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 ddbe29908cf933a0dcfb774b9442b5737dff393d..4190ae2fdf60249f1d89aec0e4f9b9bf93b5be81 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/datamodel/NodeUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/datamodel/NodeUtils.java
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import net.ivoa.xml.vospace.v2.ContainerNode;
+import net.ivoa.xml.vospace.v2.DataNode;
+import net.ivoa.xml.vospace.v2.StructuredDataNode;
 
 public class NodeUtils {
 
@@ -163,5 +166,62 @@ public class NodeUtils {
 
         return true;
     }
+    
+        
+        
+
+    public static String getDbNodeType(Node node) {
+        if (node instanceof ContainerNode) {
+            return "container";
+        } else if (node instanceof DataNode) {
+            return "data";
+        }
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unable to retrieve database node type for class " + node.getClass().getCanonicalName());
+    }
+     
+
+    public static String getNodeName(String path) {
+        String[] parsedPath = path.split("/");
+
+        return parsedPath[parsedPath.length - 1];
+    }
+
+    
+    public static String getNodeName(Node myNode) {
+        String uri = myNode.getUri();
+        return getNodeName(uri);
+    }
+        
+
+    public static boolean getIsBusy(Node myNode) {
+
+        if (myNode instanceof DataNode) {
+
+            DataNode dataNode = (DataNode) myNode;
+            return dataNode.isBusy();
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+    
+    
+    public static Node getTypedNode(String type) {
+        Node node;
+        switch (type) {
+            case "container":
+                node = new ContainerNode();
+                break;
+            case "data":
+                node = new DataNode();
+                break;
+            case "structured":
+                node = new StructuredDataNode();
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Node type " + type + " not supported yet");
+        }
+        return node;
+    }
+    
 
 }