diff --git a/core/include/DataSource/DataSourceController.h b/core/include/DataSource/DataSourceController.h
index b889390..4393814 100644
--- a/core/include/DataSource/DataSourceController.h
+++ b/core/include/DataSource/DataSourceController.h
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
 
 #include <QLoggingCategory>
 #include <QObject>
+#include <QUuid>
 
 #include <Common/spimpl.h>
 
 Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_DataSourceController)
 
 /**
- * @brief The DataSourceController class aims to make the link between SciQlop
- * and its plugins. This is the intermediate class that SciQlop have to use
- * in the way to connect a data source. Please first use load method to intialize
- * a plugin specified by its metadata name (JSON plugin source) then others specifics
- * method will ba able to access it.
- * You can load a data source driver plugin then create a data source.
+ * @brief The DataSourceController class aims to make the link between SciQlop and its plugins. This
+ * is the intermediate class that SciQlop has to use in the way to connect a data source. Please
+ * first use register method to initialize a plugin specified by its metadata name (JSON plugin
+ * source) then others specifics method will be able to access it. You can load a data source driver
+ * plugin then create a data source.
  */
 class DataSourceController : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ public:
     explicit DataSourceController(QObject *parent = 0);
     virtual ~DataSourceController();
 
+    /**
+     * Registers a data source. The method delivers a unique id that can be used afterwards to
+     * access to the data source properties (structure, connection parameters, data provider, etc.)
+     * @param dataSourceName the name of the data source
+     * @return the unique id with which the data source has been registered
+     */
+    QUuid registerDataSource(const QString &dataSourceName) noexcept;
+
 public slots:
     /// Manage init/end of the controller
     void initialize();
diff --git a/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceController.cpp b/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceController.cpp
index cdb58a1..b4af453 100644
--- a/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceController.cpp
+++ b/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceController.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_DataSourceController, "DataSourceController")
 class DataSourceController::DataSourceControllerPrivate {
 public:
     QMutex m_WorkingMutex;
+    QHash<QUuid, QString> m_DataSources;
 };
 
 DataSourceController::DataSourceController(QObject *parent)
@@ -27,6 +28,14 @@ DataSourceController::~DataSourceController()
     this->waitForFinish();
 }
 
+QUuid DataSourceController::registerDataSource(const QString &dataSourceName) noexcept
+{
+    auto dataSourceUid = QUuid::createUuid();
+    impl->m_DataSources.insert(dataSourceUid, dataSourceName);
+
+    return dataSourceUid;
+}
+
 void DataSourceController::initialize()
 {
     qCDebug(LOG_DataSourceController())