diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/interpreter/PythonInterpreter.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/interpreter/PythonInterpreter.java
index ec5198cfc6b7cf18ecf9601edc38c623351c0091..705c773566e04ee53cee91549e95574615bb44c4 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/interpreter/PythonInterpreter.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/interpreter/PythonInterpreter.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.python.core.PySystemState;
 
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogCategory;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogFactory;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.resource.Resource;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.resource.IResource;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.resource.Resources;
 
 /**
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ public class PythonInterpreter extends org.python.util.PythonInterpreter
     public void set(String name, Object value)
     {
         super.set(name, value);
-        if (value instanceof Resource)
+        if (value instanceof IResource)
         {
-            resources.add((Resource) value);
+            resources.add((IResource) value);
         }
     }
 
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ public class PythonInterpreter extends org.python.util.PythonInterpreter
     public void set(String name, PyObject value)
     {
         super.set(name, value);
-        if (value instanceof Resource)
+        if (value instanceof IResource)
         {
-            resources.add((Resource) value);
+            resources.add((IResource) value);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/Resource.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/IResource.java
similarity index 96%
rename from common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/Resource.java
rename to common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/IResource.java
index 0225fb0f277ec30705a117352615afe10ba020bf..1342844b39894c2a61a91018ed47e8e0ef20a1d2 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/Resource.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/IResource.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package ch.systemsx.cisd.common.resource;
 /**
  * @author pkupczyk
  */
-public interface Resource
+public interface IResource
 {
 
     public void release();
diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/Resources.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/Resources.java
index 376e9c8f25bbb803eba3d262e9ec145ca91f991f..c1c61a11f0324d9483418103adbb5369ee7deb0e 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/Resources.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/Resources.java
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ public class Resources
 
     private Logger logger;
 
-    public Set<Resource> resources = new LinkedHashSet<Resource>();
+    public Set<IResource> resources = new LinkedHashSet<IResource>();
 
     public Resources(Logger logger)
     {
         this.logger = logger;
     }
 
-    public void add(Resource resource)
+    public void add(IResource resource)
     {
         resources.add(resource);
     }
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class Resources
     {
         if (resources.size() > 0)
         {
-            for (Resource resource : resources)
+            for (IResource resource : resources)
             {
                 try
                 {
diff --git a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/ResourcesTest.java b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/ResourcesTest.java
index 19a39b7228a4019aefca5cd977c9306f97fe309b..f5fbd3ad63554347a592b56f9c102b7d15e678ad 100644
--- a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/ResourcesTest.java
+++ b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/resource/ResourcesTest.java
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ public class ResourcesTest
     {
         Mockery context = new Mockery();
 
-        final Resource failingResource1 = context.mock(Resource.class, "failingResource1");
-        final Resource failingResource2 = context.mock(Resource.class, "failingResource2");
-        final Resource notFailingResource1 = context.mock(Resource.class, "notFailingResource1");
-        final Resource notFailingResource2 = context.mock(Resource.class, "notFailingResource2");
+        final IResource failingResource1 = context.mock(IResource.class, "failingResource1");
+        final IResource failingResource2 = context.mock(IResource.class, "failingResource2");
+        final IResource notFailingResource1 = context.mock(IResource.class, "notFailingResource1");
+        final IResource notFailingResource2 = context.mock(IResource.class, "notFailingResource2");
 
         Resources resources = new Resources(null);
         resources.add(notFailingResource1);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class ResourcesTest
     {
         Mockery context = new Mockery();
 
-        final Resource resource = context.mock(Resource.class);
+        final IResource resource = context.mock(IResource.class);
 
         Resources resources = new Resources(null);
         resources.add(resource);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class ResourcesTest
     {
         Mockery context = new Mockery();
 
-        final Resource resource = context.mock(Resource.class);
+        final IResource resource = context.mock(IResource.class);
 
         Resources resources = new Resources(null);
         resources.add(resource);
diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/TopLevelDataSetRegistratorGlobalState.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/TopLevelDataSetRegistratorGlobalState.java
index 36db21883d681fe35696c503a9bfc9e15b50eedd..fbb890c2cf945c28228829515116613e9a94785c 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/TopLevelDataSetRegistratorGlobalState.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/TopLevelDataSetRegistratorGlobalState.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogCategory;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogFactory;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.mail.IMailClient;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.resource.Resource;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.resource.IResource;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.shared.basic.utils.StringUtils;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.utilities.PropertyUtils;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.etlserver.registrator.recovery.IDataSetStorageRecoveryManager;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.basic.dto.Person;
  * 
  * @author Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan
  */
-public class TopLevelDataSetRegistratorGlobalState implements Resource
+public class TopLevelDataSetRegistratorGlobalState implements IResource
 {
     // can be used from dropboxes
     public static final Logger operationLog = LogFactory.getLogger(LogCategory.OPERATION,
@@ -417,9 +417,9 @@ public class TopLevelDataSetRegistratorGlobalState implements Resource
     @Override
     public void release()
     {
-        if (getDataSourceQueryService() instanceof Resource)
+        if (getDataSourceQueryService() instanceof IResource)
         {
-            ((Resource) getDataSourceQueryService()).release();
+            ((IResource) getDataSourceQueryService()).release();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/shared/DataSourceQueryService.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/shared/DataSourceQueryService.java
index 7f780a87741d595dd1a9c186a1fdc0a0dbbd64bf..3626cc695cc20f5c0280e9b9d498dd2a1f82ff1b 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/shared/DataSourceQueryService.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/shared/DataSourceQueryService.java
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogCategory;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogFactory;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.resource.Resource;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.resource.IResource;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.resource.Resources;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.api.internal.v1.IDataSourceQueryService;
 
 /**
  * @author Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan
  */
-public class DataSourceQueryService implements IDataSourceQueryService, Resource
+public class DataSourceQueryService implements IDataSourceQueryService, IResource
 {
     private static final Logger operationLog = LogFactory.getLogger(LogCategory.OPERATION,
             DataSourceQueryService.class);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class DataSourceQueryService implements IDataSourceQueryService, Resource
         resources.clear();
     }
 
-    private static class DataSetResource implements Resource
+    private static class DataSetResource implements IResource
     {
 
         private DataSet<?> dataSet;