diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/models/workspaceitem-sections.model.ts b/src/app/core/submission/models/workspaceitem-sections.model.ts
index 01c1c79eb9..e954c880c4 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/models/workspaceitem-sections.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/models/workspaceitem-sections.model.ts
@@ -1,57 +1,13 @@
 import { WorkspaceitemSectionFormObject } from './workspaceitem-section-form.model';
 import { WorkspaceitemSectionLicenseObject } from './workspaceitem-section-license.model';
 import { WorkspaceitemSectionUploadObject } from './workspaceitem-section-upload.model';
-import { isNotNull } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { WorkspaceitemSectionRecycleObject } from './workspaceitem-section-recycle.model';
 import { WorkspaceitemSectionDetectDuplicateObject } from './workspaceitem-section-deduplication.model';
-import { FormFieldMetadataValueObject } from '../../../shared/form/builder/models/form-field-metadata-value.model';
 
 export class WorkspaceitemSectionsObject {
   [name: string]: WorkspaceitemSectionDataType;
 }
 
-export function isServerFormValue(obj: any): boolean {
-  return (typeof obj === 'object'
-    && obj.hasOwnProperty('value')
-    && obj.hasOwnProperty('language')
-    && obj.hasOwnProperty('authority')
-    && obj.hasOwnProperty('confidence')
-    && obj.hasOwnProperty('place'))
-}
-
-export function normalizeSectionData(obj: any) {
-  let result: any = obj;
-  if (isNotNull(obj)) {
-    // If is an Instance of FormFieldMetadataValueObject normalize it
-    if (typeof obj === 'object' && isServerFormValue(obj)) {
-      // If authority property is set normalize as a FormFieldMetadataValueObject object
-      /* NOTE: Data received from server could have authority property equal to null, but into form
-         field's model is required a FormFieldMetadataValueObject object as field value, so instantiate it */
-      result = new FormFieldMetadataValueObject(
-        obj.value,
-        obj.language,
-        obj.authority,
-        (obj.display || obj.value),
-        obj.place,
-        obj.confidence,
-        obj.otherInformation
-      );
-    } else if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
-      result = [];
-      obj.forEach((item, index) => {
-        result[index] = normalizeSectionData(item);
-      });
-    } else if (typeof obj === 'object') {
-      result = Object.create({});
-      Object.keys(obj)
-        .forEach((key) => {
-          result[key] = normalizeSectionData(obj[key]);
-        });
-    }
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
 export type WorkspaceitemSectionDataType
   = WorkspaceitemSectionUploadObject
   | WorkspaceitemSectionFormObject
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
index b7517a8248..c6e3105122 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,55 @@ import { NormalizedSubmissionObjectFactory } from './normalized-submission-objec
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 import { SubmissionResourceType } from './submission-resource-type';
 import { NormalizedWorkspaceItem } from './models/normalized-workspaceitem.model';
-import { normalizeSectionData } from './models/workspaceitem-sections.model';
 import { NormalizedWorkflowItem } from './models/normalized-workflowitem.model';
 import { NormalizedEditItem } from './models/normalized-edititem.model';
+import { FormFieldMetadataValueObject } from '../../shared/form/builder/models/form-field-metadata-value.model';
 
+export function isServerFormValue(obj: any): boolean {
+  return (typeof obj === 'object'
+    && obj.hasOwnProperty('value')
+    && obj.hasOwnProperty('language')
+    && obj.hasOwnProperty('authority')
+    && obj.hasOwnProperty('confidence')
+    && obj.hasOwnProperty('place'))
+}
+
+export function normalizeSectionData(obj: any) {
+  let result: any = obj;
+  if (isNotNull(obj)) {
+    // If is an Instance of FormFieldMetadataValueObject normalize it
+    if (typeof obj === 'object' && isServerFormValue(obj)) {
+      // If authority property is set normalize as a FormFieldMetadataValueObject object
+      /* NOTE: Data received from server could have authority property equal to null, but into form
+         field's model is required a FormFieldMetadataValueObject object as field value, so instantiate it */
+      result = new FormFieldMetadataValueObject(
+        obj.value,
+        obj.language,
+        obj.authority,
+        (obj.display || obj.value),
+        obj.place,
+        obj.confidence,
+        obj.otherInformation
+      );
+    } else if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
+      result = [];
+      obj.forEach((item, index) => {
+        result[index] = normalizeSectionData(item);
+      });
+    } else if (typeof obj === 'object') {
+      result = Object.create({});
+      Object.keys(obj)
+        .forEach((key) => {
+          result[key] = normalizeSectionData(obj[key]);
+        });
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Provides methods to parse response for a submission request.
+ */
 @Injectable()
 export class SubmissionResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
 
diff --git a/src/app/submission/form/submission-upload-files/submission-upload-files.component.ts b/src/app/submission/form/submission-upload-files/submission-upload-files.component.ts
index d1a5fb0659..055a58f852 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/form/submission-upload-files/submission-upload-files.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/form/submission-upload-files/submission-upload-files.component.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { SectionsService } from '../../sections/sections.service';
 import { hasValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { Workspaceitem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workspaceitem.model';
-import { normalizeSectionData } from '../../../core/submission/models/workspaceitem-sections.model';
+import { normalizeSectionData } from '../../../core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service';
 import { SubmissionService } from '../../submission.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { UploaderOptions } from '../../../shared/uploader/uploader-options.model';