diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/Annotations.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/Annotations.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..08f33b04fe47016c93fcc785fd3299a95d29c020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/Annotations.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) INRIA Rhône-Alpes, 2008
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+package fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl;
+
+public class Annotations {
+
+    public static String ALIGNNS = "http://knowledgeweb.semanticweb.org/heterogeneity/alignment#";
+    public static String METHOD = "method";
+    public static String TIME = "time";
+    public static String ID = "id";
+
+    /* Set to true for rejecting the use of deprecated (non deterministic) primitives */
+    protected static boolean STRICT_IMPLEMENTATION = false;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/BasicCell.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/BasicCell.java
index 4ee69ad3f814ad8165c3c2e15050fa225f4f92a0..5e988621677ac819472e6e0123d640bdea1c88f9 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/BasicCell.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/BasicCell.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class BasicCell implements Cell, Comparable {
 		result.setExtension( ((String[])ext)[0], ((String[])ext)[1], ((String[])ext)[2] );
 	    }
 	}
-	result.getExtensions().unsetParameter( BasicAlignment.ALIGNNS+BasicAlignment.ID );
+	result.getExtensions().unsetParameter( Annotations.ALIGNNS+Annotations.ID );
 	// The sae should be done for the measure
 	return result;
     }
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/Ontology.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/Ontology.java
index 72ad8a4404f247d08f614e6f6bc3ecd567e5141f..f2420716c20fad2134c1e25bd4c8e63b0e32ad51 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/Ontology.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/Ontology.java
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * $Id$
  *
- * Copyright (C) INRIA Rhône-Alpes, 2003-2007
- * Copyright (C) CNR Pisa, 2005
+ * Copyright (C) INRIA Rhône-Alpes, 2007
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/URIAlignment.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/URIAlignment.java
index 3deaba551686a9d689f534a4a8de74c390eb0e86..59085d10ec9148131728113fa76db71726808adb 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/URIAlignment.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/URIAlignment.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class URIAlignment extends BasicAlignment {
 
     // Deprecated: implement as the one retrieving the highest strength correspondence (
     public Cell getAlignCell1(Object ob) throws AlignmentException {
-	if ( BasicAlignment.STRICT_IMPLEMENTATION == true ){
+	if ( Annotations.STRICT_IMPLEMENTATION == true ){
 	    throw new AlignmentException("getAlignCell1: deprecated (use getAlignCells1 instead)");
 	} else {
 	    if ( ob instanceof URI ){
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class URIAlignment extends BasicAlignment {
     }
 
     public Cell getAlignCell2(Object ob) throws AlignmentException {
-	if ( BasicAlignment.STRICT_IMPLEMENTATION == true ){
+	if ( Annotations.STRICT_IMPLEMENTATION == true ){
 	    throw new AlignmentException("getAlignCell2: deprecated (use getAlignCells2 instead)");
 	} else {
 	    if ( ob instanceof URI ){
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class URIAlignment extends BasicAlignment {
 	for ( Object ext : ((BasicParameters)extensions).getValues() ){
 	    align.setExtension( ((String[])ext)[0], ((String[])ext)[1], ((String[])ext)[2] );
 	    }
-	align.getExtensions().unsetParameter( ALIGNNS+"id" );
+	align.getExtensions().unsetParameter( Annotations.ALIGNNS+"id" );
 	try {
 	    align.ingest( this );
 	} catch (AlignmentException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); }
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/eval/PRecEvaluator.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/eval/PRecEvaluator.java
index 3f022da08a46b53dd5ad2f97bbe2d407f2fe1568..dd236a66fdf1fe31e2eb1af60f2cdbbbece44f23 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/eval/PRecEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/eval/PRecEvaluator.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.semanticweb.owl.align.Parameters;
 
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicEvaluator;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicAlignment;
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.Annotations;
 
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ public class PRecEvaluator extends BasicEvaluator {
 	fmeasure = 2 * precision * recall / (precision + recall);
 	overall = recall * (2 - (1 / precision));
 	result = recall / precision;
-	String timeExt = align2.getExtension( BasicAlignment.ALIGNNS, BasicAlignment.TIME );
+	String timeExt = align2.getExtension( Annotations.ALIGNNS, Annotations.TIME );
 	if ( timeExt != null ) time = Long.parseLong(timeExt);
 	//System.err.println(">>>> " + nbcorrect + " : " + nbfound + " : " + nbexpected);
 	return (result);
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/COWLMappingRendererVisitor.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/COWLMappingRendererVisitor.java
index 47376d278a13c7eff5c27bb95583760acd45f561..a2008b23e820d1d170090f6bb40e55e7e487bac5 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/COWLMappingRendererVisitor.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/COWLMappingRendererVisitor.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * $Id$
  *
- * Copyright (C) INRIA Rhône-Alpes, 2003-2004, 2007
+ * Copyright (C) INRIA Rhône-Alpes, 2003-2004, 2007-2008
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ public class COWLMappingRendererVisitor implements AlignmentVisitor
     }
     public void visit( Cell cell ) throws AlignmentException {
 	this.cell = cell;
-	//OWLOntology onto1 = (OWLOntology)alignment.getOntology1();
 	writer.print("    <cowl:bridgeRule>\n");
 	cell.getRelation().accept( this );
 	writer.print("    </cowl:bridgeRule>\n");
@@ -166,7 +165,6 @@ public class COWLMappingRendererVisitor implements AlignmentVisitor
 	} catch (InvocationTargetException e) { 
 	    e.printStackTrace();
 	}
-	//	} catch (OWLException e) { throw new AlignmentException("Dispatching problem ", e); };
     }
 
     public void printObject( URI uri, OWLOntology onto ) throws OWLException {
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/HTMLRendererVisitor.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/HTMLRendererVisitor.java
index d74b432772166c8fb457ac294f896c4f88f935bf..dba5a84bf9c772182c01d38d25adcdcb308ad247 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/HTMLRendererVisitor.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/HTMLRendererVisitor.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.semanticweb.owl.align.AlignmentException;
 import org.semanticweb.owl.align.Cell;
 import org.semanticweb.owl.align.Relation;
 
-import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicAlignment;
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.Annotations;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicParameters;
 
 /**
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class HTMLRendererVisitor implements AlignmentVisitor
 	if ( cell.getId() != null ) {
 	    String id = cell.getId();
 	    // Would be useful to test for the Alignment URI
-	    if ( id.startsWith( (String)alignment.getExtension( BasicAlignment.ALIGNNS, BasicAlignment.ID ) ) ){
+	    if ( id.startsWith( (String)alignment.getExtension( Annotations.ALIGNNS, Annotations.ID ) ) ){
 		writer.print("<td>"+id.substring( id.indexOf( '#' ) )+"</td>");
 	    } else {
 		writer.print("<td>"+id+"</td>");
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/RDFRendererVisitor.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/RDFRendererVisitor.java
index a59677e30dc08662f0ea09b59c0e94593b890eb0..5cfd8c4ef1cc8e858e2b46e72735fd6bf74df4b0 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/RDFRendererVisitor.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/RDFRendererVisitor.java
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ import org.semanticweb.owl.align.AlignmentException;
 import org.semanticweb.owl.align.Cell;
 import org.semanticweb.owl.align.Relation;
 
-// JE: this has been introduced here for the sole purpose of
-// using the namespace facility of BasicAlignment
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.Annotations;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicAlignment;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicParameters;
 
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ public class RDFRendererVisitor implements AlignmentVisitor
 	String extensionString = "";
 	alignment = align;
 	nslist = new Hashtable();
-	nslist.put(BasicAlignment.ALIGNNS,"align");
+	nslist.put(Annotations.ALIGNNS,"align");
 	nslist.put("http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#","rdf");
 	nslist.put("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#","xsd");
 	//nslist.put("http://www.omwg.org/TR/d7/ontology/alignment","omwg");
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ public class RDFRendererVisitor implements AlignmentVisitor
 	}
 	writer.print("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8");
 	writer.print("' standalone='no'?>\n");
-	writer.print("<rdf:RDF xmlns='"+BasicAlignment.ALIGNNS+"'");
+	writer.print("<rdf:RDF xmlns='"+Annotations.ALIGNNS+"'");
 	for ( Enumeration e = nslist.keys() ; e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
 	    String k = (String)e.nextElement();
 	    writer.print("\n         xmlns:"+nslist.get(k)+"='"+k+"'");
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ public class RDFRendererVisitor implements AlignmentVisitor
 	}
 	writer.print(">\n");
 	writer.print("<Alignment");
-	String idext = align.getExtension( BasicAlignment.ALIGNNS, BasicAlignment.ID );
+	String idext = align.getExtension( Annotations.ALIGNNS, Annotations.ID );
 	if ( idext != null ) {
 	    writer.print(" rdf:about=\""+idext+"\"");
 	}
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/XSLTRendererVisitor.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/XSLTRendererVisitor.java
index 967105a25d7baaf8b88cca84fedcd5421028f751..a4955b8611823866f59c77da130419560afcddf9 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/XSLTRendererVisitor.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/renderer/XSLTRendererVisitor.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * $Id$
  *
- * Copyright (C) INRIA Rhône-Alpes, 2003-2004, 2006-2007
+ * Copyright (C) INRIA Rhône-Alpes, 2003-2004, 2006-2008
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ public class XSLTRendererVisitor implements AlignmentVisitor
 	    writer.println("    xmlns:"+namespaces.get(ns)+"=\""+ns+"\"");
 	}
 	writer.println("  >\n");
-	//	writer.println("    xmlns:owl=\"http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#\"");
-	//writer.println("    xmlns:rdf=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\"");
-	//writer.println("    xmlns:rdfs=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#\" ");
-	//writer.println("    xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#\">\n");	
 
 	for ( Enumeration e = align.getElements() ; e.hasMoreElements(); ){
 	    Cell c = (Cell)e.nextElement();
@@ -99,16 +95,7 @@ public class XSLTRendererVisitor implements AlignmentVisitor
 
     public void visit( Cell cell ) throws AlignmentException {
 	this.cell = cell;
-	// This was here for avoiding to treat individuals...
-	//OWLOntology onto1 = (OWLOntology)alignment.getOntology1();
-	//try {
-	//    URI entity1URI = ((OWLEntity)cell.getObject1()).getURI();
-	//    if ( ((OWLEntity)onto1.getClass( entity1URI ) != null )
-	//	 || ((OWLEntity)onto1.getDataProperty( entity1URI ) != null)
-	//	 || ((OWLEntity)onto1.getObjectProperty( entity1URI ) != null )) { 
-		cell.getRelation().accept( this );
-		//    }
-		//} catch (OWLException e) { throw new AlignmentException("getURI problem", e); };
+	cell.getRelation().accept( this );
     }
 
     private void collectURIs ( Cell cell ) throws AlignmentException {
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/parser/AlignmentParser.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/parser/AlignmentParser.java
index 8a6fe12748b546387fa4dbd772ba6c149b4098c6..6b3f79793367d62bb3a93cce32e490040095ba00 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/parser/AlignmentParser.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/parser/AlignmentParser.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import org.semanticweb.owl.align.Parameters;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.Ontology;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.URIAlignment;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicParameters;
-import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicAlignment;
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.Annotations;
 
 /**
  * This class allows the creation of a parser for an Alignment file.
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ public class AlignmentParser extends DefaultHandler {
 		onto1 = new Ontology();
 		onto2 = new Ontology();
 		if ( atts.getValue("rdf:about") != null && !atts.getValue("rdf:about").equals("") ) {
-		    alignment.setExtension( BasicAlignment.ALIGNNS, BasicAlignment.ID, atts.getValue("rdf:about") );
+		    alignment.setExtension( Annotations.ALIGNNS, Annotations.ID, atts.getValue("rdf:about") );
 		};
 	    } else {
 		if ( debugMode > 0 ) System.err.println("[AlignmentParser] Unknown element name : "+pName);
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/service/WSAServProfile.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/service/WSAServProfile.java
index 5189799493e350ff13f853de5d96205fdfe64eb4..12ec5dd672bf46f0c68b8032117b9e46944faec0 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/service/WSAServProfile.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/service/WSAServProfile.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 package fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.service;
 
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicParameters;
-import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicAlignment;
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.Annotations;
 
 import org.semanticweb.owl.align.Alignment;
 import org.semanticweb.owl.align.Parameters;
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class WSAServProfile implements AlignmentServiceProfile {
 	} else if ( method.equals("listalignmentsRequest") ) {
 	    msg += "<listalignmentsResponse><alignmentList>";
 	    for( Enumeration e = manager.alignments(); e.hasMoreElements(); ){
-		String id = ((Alignment)e.nextElement()).getExtension(BasicAlignment.ALIGNNS, BasicAlignment.ID);
+		String id = ((Alignment)e.nextElement()).getExtension(Annotations.ALIGNNS, Annotations.ID);
 		msg += "<alid>"+id+"</alid>";
 	    }
 	    msg += "</alignmentList></listalignmentsResponse>";
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/util/GroupAlign.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/util/GroupAlign.java
index 372c326d64465a2a7f69aa841692403918a28a77..55c77571e6fe18c368b4770077a8a393b99670d6 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/util/GroupAlign.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/util/GroupAlign.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import org.semanticweb.owl.align.AlignmentProcess;
 import org.semanticweb.owl.align.AlignmentVisitor;
 import org.semanticweb.owl.align.Parameters;
 
-import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicAlignment;
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.Annotations;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicParameters;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.OntologyCache;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.parser.AlignmentParser;
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ public class GroupAlign {
 	long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
 	result.align(init, params); // add opts
 	long newTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-	result.setExtension( BasicAlignment.ALIGNNS, BasicAlignment.TIME, Long.toString(newTime - time) );
+	result.setExtension( Annotations.ALIGNNS, Annotations.TIME, Long.toString(newTime - time) );
 
 	if (debug > 1) System.err.println(" Alignment performed");
 
diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/util/Procalign.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/util/Procalign.java
index 3b425b4dd3982387cb1331e1cfdf49cdc93135e0..0a0fd689b9b62ff622d5dae4f57e2bc1003d919c 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/util/Procalign.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/util/Procalign.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.semanticweb.owl.align.AlignmentProcess;
 import org.semanticweb.owl.align.AlignmentVisitor;
 import org.semanticweb.owl.align.Parameters;
 
-import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicAlignment;
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.Annotations;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.BasicParameters;
 import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.OntologyCache;
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public class Procalign {
 	    long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
 	    result.align(  init, params ); // add opts
 	    long newTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-	    result.setExtension( BasicAlignment.ALIGNNS, BasicAlignment.TIME, Long.toString(newTime - time) );
+	    result.setExtension( Annotations.ALIGNNS, Annotations.TIME, Long.toString(newTime - time) );
 
 	    // Thresholding
 	    if (threshold != 0) result.cut( cutMethod, threshold );