diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/AbstractClusteringFunction.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/AbstractClusteringFunction.java
index 1782b87613..7fdcce497d 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/AbstractClusteringFunction.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/AbstractClusteringFunction.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.clustering;
 
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.common.AbstractPaceFunctions;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 
@@ -18,15 +19,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractClusteringFunction extends AbstractPaceFunctions i
 		this.params = params;
 	}
 
-	protected abstract Collection<String> doApply(String s);
+	protected abstract Collection<String> doApply(Config conf, String s);
 	
 	@Override
-	public Collection<String> apply(List<Field> fields) {
+	public Collection<String> apply(Config conf, List<Field> fields) {
 		return fields.stream().filter(f -> !f.isEmpty())
 				.map(Field::stringValue)
 				.map(this::normalize)
 				.map(s -> filterAllStopWords(s))
-				.map(this::doApply)
+				.map(s -> doApply(conf, s))
 				.map(c -> filterBlacklisted(c, ngramBlacklist))
 				.flatMap(c -> c.stream())
 				.filter(StringUtils::isNotBlank)
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/Acronyms.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/Acronyms.java
index ee5efc9671..d3008332db 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/Acronyms.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/Acronyms.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 
 @ClusteringClass("acronyms")
 public class Acronyms extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ public class Acronyms extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected Collection<String> doApply(String s) {
+	protected Collection<String> doApply(Config conf, String s) {
 		return extractAcronyms(s, param("max"), param("minLen"), param("maxLen"));
 	}
 	
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringCombiner.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringCombiner.java
index a4b58aa81f..52859b4b8b 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringCombiner.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringCombiner.java
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 public class ClusteringCombiner {
 
 	public static Collection<String> combine(final Document a, final Config conf) {
-		return new ClusteringCombiner().doCombine(a, conf.clusterings());
+		return new ClusteringCombiner().doCombine(a, conf);
 	}
 
-	private Collection<String> doCombine(final Document a, final List<ClusteringDef> defs) {
+	private Collection<String> doCombine(final Document a, final Config conf) {
 		final Collection<String> res = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
-		for (final ClusteringDef cd : defs) {
+		for (final ClusteringDef cd : conf.clusterings()) {
 			for (final String fieldName : cd.getFields()) {
 				final Field values = a.values(fieldName);
-				res.addAll(cd.clusteringFunction().apply((List<Field>) values));
+				res.addAll(cd.clusteringFunction().apply(conf, (List<Field>) values));
 			}
 		}
 		return res;
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringFunction.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringFunction.java
index 4fe1b596ed..0554d27a19 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringFunction.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringFunction.java
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 
 public interface ClusteringFunction {
 	
-	public Collection<String> apply(List<Field> fields); 
+	public Collection<String> apply(Config config, List<Field> fields);
 	
 	public Map<String, Integer> getParams();
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ImmutableFieldValue.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ImmutableFieldValue.java
index fab8e989d1..7f342f69c4 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ImmutableFieldValue.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ImmutableFieldValue.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 
 @ClusteringClass("immutablefieldvalue")
 public class ImmutableFieldValue extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ public class ImmutableFieldValue extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected Collection<String> doApply(final String s) {
+	protected Collection<String> doApply(final Config conf, final String s) {
 		final List<String> res = Lists.newArrayList();
 
 		res.add(s);
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/KeywordsClustering.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/KeywordsClustering.java
index 1cabecd600..1680ab0f1a 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/KeywordsClustering.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/KeywordsClustering.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.clustering;
 
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.common.AbstractPaceFunctions;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 
@@ -15,10 +16,10 @@ public class KeywordsClustering extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected Collection<String> doApply(String s) {
+    protected Collection<String> doApply(final Config conf, String s) {
 
         //takes city codes and keywords codes without duplicates
-        Set<String> keywords = getKeywords(s, params.getOrDefault("windowSize", 4));
+        Set<String> keywords = getKeywords(s, conf.translationMap(), params.getOrDefault("windowSize", 4));
         Set<String> cities = getCities(s, params.getOrDefault("windowSize", 4));
 
         //list of combination to return as result
@@ -37,13 +38,13 @@ public class KeywordsClustering extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Collection<String> apply(List<Field> fields) {
+    public Collection<String> apply(final Config conf, List<Field> fields) {
         return fields.stream().filter(f -> !f.isEmpty())
                 .map(Field::stringValue)
                 .map(this::cleanup) //TODO can I add this to the AbstractClusteringFunction without overriding the method here?
                 .map(this::normalize)
                 .map(s -> filterAllStopWords(s))
-                .map(this::doApply)
+                .map(s -> doApply(conf, s))
                 .map(c -> filterBlacklisted(c, ngramBlacklist))
                 .flatMap(c -> c.stream())
                 .filter(StringUtils::isNotBlank)
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/LowercaseClustering.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/LowercaseClustering.java
index 5ec8590aa6..6fe525f16e 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/LowercaseClustering.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/LowercaseClustering.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 
@@ -17,16 +18,16 @@ public class LowercaseClustering extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Collection<String> apply(List<Field> fields) {
+	public Collection<String> apply(Config conf, List<Field> fields) {
 		Collection<String> c = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
 		for(Field f : fields) {
-			c.addAll(doApply(f.stringValue()));
+			c.addAll(doApply(conf, f.stringValue()));
 		}
 		return c;
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected Collection<String> doApply(final String s) {
+	protected Collection<String> doApply(final Config conf, final String s) {
 		if(StringUtils.isBlank(s)) {
 			return Lists.newArrayList();
 		}
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/NgramPairs.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/NgramPairs.java
index 06885be9fb..baa30d7471 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/NgramPairs.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/NgramPairs.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 
 @ClusteringClass("ngrampairs")
 public class NgramPairs extends Ngrams {
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ public class NgramPairs extends Ngrams {
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	protected Collection<String> doApply(String s) {
+	protected Collection<String> doApply(Config conf, String s) {
 		return ngramPairs(Lists.newArrayList(getNgrams(s, param("ngramLen"), param("max") * 2, 1, 2)), param("max"));
 	}
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/Ngrams.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/Ngrams.java
index 8549468dbc..214b1451fa 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/Ngrams.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/Ngrams.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.clustering;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
+
 import java.util.*;
 
 @ClusteringClass("ngrams")
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ public class Ngrams extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected Collection<String> doApply(String s) {
+	protected Collection<String> doApply(Config conf, String s) {
 		return getNgrams(s, param("ngramLen"), param("max"), param("maxPerToken"), param("minNgramLen"));
 	}
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/PersonClustering.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/PersonClustering.java
index 718b88d14b..26b07f0203 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/PersonClustering.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/PersonClustering.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package eu.dnetlib.pace.clustering;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.common.AbstractPaceFunctions;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Person;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ public class PersonClustering extends AbstractPaceFunctions implements Clusterin
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Collection<String> apply(final List<Field> fields) {
+	public Collection<String> apply(final Config conf, final List<Field> fields) {
 		final Set<String> hashes = Sets.newHashSet();
 
 		for (final Field f : fields) {
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/PersonHash.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/PersonHash.java
index fcb01b994b..2020a662fd 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/PersonHash.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/PersonHash.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Person;
 
 @ClusteringClass("personhash")
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ public class PersonHash extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected Collection<String> doApply(final String s) {
+	protected Collection<String> doApply(final Config conf, final String s) {
 		final List<String> res = Lists.newArrayList();
 
 		final boolean aggressive = (Boolean) (getParams().containsKey("aggressive") ? getParams().get("aggressive") : DEFAULT_AGGRESSIVE);
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/RandomClusteringFunction.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/RandomClusteringFunction.java
index f012aacabe..c485fcb9aa 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/RandomClusteringFunction.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/RandomClusteringFunction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.clustering;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
+
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ public class RandomClusteringFunction extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected Collection<String> doApply(String s) {
+	protected Collection<String> doApply(final Config conf, String s) {
 		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 		return null;
 	}
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SortedNgramPairs.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SortedNgramPairs.java
index 2f475fe716..55b203d7a2 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SortedNgramPairs.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SortedNgramPairs.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.*;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 
 @ClusteringClass("sortedngrampairs")
 public class SortedNgramPairs extends NgramPairs {
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ public class SortedNgramPairs extends NgramPairs {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected Collection<String> doApply(String s) {
+	protected Collection<String> doApply(Config conf, String s) {
 
 		final List<String> tokens = Lists.newArrayList(Splitter.on(" ").omitEmptyStrings().trimResults().split(s));
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SpaceTrimmingFieldValue.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SpaceTrimmingFieldValue.java
index 22dc4906b3..fd8e7a3cc0 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SpaceTrimmingFieldValue.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SpaceTrimmingFieldValue.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ public class SpaceTrimmingFieldValue extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected Collection<String> doApply(final String s) {
+	protected Collection<String> doApply(final Config conf, final String s) {
 		final List<String> res = Lists.newArrayList();
 
 		res.add(StringUtils.isBlank(s) ? RandomStringUtils.random(getParams().get("randomLength")) : s.toLowerCase().replaceAll("\\s+", ""));
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SuffixPrefix.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SuffixPrefix.java
index 3960331c9f..fa1f643621 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SuffixPrefix.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/SuffixPrefix.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 
 @ClusteringClass("suffixprefix")
 public class SuffixPrefix extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ public class SuffixPrefix extends AbstractClusteringFunction {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected Collection<String> doApply(String s) {
+	protected Collection<String> doApply(Config conf, String s) {
 		return suffixPrefix(s, param("len"), param("max"));
 	}
 	
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/UrlClustering.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/UrlClustering.java
index 9955d5fbec..feb60a221d 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/UrlClustering.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/UrlClustering.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.clustering;
 
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.common.AbstractPaceFunctions;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public class UrlClustering extends AbstractPaceFunctions implements ClusteringFu
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Collection<String> apply(List<Field> fields) {
+    public Collection<String> apply(final Config conf, List<Field> fields) {
         try {
             return fields.stream()
                     .filter(f -> !f.isEmpty())
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/common/AbstractPaceFunctions.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/common/AbstractPaceFunctions.java
index 24379c677e..3050293a0c 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/common/AbstractPaceFunctions.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/common/AbstractPaceFunctions.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.text.Normalizer;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
@@ -327,12 +329,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractPaceFunctions {
 		return codes;
 	}
 
-	public Set<String> getKeywords(String s1, int windowSize) {
-		return getKeywords(s1, translationMap, windowSize);
-	}
-
 	public Set<String> getCities(String s1, int windowSize) {
 		return getKeywords(s1, cityMap, windowSize);
 	}
 
+	public static <T> String readFromClasspath(final String filename, final Class<T> clazz) {
+		final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+		try {
+			IOUtils.copy(clazz.getResourceAsStream(filename), sw);
+			return sw.toString();
+		} catch (final IOException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("cannot load resource from classpath: " + filename);
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/AbstractCondition.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/AbstractCondition.java
index 2b4aa29a18..8f6bf3e088 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/AbstractCondition.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/AbstractCondition.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package eu.dnetlib.pace.condition;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.common.AbstractPaceFunctions;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEval;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEvalMap;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Document;
@@ -25,10 +26,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractCondition extends AbstractPaceFunctions implements
 		this.fields = fields;
 	}
 
-	protected abstract ConditionEval verify(FieldDef fd, Field a, Field b);
+	protected abstract ConditionEval verify(FieldDef fd, Field a, Field b, Config conf);
 
 	@Override
-	public ConditionEvalMap verify(final Document a, final Document b) {
+	public ConditionEvalMap verify(final Document a, final Document b, final Config conf) {
 		final ConditionEvalMap res = new ConditionEvalMap();
 		for (final FieldDef fd : getFields()) {
 
@@ -36,12 +37,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractCondition extends AbstractPaceFunctions implements
 			final Field vb = b.values(fd.getName());
 
 			if (fd.isIgnoreMissing()) {
-				res.put(fd.getName(), verify(fd, va, vb));
+				res.put(fd.getName(), verify(fd, va, vb, conf));
 			} else {
 				if (va.isEmpty() || vb.isEmpty()) {
 					res.put(fd.getName(), new ConditionEval(cond, va, vb, -1));
 				} else {
-					res.put(fd.getName(), verify(fd, va, vb));
+					res.put(fd.getName(), verify(fd, va, vb, conf));
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/AlwaysTrueCondition.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/AlwaysTrueCondition.java
index 2274da5d5e..633ade3307 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/AlwaysTrueCondition.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/AlwaysTrueCondition.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.condition;
 
 import java.util.List;
+
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEval;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldDef;
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ public class AlwaysTrueCondition extends AbstractCondition {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b) {
+	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b, final Config conf) {
 		return new ConditionEval(cond, a, b, 1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ConditionAlgo.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ConditionAlgo.java
index 787ad9af10..34e6de9271 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ConditionAlgo.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ConditionAlgo.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.condition;
 
 import java.util.List;
+
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEvalMap;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Document;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldDef;
@@ -22,6 +24,6 @@ public interface ConditionAlgo {
 	 * @return 0 when condition cannot be verified (ignoremissing = true). Positive int when the condition is verified. Negative int when
 	 *         the condition is not verified.
 	 */
-	public abstract ConditionEvalMap verify(Document a, Document b);
+	public abstract ConditionEvalMap verify(Document a, Document b, Config conf);
 
 }
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ExactMatch.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ExactMatch.java
index a4cd847922..755e8153d6 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ExactMatch.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ExactMatch.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package eu.dnetlib.pace.condition;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEval;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldDef;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ public class ExactMatch extends AbstractCondition {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b) {
+	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b, final Config conf) {
 
 		final String fa = getValue(a);
 		final String fb = getValue(b);
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ExactMatchIgnoreCase.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ExactMatchIgnoreCase.java
index e9925ec6d5..672980ccc4 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ExactMatchIgnoreCase.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ExactMatchIgnoreCase.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package eu.dnetlib.pace.condition;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEval;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldDef;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ public class ExactMatchIgnoreCase extends AbstractCondition {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b) {
+	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b, final Config conf) {
 
 		final String fa = getValue(a);
 		final String fb = getValue(b);
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/MustBeDifferent.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/MustBeDifferent.java
index f2b3bdba4d..630e2341c6 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/MustBeDifferent.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/MustBeDifferent.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package eu.dnetlib.pace.condition;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEval;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldDef;
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ public class MustBeDifferent extends AbstractCondition {
 	 * @see eu.dnetlib.pace.condition.AbstractCondition#verify(eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldDef, java.util.List, java.util.List)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b) {
+	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b, final Config conf)
+	{
 
 		final String fa = getValue(a);
 		final String fb = getValue(b);
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/PidMatch.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/PidMatch.java
index c15729ed31..92378f30c4 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/PidMatch.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/PidMatch.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEval;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldDef;
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ public class PidMatch extends AbstractCondition {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b) {
+	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b, final Config conf
+	) {
 
 		final List<String> sa = ((FieldList) a).stringList();
 		final List<String> sb = ((FieldList) b).stringList();
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/SizeMatch.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/SizeMatch.java
index afd0a8eaaf..634320194a 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/SizeMatch.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/SizeMatch.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEval;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldDef;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ public class SizeMatch extends AbstractCondition {
 	 * @see eu.dnetlib.pace.condition.AbstractCondition#verify(eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldDef, java.util.List, java.util.List)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b) {
+	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b, final Config conf) {
 
 		// if (a.isEmpty() & b.isEmpty()) return 1;
 		//
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/TitleVersionMatch.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/TitleVersionMatch.java
index 4b94a04598..844cbf8421 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/TitleVersionMatch.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/TitleVersionMatch.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package eu.dnetlib.pace.condition;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEval;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldDef;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ public class TitleVersionMatch extends AbstractCondition {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b) {
+	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b, final Config conf) {
 		final String valueA = getFirstValue(a);
 		final String valueB = getFirstValue(b);
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/YearMatch.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/YearMatch.java
index 71bb6cfd6e..af8635cef8 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/YearMatch.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/YearMatch.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package eu.dnetlib.pace.condition;
 import java.time.Year;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEval;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public class YearMatch extends AbstractCondition {
 	// }
 
 	@Override
-	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b) {
+	protected ConditionEval verify(final FieldDef fd, final Field a, final Field b, final Config conf) {
 		final String valueA = getNumbers(getFirstValue(a));
 		final String valueB = getNumbers(getFirstValue(b));
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/Config.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/Config.java
index 7498c23cf7..3ff299ef02 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/Config.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/Config.java
@@ -56,4 +56,6 @@ public interface Config {
 	 */
 	public Map<String, List<String>> blacklists();
 
+
+	public Map<String, String> translationMap();
 }
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/DedupConfig.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/DedupConfig.java
index 1cfcb089c7..f252414dd4 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/DedupConfig.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/DedupConfig.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class DedupConfig implements Config, Serializable {
 		try {
 			config = new ObjectMapper().readValue(json, DedupConfig.class);
 			config.getPace().initModel();
+			config.getPace().initTranslationMap();
 			return config;
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new PaceException("Error in parsing configuration json", e);
@@ -144,4 +145,9 @@ public class DedupConfig implements Config, Serializable {
 		return getPace().getBlacklists();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public Map<String, String> translationMap() {
+		return getPace().translationMap();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/PaceConfig.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/PaceConfig.java
index 4fde1dee95..490fbafc4f 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/PaceConfig.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/PaceConfig.java
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ public class PaceConfig implements Serializable {
 	private List<CondDef> conditions;
 	private List<ClusteringDef> clustering;
 	private Map<String, List<String>> blacklists;
+	private Map<String, List<String>> synonyms;
+
+	@JsonIgnore
+	private Map<String, String> translationMap;
 
 	@JsonIgnore
 	private Map<String, FieldDef> modelMap;
@@ -33,11 +37,24 @@ public class PaceConfig implements Serializable {
 
 	public void initModel() {
 		modelMap = Maps.newHashMap();
-		for(FieldDef fd : getModel()) {
+		for (FieldDef fd : getModel()) {
 			modelMap.put(fd.getName(), fd);
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void initTranslationMap(){
+		translationMap = Maps.newHashMap();
+		for (String key : synonyms.keySet()) {
+			for (String term : synonyms.get(key)){
+				translationMap.put(term.toLowerCase(), key);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public Map<String, String> translationMap(){
+		return translationMap;
+	}
+
 	public List<FieldDef> getModel() {
 		return model;
 	}
@@ -88,6 +105,14 @@ public class PaceConfig implements Serializable {
 		this.blacklists = blacklists;
 	}
 
+	public Map<String, List<String>> getSynonyms() {
+		return synonyms;
+	}
+
+	public void setSynonyms(Map<String, List<String>> synonyms) {
+		this.synonyms = synonyms;
+	}
+
 	public Map<String, FieldDef> getModelMap() {
 		return modelMap;
 	}
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceAlgo.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceAlgo.java
index 5e4f69f518..8d2b9bdbb7 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceAlgo.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceAlgo.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
  */
 public interface DistanceAlgo {
 
-	public abstract double distance(Field a, Field b);
+	public abstract double distance(Field a, Field b, Config conf);
 
 	public double getWeight();
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceScorer.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceScorer.java
index bb3c37ed6e..2f10aca81d 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceScorer.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceScorer.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class DistanceScorer {
 		final ConditionEvalMap res = new ConditionEvalMap();
 
 		for (final ConditionAlgo cd : conditions) {
-			final ConditionEvalMap map = cd.verify(a, b);
+			final ConditionEvalMap map = cd.verify(a, b, config);
 			res.mergeFrom(map);
 
 			// commented out shortcuts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class DistanceScorer {
 				}
 			} else {
 				if (va.getType().equals(vb.getType())) {
-					de.setDistance(w * fd.distanceAlgo().distance(va, vb));
+					de.setDistance(w * fd.distanceAlgo().distance(va, vb, config));
 				} else {
 					throw new PaceException(String.format("Types are different: %s:%s - %s:%s", va, va.getType(), vb, vb.getType()));
 				}
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/SecondStringDistanceAlgo.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/SecondStringDistanceAlgo.java
index 9cc35298f1..b710ccf4c5 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/SecondStringDistanceAlgo.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/SecondStringDistanceAlgo.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import com.wcohen.ss.AbstractStringDistance;
 
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.common.AbstractPaceFunctions;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Type;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldList;
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ public abstract class SecondStringDistanceAlgo extends AbstractPaceFunctions imp
 	 *            the b
 	 * @return the double
 	 */
-	public double distance(final String a, final String b) {
+	public double distance(final String a, final String b, final Config conf) {
 		double score = ssalgo.score(a, b);
 		return normalize(score);
 	}
@@ -83,8 +84,8 @@ public abstract class SecondStringDistanceAlgo extends AbstractPaceFunctions imp
 	 *            the b
 	 * @return the double
 	 */
-	protected double distance(final List<String> a, final List<String> b) {
-		return distance(concat(a), concat(b));
+	protected double distance(final List<String> a, final List<String> b, final Config conf) {
+		return distance(concat(a), concat(b), conf);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -93,9 +94,9 @@ public abstract class SecondStringDistanceAlgo extends AbstractPaceFunctions imp
 	 * @see eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceAlgo#distance(eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field, eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public double distance(final Field a, final Field b) {
-		if (a.getType().equals(Type.String) && b.getType().equals(Type.String)) return distance(a.stringValue(), b.stringValue());
-		if (a.getType().equals(Type.List) && b.getType().equals(Type.List)) return distance(toList(a), toList(b));
+	public double distance(final Field a, final Field b,  final Config conf) {
+		if (a.getType().equals(Type.String) && b.getType().equals(Type.String)) return distance(a.stringValue(), b.stringValue(), conf);
+		if (a.getType().equals(Type.List) && b.getType().equals(Type.List)) return distance(toList(a), toList(b), conf);
 
 		throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid types\n- A: " + a.toString() + "\n- B: " + b.toString());
 	}
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/AlwaysMatch.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/AlwaysMatch.java
index 503235c139..bab477e105 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/AlwaysMatch.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/AlwaysMatch.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
 import com.wcohen.ss.AbstractStringDistance;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.SecondStringDistanceAlgo;
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public class AlwaysMatch extends SecondStringDistanceAlgo {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public double distance(final String a, final String b) {
+	public double distance(final String a, final String b, final Config conf) {
 		return 1.0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/ExactMatch.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/ExactMatch.java
index 44d881e553..66ff3c5d65 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/ExactMatch.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/ExactMatch.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
 import com.wcohen.ss.AbstractStringDistance;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.SecondStringDistanceAlgo;
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public class ExactMatch extends SecondStringDistanceAlgo {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public double distance(final String a, final String b) {
+	public double distance(final String a, final String b, final Config conf) {
 		return a.equals(b) ? 1.0 : 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinkler.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinkler.java
index 20c09121da..9a89fe9eec 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinkler.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinkler.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
 import com.wcohen.ss.AbstractStringDistance;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.SecondStringDistanceAlgo;
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ public class JaroWinkler extends SecondStringDistanceAlgo {
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public double distance(String a, String b) {
+	public double distance(String a, String b, final Config conf) {
 		String ca = cleanup(a);
 		String cb = cleanup(b);
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinklerNormalizedName.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinklerNormalizedName.java
index 546629b087..64ab74c221 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinklerNormalizedName.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinklerNormalizedName.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
 import com.wcohen.ss.AbstractStringDistance;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.common.AbstractPaceFunctions;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.SecondStringDistanceAlgo;
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ public class JaroWinklerNormalizedName extends SecondStringDistanceAlgo {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public double distance(String a, String b) {
+    public double distance(String a, String b, final Config conf) {
         String ca = cleanup(a);
         String cb = cleanup(b);
 
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ public class JaroWinklerNormalizedName extends SecondStringDistanceAlgo {
         ca = filterAllStopWords(ca);
         cb = filterAllStopWords(cb);
 
-        Set<String> keywords1 = getKeywords(ca, params.getOrDefault("windowSize", 4).intValue());
-        Set<String> keywords2 = getKeywords(cb, params.getOrDefault("windowSize", 4).intValue());
+        Set<String> keywords1 = getKeywords(ca, conf.translationMap(), params.getOrDefault("windowSize", 4).intValue());
+        Set<String> keywords2 = getKeywords(cb, conf.translationMap(), params.getOrDefault("windowSize", 4).intValue());
 
         Set<String> cities1 = getCities(ca, params.getOrDefault("windowSize", 4).intValue());
         Set<String> cities2 = getCities(cb, params.getOrDefault("windowSize", 4).intValue());
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinklerTitle.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinklerTitle.java
index ff4d6de1f0..134f9726cf 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinklerTitle.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/JaroWinklerTitle.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
 import com.wcohen.ss.AbstractStringDistance;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.SecondStringDistanceAlgo;
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ public class JaroWinklerTitle extends SecondStringDistanceAlgo {
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public double distance(String a, String b) {
+	public double distance(String a, String b, final Config conf) {
 		String ca = cleanup(a);
 		String cb = cleanup(b);
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/Level2JaroWinklerTitle.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/Level2JaroWinklerTitle.java
index 2d05a00844..7b002aeae9 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/Level2JaroWinklerTitle.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/Level2JaroWinklerTitle.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
 import com.wcohen.ss.AbstractStringDistance;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.SecondStringDistanceAlgo;
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public class Level2JaroWinklerTitle extends SecondStringDistanceAlgo {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public double distance(final String a, final String b) {
+	public double distance(final String a, final String b, final Config conf) {
 		final String ca = cleanup(a);
 		final String cb = cleanup(b);
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/LevensteinTitle.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/LevensteinTitle.java
index 503dc33b2f..f43d319ebc 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/LevensteinTitle.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/LevensteinTitle.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
 import com.wcohen.ss.AbstractStringDistance;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceScorer;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.SecondStringDistanceAlgo;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ public class LevensteinTitle extends SecondStringDistanceAlgo {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public double distance(final String a, final String b) {
+	public double distance(final String a, final String b, final Config conf) {
 		final String ca = cleanup(a);
 		final String cb = cleanup(b);
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/LevensteinTitleIgnoreVersion.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/LevensteinTitleIgnoreVersion.java
index ff8b34bf33..956538ea71 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/LevensteinTitleIgnoreVersion.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/LevensteinTitleIgnoreVersion.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
 import com.wcohen.ss.AbstractStringDistance;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.SecondStringDistanceAlgo;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public class LevensteinTitleIgnoreVersion extends SecondStringDistanceAlgo {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public double distance(final String a, final String b) {
+	public double distance(final String a, final String b, final Config conf) {
 		String ca = cleanup(a);
 		String cb = cleanup(b);
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/MustBeDifferent.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/MustBeDifferent.java
index e794f025f9..a1f555f80c 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/MustBeDifferent.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/MustBeDifferent.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
 import com.wcohen.ss.AbstractStringDistance;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.SecondStringDistanceAlgo;
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public class MustBeDifferent extends SecondStringDistanceAlgo {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public double distance(final String a, final String b) {
+	public double distance(final String a, final String b, final Config conf) {
 		return !a.equals(b) ? 1.0 : 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/NullDistanceAlgo.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/NullDistanceAlgo.java
index 8afc45fd6b..16dca1c3de 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/NullDistanceAlgo.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/NullDistanceAlgo.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceAlgo;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ public class NullDistanceAlgo implements DistanceAlgo {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public double distance(Field a, Field b) {
+	public double distance(Field a, Field b, final Config conf) {
 		return 0.0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/SubStringLevenstein.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/SubStringLevenstein.java
index 8f0c024c7f..e2c0007d07 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/SubStringLevenstein.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/SubStringLevenstein.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.SecondStringDistanceAlgo;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
@@ -69,9 +70,9 @@ public class SubStringLevenstein extends SecondStringDistanceAlgo {
 	 * @see eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.SecondStringDistanceAlgo#distance(eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field, eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public double distance(final Field a, final Field b) {
+	public double distance(final Field a, final Field b, final Config conf) {
 		if (a.getType().equals(Type.String) && b.getType().equals(Type.String))
-			return distance(StringUtils.left(a.stringValue(), limit), StringUtils.left(b.stringValue(), limit));
+			return distance(StringUtils.left(a.stringValue(), limit), StringUtils.left(b.stringValue(), limit), conf);
 
 		throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid types\n- A: " + a.toString() + "\n- B: " + b.toString());
 	}
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/UrlMatcher.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/UrlMatcher.java
index eacfdc08fe..5fd05fe0f8 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/UrlMatcher.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/algo/UrlMatcher.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.Config;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceClass;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public class UrlMatcher extends Levenstein {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public double distance(Field a, Field b) {
+    public double distance(Field a, Field b, final Config conf) {
 
         final URL urlA = asUrl(getFirstValue(a));
         final URL urlB = asUrl(getFirstValue(b));
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ public class UrlMatcher extends Levenstein {
             return hostW * 0.5;
         }
 
-        return hostW + pathW * super.distance(urlA.getPath(), urlB.getPath());
+        return hostW + pathW * super.distance(urlA.getPath(), urlB.getPath(), conf);
     }
 
     private URL asUrl(final String value) {
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringFunctionTest.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringFunctionTest.java
index 84ec090067..a71894138a 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringFunctionTest.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/clustering/ClusteringFunctionTest.java
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.clustering;
 
-import java.util.Map;
-
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.AbstractPaceTest;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.common.AbstractPaceFunctions;
-import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Field;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.DedupConfig;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.DistanceAlgoTest;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 public class ClusteringFunctionTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 
 	private Map<String, Integer> params;
+	DedupConfig conf;
 
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
 		params = Maps.newHashMap();
+        conf = DedupConfig.load(AbstractPaceFunctions.readFromClasspath("/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/org.curr.conf", ClusteringFunctionTest.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ public class ClusteringFunctionTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 
 		final String s = "http://www.test.it/path/to/resource";
 		System.out.println(s);
-		System.out.println(urlClustering.apply(Lists.newArrayList(url(s))));
+		System.out.println(urlClustering.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(url(s))));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ public class ClusteringFunctionTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 
 		final String s = "Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson";
 		System.out.println(s);
-		System.out.println(ngram.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
+		System.out.println(ngram.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ public class ClusteringFunctionTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 
 		final String s = "Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson";
 		System.out.println(s);
-		System.out.println(np.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
+		System.out.println(np.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -64,11 +67,11 @@ public class ClusteringFunctionTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 
 		final String s1 = "University of Pisa";
 		System.out.println(s1);
-		System.out.println(np.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s1))));
+		System.out.println(np.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s1))));
 
 		final String s2 = "Pisa University";
 		System.out.println(s2);
-		System.out.println(np.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s2))));
+		System.out.println(np.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s2))));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ public class ClusteringFunctionTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 
 		final String s = "Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson";
 		System.out.println(s);
-		System.out.println(acro.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
+		System.out.println(acro.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ public class ClusteringFunctionTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 
 		final String s = "Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson";
 		System.out.println(s);
-		System.out.println(sp.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
+		System.out.println(sp.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ public class ClusteringFunctionTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 
 		final String s = "Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson";
 		System.out.println(s);
-		System.out.println(sp.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
+		System.out.println(sp.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ public class ClusteringFunctionTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 
 		final String s = readFromClasspath("gt.author.json");
 		System.out.println(s);
-		System.out.println(cf.apply(Lists.newArrayList(person(s))));
+		System.out.println(cf.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(person(s))));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -123,27 +126,27 @@ public class ClusteringFunctionTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 		final ClusteringFunction cf = new KeywordsClustering(params);
 		final String s = "Polytechnic University of Turin";
 		System.out.println(s);
-		System.out.println(cf.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
+		System.out.println(cf.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s))));
 
 		final String s1 = "POLITECNICO DI TORINO";
 		System.out.println(s1);
-		System.out.println(cf.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s1))));
+		System.out.println(cf.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s1))));
 
 		final String s2 = "Universita farmaceutica culturale di milano bergamo";
 		System.out.println("s2 = " + s2);
-		System.out.println(cf.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s2))));
+		System.out.println(cf.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s2))));
 
 		final String s3 = "universita universita milano milano";
 		System.out.println("s3 = " + s3);
-		System.out.println(cf.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s3))));
+		System.out.println(cf.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s3))));
 
 		final String s4 = "Politechniki Warszawskiej (Warsaw University of Technology)";
 		System.out.println("s4 = " + s4);
-		System.out.println(cf.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s4))));
+		System.out.println(cf.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s4))));
 
 		final String s5 = "İstanbul Ticarət Universiteti";
 		System.out.println("s5 = " + s5);
-		System.out.println(cf.apply(Lists.newArrayList(title(s5))));
+		System.out.println(cf.apply(conf, Lists.newArrayList(title(s5))));
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceAlgoTest.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceAlgoTest.java
index 3bf300bae8..97773f157a 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceAlgoTest.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/distance/DistanceAlgoTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.pace.distance;
 
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.clustering.NGramUtils;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.DedupConfig;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.algo.JaroWinklerNormalizedName;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -17,13 +18,13 @@ public class DistanceAlgoTest extends AbstractPaceFunctions {
 
 	private final static String TEST_STRING = "Toshiba NB550D: è un netbook su piattaforma AMD Fusion⁽¹²⁾.";
 	private Map<String, Number> params;
+	private DedupConfig conf;
 
 	@Before
 	public void setup() {
-		System.out.println("****************************************************************");
-		System.out.println("Test String    : " + TEST_STRING);
 		params = new HashMap<>();
 		params.put("weight", 1.0);
+		conf = DedupConfig.load(readFromClasspath("/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/org.curr.conf", DistanceAlgoTest.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public class DistanceAlgoTest extends AbstractPaceFunctions {
 	@Test
 	public void testJaroWinklerNormalizedName() {
 		final JaroWinklerNormalizedName jaroWinklerNormalizedName = new JaroWinklerNormalizedName(params);
-		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Free University of Bozen-Bolzano", "University of the Free State");
+		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Free University of Bozen-Bolzano", "University of the Free State", conf);
 
 		System.out.println("result = " + result);
 		assertEquals(0.0, result);
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public class DistanceAlgoTest extends AbstractPaceFunctions {
 	public void testJaroWinklerNormalizedName2() {
 
 		final JaroWinklerNormalizedName jaroWinklerNormalizedName = new JaroWinklerNormalizedName(params);
-		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("University of New York", "Università di New York");
+		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("University of New York", "Università di New York", conf);
 
 		assertEquals(1.0, result);
 	}
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public class DistanceAlgoTest extends AbstractPaceFunctions {
     public void testJaroWinklerNormalizedName3() {
 
         final JaroWinklerNormalizedName jaroWinklerNormalizedName = new JaroWinklerNormalizedName(params);
-        double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Biblioteca dell'Universita di Bologna", "Università di Bologna");
+        double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Biblioteca dell'Universita di Bologna", "Università di Bologna", conf);
 
         System.out.println("result = " + result);
         assertEquals(0.0, result);
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ public class DistanceAlgoTest extends AbstractPaceFunctions {
     public void testJaroWinklerNormalizedName4() {
 
         final JaroWinklerNormalizedName jaroWinklerNormalizedName = new JaroWinklerNormalizedName(params);
-        double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Universita degli studi di Pisa", "Universita di Pisa");
+        double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Universita degli studi di Pisa", "Universita di Pisa", conf);
 
         System.out.println("result = " + result);
         assertEquals(1.0, result);
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ public class DistanceAlgoTest extends AbstractPaceFunctions {
     public void testJaroWinklerNormalizedName5() {
 
         final JaroWinklerNormalizedName jaroWinklerNormalizedName = new JaroWinklerNormalizedName(params);
-        double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("RESEARCH PROMOTION FOUNDATION", "IDRYMA PROOTHISIS EREVNAS");
+        double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("RESEARCH PROMOTION FOUNDATION", "IDRYMA PROOTHISIS EREVNAS", conf);
 
         System.out.println("result = " + result);
         assertEquals(1.0, result);
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ public class DistanceAlgoTest extends AbstractPaceFunctions {
     public void testJaroWinklerNormalizedName6() {
 
         final JaroWinklerNormalizedName jaroWinklerNormalizedName = new JaroWinklerNormalizedName(params);
-        double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austrian Science Fund)", "Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung");
+        double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austrian Science Fund)", "Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung", conf);
 
         System.out.println("result = " + result);
         assertTrue(result > 0.9);
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ public class DistanceAlgoTest extends AbstractPaceFunctions {
 	public void testJaroWinklerNormalizedName7() {
 
 		final JaroWinklerNormalizedName jaroWinklerNormalizedName = new JaroWinklerNormalizedName(params);
-		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Polytechnic University of Turin", "POLITECNICO DI TORINO");
+		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Polytechnic University of Turin", "POLITECNICO DI TORINO", conf);
 
 		System.out.println("result = " + result);
 		assertTrue(result > 0.9);
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public class DistanceAlgoTest extends AbstractPaceFunctions {
 	public void testJaroWinklerNormalizedName8() {
 		final JaroWinklerNormalizedName jaroWinklerNormalizedName = new JaroWinklerNormalizedName(params);
 
-		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Politechniki Warszawskiej (Warsaw University of Technology)", "Warsaw University of Technology");
+		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Politechniki Warszawskiej (Warsaw University of Technology)", "Warsaw University of Technology", conf);
 
 		System.out.println("result = " + result);
 	}
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ public class DistanceAlgoTest extends AbstractPaceFunctions {
 	public void testJaroWinklerNormalizedName9() {
 		final JaroWinklerNormalizedName jaroWinklerNormalizedName = new JaroWinklerNormalizedName(params);
 
-		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Istanbul Commerce University", "İstanbul Ticarət Universiteti");
+		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Istanbul Commerce University", "İstanbul Ticarət Universiteti", conf);
 
 		System.out.println("result = " + result);
 	}
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ public class DistanceAlgoTest extends AbstractPaceFunctions {
 
 		final JaroWinklerNormalizedName jaroWinklerNormalizedName = new JaroWinklerNormalizedName(params);
 
-		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Firenze University Press", "University of Florence");
+		double result = jaroWinklerNormalizedName.distance("Firenze University Press", "University of Florence", conf);
 
 		System.out.println("result = " + result);
 	}
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/org.curr.conf b/dnet-pace-core/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/org.curr.conf
index fd4fbbe799..0293680514 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/org.curr.conf
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/org.curr.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "entityType" : "organization",
     "orderField" : "legalname",
     "queueMaxSize" : "2000",
-    "groupMaxSize" : "10",
+    "groupMaxSize" : "50",
     "slidingWindowSize" : "200",
     "rootBuilder" : [ "organization", "projectOrganization_participation_isParticipant", "datasourceOrganization_provision_isProvidedBy" ],
     "includeChildren" : "true"
@@ -14,23 +14,131 @@
     "clustering" : [
       { "name" : "sortedngrampairs", "fields" : [ "legalname" ], "params" : { "max" : 2, "ngramLen" : "3"} },
       { "name" : "suffixprefix", "fields" : [ "legalname" ], "params" : { "max" : 1, "len" : "3" } },
-      { "name" : "urlclustering", "fields" : [ "websiteurl" ], "params" : { } }
+      { "name" : "urlclustering", "fields" : [ "websiteurl" ], "params" : { } },
+      { "name" : "keywordsclustering", "fields" : [ "legalname" ], "params" : { "max": 2, "windowSize": 4} }
     ],
     "strictConditions" : [
       { "name" : "exactMatch", "fields" : [ "gridid" ] }
     ],
     "conditions" : [
-      { "name" : "exactMatch", "fields" : [ "country" ] },
-      { "name" : "DomainExactMatch", "fields" : [ "websiteurl" ] }
+      { "name" : "DomainExactMatch", "fields" : [ "websiteurl" ] },
+      { "name" : "exactMatch", "fields" : [ "country" ] }
     ],
     "model" : [
-      { "name" : "legalname", "algo" : "Null", "type" : "String", "weight" : "0", "ignoreMissing" : "false", "path" : "organization/metadata/legalname/value" },
-      { "name" : "country", "algo" : "Null", "type" : "String", "weight" : "0", "ignoreMissing" : "true", "path" : "organization/metadata/country/classid" },
+      { "name" : "country", "algo" : "Null", "type" : "String", "weight" : "0", "ignoreMissing" : "false", "path" : "organization/metadata/country/classid" },
       { "name" : "legalshortname", "algo" : "JaroWinklerNormalizedName", "type" : "String", "weight" : "0.1", "ignoreMissing" : "true", "path" : "organization/metadata/legalshortname/value" },
-      { "name" : "legalname", "algo" : "JaroWinklerNormalizedName", "type" : "String", "weight" : "0.9", "ignoreMissing" : "false", "path" : "organization/metadata/legalname/value", "params" : {"windowSize" : 4, "threshold" : 0.5} },
+      { "name" : "legalname", "algo" : "JaroWinklerNormalizedName", "type" : "String", "weight" : "0.9", "ignoreMissing" : "false", "path" : "organization/metadata/legalname/value", "params" : {"windowSize" : 4, "threshold" : 0.7} },
       { "name" : "websiteurl", "algo" : "Null", "type" : "URL", "weight" : "0", "ignoreMissing" : "true", "path" : "organization/metadata/websiteurl/value", "params" : { "host" : 0.5, "path" : 0.5 } },
       { "name" : "gridid", "algo" : "Null", "type" : "String", "weight" : "0.0", "ignoreMissing" : "true", "path" : "pid[qualifier#classid = {grid}]/value" }
     ],
-    "blacklists" : { }
+    "blacklists" : {
+      "legalname" : []
+    },
+    "synonyms": {
+      "key::1": ["university","università","universita","università studi","universita studi","universitario","universitaria","université","universitaire","universitaires","universidad","universitade","Universität","universitaet","Uniwersytet","университет","universiteit","πανεπιστήμιο","universitesi","universiteti"],
+      "key::2": ["studies","studi","études","estudios","estudos","Studien","studia","исследования","studies","σπουδές"],
+      "key::3": ["advanced","superiore","supérieur","supérieure","supérieurs","supérieures","avancado","avancados","fortgeschrittene","fortgeschritten","zaawansowany","передовой","gevorderd","gevorderde","προχωρημένος","προχωρημένη","προχωρημένο","προχωρημένες","προχωρημένα","wyzsza"],
+      "key::4": ["institute","istituto","institut","instituto","instituto","Institut","instytut","институт","instituut","ινστιτούτο"],
+      "key::5": ["hospital","ospedale","hôpital","hospital","hospital","Krankenhaus","szpital","больница","ziekenhuis","νοσοκομείο"],
+      "key::6": ["research","ricerca","recherche","investigacion","pesquisa","Forschung","badania","исследования","onderzoek","έρευνα","erevna","erevnas"],
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