diff --git a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/datamodel/NodeUtils.java b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/datamodel/NodeUtils.java
index bf96b80ed436c90706f7ac9ee2218e967698e7bb..22b131fd4d882ddc0119aba1b7780665d19a9d4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/datamodel/NodeUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/datamodel/NodeUtils.java
@@ -227,5 +227,13 @@ public class NodeUtils {
         return node;
     }
     
+    
+    public static String getVosPath(Node myNode) {
+       
+       String nodeUri = myNode.getUri();
+       
+       return nodeUri.replaceAll("vos://[^/]+", "");
+   }
+    
 
 }