diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4eff74ec..d1fa2d08 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: geoflow
-Version: 0.20240502
-Date: 2024-05-02
+Version: 0.20240513
+Date: 2024-05-13
 Title: Tools to Orchestrate Geospatial (Meta)Data Management Workflows and Manage FAIR Services
 Description: An engine to facilitate the orchestration and execution of metadata-driven data management workflows, in compliance with FAIR 
   (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data management principles. By means of a pivot metadata model, relying on the DublinCore standard (<https://dublincore.org/>), 
diff --git a/R/geoflow_handler.R b/R/geoflow_handler.R
index 7d165175..4e5cd0b5 100644
--- a/R/geoflow_handler.R
+++ b/R/geoflow_handler.R
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ geoflow_handler <- R6Class("geoflow_handler",
     options = list(),
     #'@field available_options available options
     available_options = list(),
+    #'@field status status
+    status = "active",
+    #'@field notes notes
+    notes = "",
     
     #'@description Initializes a \link{geoflow_handler}
     #'@param id id
@@ -57,8 +61,11 @@ geoflow_handler <- R6Class("geoflow_handler",
     #'@param script a handler script
     #'@param options action options
     #'@param available_options available options for the action
+    #'@param status status (active/deprecated)
+    #'@param notes notes
     initialize = function(id, def = "", packages = list(), fun = NULL, script = NULL, 
-                          options = list(), available_options = list()){
+                          options = list(), available_options = list(),
+                          status = "active", notes = ""){
       self$id <- id
       self$def <- def
       self$packages <- packages
@@ -66,6 +73,8 @@ geoflow_handler <- R6Class("geoflow_handler",
       self$script <- script
       self$options <- options
       self$available_options <- available_options
+      self$status = status
+      self$notes = notes
     },
     
     #'@description Check that all packages required for the handler are available, if yes,
diff --git a/R/geoflow_handler_contact.R b/R/geoflow_handler_contact.R
index dec73441..6c1ada32 100644
--- a/R/geoflow_handler_contact.R
+++ b/R/geoflow_handler_contact.R
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ list_contact_handlers <- function(raw = FALSE){
         id = handler$id,
         definition = handler$def,
         packages = paste(handler$packages, collapse=","),
+        status = handler$status,
+        notes = handler$notes,
         stringsAsFactors = FALSE
       ))
     }))
diff --git a/R/geoflow_handler_dictionary.R b/R/geoflow_handler_dictionary.R
index 36b8cd70..058b83d7 100644
--- a/R/geoflow_handler_dictionary.R
+++ b/R/geoflow_handler_dictionary.R
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ list_dictionary_handlers <- function(raw = FALSE){
         id = handler$id,
         definition = handler$def,
         packages = paste(handler$packages, collapse=","),
+        status = handler$status,
+        notes = handler$notes,
         stringsAsFactors = FALSE
       ))
     }))
diff --git a/R/geoflow_handler_entity.R b/R/geoflow_handler_entity.R
index 3d8f205c..5305fd8e 100644
--- a/R/geoflow_handler_entity.R
+++ b/R/geoflow_handler_entity.R
@@ -17,20 +17,27 @@ register_entity_handlers <- function(){
       def = "Handle metadata entities from a CSV file",
       fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_csv.R", package = "geoflow"))$value,
       available_options = list(
-        guess_max = list(def = "Guess max argument, see readr::read_csv", default = 0)
+        guess_max = list(def = "Guess max argument, see readr::read_csv", default = 0),
+        enrich_from_dbi = list(def = "Enrich entity data from DBI software", default = FALSE)
       )
     ),
     geoflow_handler$new(
       id = "excel",
       def = "Handle metadata entities from a Microsoft Excel (xls,xlsx) file",
       packages = list("readxl"),
-      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_excel.R", package = "geoflow"))$value
+      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_excel.R", package = "geoflow"))$value,
+      available_options = list(
+        enrich_from_dbi = list(def = "Enrich entity data from DBI software", default = FALSE)
+      )
     ),
     geoflow_handler$new(
       id = "gsheet",
       def = "Handle metadata entities from a Google spreadsheet",
       packages = list("gsheet"),
-      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_gsheet.R", package = "geoflow"))$value
+      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_gsheet.R", package = "geoflow"))$value,
+      available_options = list(
+        enrich_from_dbi = list(def = "Enrich entity data from DBI software", default = FALSE)
+      )
     ),
     geoflow_handler$new(
       id = "dbi",
@@ -42,19 +49,25 @@ register_entity_handlers <- function(){
       id = "dbi_csv",
       def = "Handle DBI metadata entities from a CSV file",
       packages = list("DBI", "RSQLite", "RPostgres"),
-      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_dbi_csv.R", package = "geoflow"))$value
+      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_dbi_csv.R", package = "geoflow"))$value,
+      status = "deprecated",
+      notes = "Use 'csv' handler enabling option 'enrich_from_dbi"
     ),
     geoflow_handler$new(
       id = "dbi_excel",
       def = "Handle DBI metadata entities from a Microsoft Excel (xls, xlsx) file",
       packages = list("readxl"),
-      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_dbi_excel.R", package = "geoflow"))$value
+      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_dbi_excel.R", package = "geoflow"))$value,
+      status = "deprecated",
+      notes = "Use 'excel' handler enabling option 'enrich_from_dbi"
     ),
     geoflow_handler$new(
       id = "dbi_gsheet",
       def = "Handle DBI metadata entities from a Google spreadsheet",
       packages = list("gsheet"),
-      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_dbi_gsheet.R", package = "geoflow"))$value
+      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_dbi_gsheet.R", package = "geoflow"))$value,
+      status = "deprecated",
+      notes = "Use 'gsheet' handler enabling option 'enrich_from_dbi"
     ),
     geoflow_handler$new(
       id = "dataverse",
@@ -66,7 +79,10 @@ register_entity_handlers <- function(){
       id = "ocs",
       def = "Handle metadata entities from a tabulat data source (csv or excel) hosted on an OCS cloud",
       packages = list("ocs4R"),
-      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_ocs.R", package = "geoflow"))$value
+      fun = source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_ocs.R", package = "geoflow"))$value,
+      available_options = list(
+        enrich_from_dbi = list(def = "Enrich entity data from DBI software", default = FALSE)
+      )
     ),
     geoflow_handler$new(
       id = "ncdf",
@@ -151,6 +167,8 @@ list_entity_handlers <- function(raw = FALSE){
         id = handler$id,
         definition = handler$def,
         packages = paste(handler$packages, collapse=","),
+        status = handler$status,
+        notes = handler$notes,
         stringsAsFactors = FALSE
       ))
     }))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4748cf2f..11f37137 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/r-geoflow/geoflow/actions/workflows/r-cmd-check.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/r-geoflow/geoflow/actions/workflows/r-cmd-check.yml)
 [![CRAN_Status_Badge](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/geoflow)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=geoflow)
-[![Github_Status_Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/Github-0.20240502-blue.svg)](https://github.com/r-geoflow/geoflow)
+[![Github_Status_Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/Github-0.202405013-blue.svg)](https://github.com/r-geoflow/geoflow)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI//10.5281/zenodo.3138920.svg)](https://doi.org//10.5281/zenodo.3138920)
 
 **R engine to orchestrate and run (meta)data workflows**
diff --git a/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_csv.R b/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_csv.R
index bb37811c..69b888f5 100644
--- a/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_csv.R
+++ b/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_csv.R
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ handle_entities_csv <- function(handler, source, config, handle = TRUE){
   if(!handle) return(source)
   
   #apply generic handler
-  handle_entities_df <- source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_df.R", package = "geoflow"))$value
+  handler_script = if(handler$getOption("enrich_from_dbi")) "entity_handler_dbi_df.R" else "entity_handler_df.R"
+  handle_entities_df <- source(system.file("metadata/entity", handler_script, package = "geoflow"))$value
   entities <- handle_entities_df(handler, source, config)
   return(entities)
 }
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diff --git a/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_excel.R b/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_excel.R
index 1bd42e3d..349e3899 100644
--- a/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_excel.R
+++ b/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_excel.R
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ handle_entities_excel <- function(handler, source, config, handle = TRUE){
   if(!handle) return(source)
   
   #apply generic handler
-  handle_entities_df <- source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_df.R", package = "geoflow"))$value
+  handler_script = if(handler$getOption("enrich_from_dbi")) "entity_handler_dbi_df.R" else "entity_handler_df.R"
+  handle_entities_df <- source(system.file("metadata/entity", handler_script, package = "geoflow"))$value
   entities <- handle_entities_df(handler, source, config)
   return(entities)
 }
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diff --git a/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_gsheet.R b/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_gsheet.R
index 819933ff..cbc69ddb 100644
--- a/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_gsheet.R
+++ b/inst/metadata/entity/entity_handler_gsheet.R
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ handle_entities_gsheet <- function(handler, source, config, handle = TRUE){
   if(!handle) return(source)
   
   #apply generic handler
-  handle_entities_df <- source(system.file("metadata/entity", "entity_handler_df.R", package = "geoflow"))$value
+  handler_script = if(handler$getOption("enrich_from_dbi")) "entity_handler_dbi_df.R" else "entity_handler_df.R"
+  handle_entities_df <- source(system.file("metadata/entity", handler_script, package = "geoflow"))$value
   entities <- handle_entities_df(handler, source, config)
   return(entities)
 }
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