11-29">
-		<Change>[Feature #5873] Remove ASL Session from the Workspace and its
-			components
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Updated the Show event on a object of kind LINK: it is opened
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-14-0"
-		date="2016-09-14">
-		<Change>[Feature #2335] Added "Get Folder Link" facility</Change>
-		<Change>[Incident #4878] Fixed: Workspace tree not displaying user's
-			name
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Feature #5116] Implemented Show public folders in the
-			Workspace via Smart Folder
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Feature #5110] Added Enabled/Disabled Public Access to
-			workspace history
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Bug #5218] Fixed return to the Workspace root Folder</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-13-0"
-		date="2016-05-31">
-		<Change>[Feature #4128] Migration to Liferay 6.2</Change>
-		<Change>Data Catalogue publishing supported</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-12-0"
-		date="2016-05-16">
-		<Change>Integrated with new workspace uploader</Change>
-		<Change>Bug fixed: Css for Dialog Cancel multiple files</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-11-0"
-		date="2016-01-13">
-		<Change>[Feature #1925] Added, new public link format:
-			http://host/storageID
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Feature #1298] Update public link generation</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-10-1"
-		date="2015-12-16">
-		<Change>Bug Fixing - #1804; #1808; #1822; #1333</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-10-0"
-		date="2015-11-19">
-		<Change>[Feature #124] Remove a user from shared folder</Change>
-		<Change>[Feature #1259] Enhancement to workspace item history</Change>
-		<Change>[Bug #1373] Fixed: breadcrumb slowness on file upload
-			make
-			upload of files on parent folders
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Incident #1338] Fixed: Workspace and ownership ... something
-			is wrong
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Bug #1459] Fixed: get link disabled</Change>
-		<Change>[Bug #1260] Fixed: minor glitch on Chrome, topbar shows
-			vertical scroller
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-9-0"
-		date="2015-10-30">
-		<Change>[Bug #718] Fixed breadcrumb path</Change>
-		<Change>[Bug #546] Fixed bug</Change>
-		<Change>[Bug #531] Fixed issue on create folder</Change>
-		<Change>[Feature #429] Realized. Integrated with workspace-uploader
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Bug #1270] Fixed. Workspace improvements: many rpc calls
-			after an delete multiple
-		</Change>
-		<Change>[Feature #1280] Workspace GUI: quote and available feature
-			improvements
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-8-0"
-		date="2015-07-06">
-		<Change>[Feature #129] Porting to HL 2.0
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Feature #332] Generate workspace Public Link with SMP-ID
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-7-1"
-		date="2015-04-15">
-		<Change>Integrated Contacts Edit Permissions
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-7-0"
-		date="2014-10-29">
-		<Change>Added user storage usage
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Added notifications for: set folder Administrator, delete
-			shared folder
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-6-7"
-		date="2014-09-01">
-		<Change>Fixed support #813: Broken Breadcrumb for long path
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Added "Edit Administrators"
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-6-6"
-		date="2014-06-04">
-		<Change>Added Trash:
-			https://issue.imarine.research-infrastructures.eu/ticket/2497
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Updated pom to support new portal configuration (gcube release
-			3.2)
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Completed activity to
-			https://support.social.isti.cnr.it/ticket/126
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-6-5"
-		date="2014-06-04">
-		<Change>Integrated trash:
-			https://issue.imarine.research-infrastructures.eu/ticket/2497
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Updated pom to support new portal configuration (gcube release
-			3.2)
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-6-4"
-		date="2014-05-22">
-		<Change>Fixed:
-			https://support.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/ticket/843
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Added: item number in grid and trash. See:
-			https://issue.imarine.research-infrastructures.eu/ticket/282
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-6-2"
-		date="2014-3-17">
-		<Change>Management of My Special Folder</Change>
-		<Change>Added change permissions to VRE shared folder</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-6-0"
-		date="2014-06-04">
-		<Change>Added Trash:
-			https://issue.imarine.research-infrastructures.eu/ticket/2497
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Updated pom to support new portal configuration (gcube release
-			3.2)
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-6-0"
-		date="2014-05-22">
-		<Change>Fixed:
-			https://support.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/ticket/843
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Added: item number in grid and trash. See:
-			https://issue.imarine.research-infrastructures.eu/ticket/282
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-6-0"
-		date="2014-03-17">
-		<Change>Management of "My Special Folder"</Change>
-		<Change>Added change permissions to VRE shared folder</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-6-0"
-		date="2014-02-07">
-		<Change>#2634 Workspace: support for setting permissions over shared
-			folders
-		</Change>
-		<Change>#2633 Workspace: support for VRE Shared Folders</Change>
-		<Change>#2290 Worskspace history operations: should support the
-			session validation
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-5-0"
-		date="2013-12-12">
-		<Change>#Ticket 738 fixed. HomeLibrary initialize Exception
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-5-0"
-		date="2013-10-21">
-		<Change>#Ticket 2223. This project was enhancements to gwt 2.5.1
-		</Change>
-		<Change>GCF dependency was removed</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-4-1"
-		date="2013-09-16">
-		<Change>Provide support for public link, Related ticket: #1993
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Link sharing and public link: generate a human-readable URL
-			via URL shortening, Related ticket: #1921
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Fixed bug on shared links, Ticket #630 </Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-3-0"
-		date="2013-07-08">
-		<Change>Provide support for share link, Related ticket: #1504</Change>
-		<Change>Edit description on sharing, Related ticket: #1822 </Change>
-		<Change>Bugs fixed, Related Tickets: #628, #633, #630</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-2-0"
-		date="2013-05-29">
-		<Change>Provide support for accounting, related ticket: #1752</Change>
-		<Change>Enable notification for file upload in shared folder, related
-			ticket: #1732
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-1-0"
-		date="2013-04-19">
-		<Change>Workspace portlet was enhanced to meet the requests coming
-			from the User Community
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Related tickets: #1500, #1498, #320, #1487, #1499, #1501,
-			#1497, #1536
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.6-0-0"
-		date="2013-03-05">
-		<Change>#1259 The workspace portlet was mavenized.</Change>
-		<Change>Fixed bugs: see #1327, #1278, #1279</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.5-3-0"
-		date="2013-01-17">
-		<Change>Ticket #873: Messaging facility to be part of the Social
-			Portal space
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Ticket #872: Workspace Portlet also "outside" of VREs</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.5-2-0"
-		date="2012-11-30">
-		<Change>#111 New workspace item (resource link) was added in workspace
-			portlet
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.5-1-0"
-		date="2012-09-21">
-		<Change>New Mail Sender Widget added, supporting multiple attachments
-			and multiple recipients
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Reply and Reply all features added to messages</Change>
-		<Change>Inbox messages sort by date reverse order</Change>
-		<Change>Bug fixed: upload file/archive</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.5-0-0"
-		date="2012-05-04">
-		<Change>#216 New version of Workspace Portlet is developed using the
-			GXT framework
-		</Change>
-		<Change>#216 Reviews workspace GUI and adding new features</Change>
-		<Change>#216 Added toolbar with navigation path of items</Change>
-		<Change>#216 Added toolbar for an easy access to the operations on
-			items ("Add", "Download", "Rename", "Delete", etc.)
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.4-2-0"
-		date="2011-07-01">
-		<Change>#1555: WorkflowTemplate and WorkflowReport required in
-			Workspace Portlet
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.4-1-0"
-		date="2011-05-06">
-		<Change>GWT 2.2.0 support</Change>
-		<Change>added gwt-ext patch</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.4-0-0"
-		date="2011-02-07">
-		<Change>Removed Workspace and Basket type, replaced with folder option
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Synch with others changes in HomeLibrary</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.3-2-0"
-		date="2010-10-22">
-		<Change>#398: Workspace Details panel improvement</Change>
-		<Change>used ScopeHelper for session settings</Change>
-		<Change>Enabled details panel for Report, ReportTemplate and
-			AquaMapsItem workspace items
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.3-1-0"
-		date="2010-09-03">
-		<Change>#30: FCPPS / Workspace / Help does not open</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.3-0-0"
-		date="2010-07-16">
-		<Change>Ported to GWT 2.0</Change>
-		<Change>Updated project structure to WebPortlet</Change>
-		<Change>Update to LifeRay portal</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.2-6-0"
-		date="2010-05-14">
-		<Change>#424: Workspace code refactoring an enanchement</Change>
-		<Change>code refactoring, sync with Workspace Portlet Tree changes
-		</Change>
-		<Change>added new details panels for Time Series, AquaMaps Item,
-			Report, Report Template
-		</Change>
-		<Change>improved details panels update speed (new panel construction
-			vs static panels)
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.2-5-0"
-		date="2010-01-29">
-		<Change>gcube release 1.7.0</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.2-4-0"
-		date="2009-11-30">
-		<Change>gcube release 1.6.0</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.2-3-0"
-		date="2009-11-16">
-		<Change>gcube release 1.5.0</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.2-2-0"
-		date="2009-10-16">
-		<Change>gcube release</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.2-1-1"
-		date="2009-07-29">
-		<Change>gcube release 1.2.2</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.2-1-0"
-		date="2009-07-14">
-		<Change>gcube release 1.2.0</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.2-0-0"
-		date="2009-05-19">
-		<Change>gcube release 1.2.0 rc1</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset
-		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet.1-1-2"
-		date="2009-01-12">
-		<Change>first release</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-</ReleaseNotes>
diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0eec2ec..0000000
--- a/distro/descriptor.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<assembly
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
-	<id>servicearchive</id>
-	<formats>
-		<format>tar.gz</format>
-	</formats>
-	<baseDirectory>/</baseDirectory>
-	<fileSets>
-		<fileSet>
-			<directory>${distroDirectory}</directory>
-			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
-			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
-			<includes>
-				<include>README</include>
-				<include>LICENSE</include>
-				<include>changelog.xml</include>
-				<include>profile.xml</include>
-			</includes>
-			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
-			<filtered>true</filtered>
-		</fileSet>
-	</fileSets>
-	<files>
-		<file>
-			<source>target/${build.finalName}.${project.packaging}</source>
-			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
-		</file>
-
-	</files>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 51c3b6b..0000000
--- a/distro/profile.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-	<ID></ID>
-	<Type>Service</Type>
-	<Profile>
-		<Description>${description}</Description>
-		<Class>PortletUser</Class>
-		<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-		<Version>${version}</Version>
-		<Packages>
-			<Software>
-				<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-				<Version>${version}</Version>
-				<MavenCoordinates>
-					<groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
-					<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
-					<version>${version}</version>
-				</MavenCoordinates>
-				<Files>
-					<File>target/${build.finalName}.war</File>
-				</Files>
-			</Software>
-		</Packages>
-	</Profile>
-</Resource>