diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/core/api/MetadataCollector.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/core/api/MetadataCollector.java
index 38a5529..761861f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/core/api/MetadataCollector.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/core/api/MetadataCollector.java
@@ -42,16 +42,18 @@
      */
     public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String resourceId, String credentialToken) throws Exception;
 
-    /**
-     * Fetches a metadata of given File Resource
+    /*
+     * Fetches a metadata of given File Resource inside a registered directory resource. Target file might be living in
+     * multiple level below the parent directory
      *
-     * @param storageId id of the storage resource
-     * @param resourcePath resource path
+     * @param parentResourceId parent directory resource id
+     * @param resourcePath path of the target resource. This should be a child path of the parent resource
      * @param credentialToken credential token for the resource
      * @return an object of {@link FileResourceMetadata}
-     * @throws Exception if the resource id is not a File Resource type or the resource can't be fetched from the resource service
+     * @throws Exception if the parent resource is not a Directory resource or the target resource is not a File Resource type
+     * or the resource can't be fetched from the resource service
      */
-    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception;
+    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception;
 
     /**
      * Fetches a metadata of given Directory Resource
@@ -64,14 +66,17 @@
     public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String resourceId, String credentialToken) throws Exception;
 
     /**
-     * Fetches a metadata of given Directory Resource
+     * Fetches a metadata of given Directory Resource inside a registered directory resource. Target directory might be living in
+     * multiple level below the parent directory
      *
-     * @param storageId id of the storage resource
-     * @param resourcePath resource path
+     * @param parentResourceId parent directory resource id
+     * @param resourcePath path of the target resource. This should be a child path of the parent resource
+     * @param credentialToken credential token for the resource
      * @return an object of {@link DirectoryResourceMetadata}
-     * @throws Exception if the resource id is not a Directory Resource type or the resource can't be fetched from the resource service
+     * @throws Exception if the parent resource is not a Directory resource or the target resource is not a Directory Resource type
+     * or the resource can't be fetched from the resource service
      */
-    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception;
+    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception;
 
     /**
      * Check whether the resource is available in the actual storage
diff --git a/transport/azure-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/azure/AzureMetadataCollector.java b/transport/azure-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/azure/AzureMetadataCollector.java
index 76a6f13..e043dc2 100644
--- a/transport/azure-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/azure/AzureMetadataCollector.java
+++ b/transport/azure-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/azure/AzureMetadataCollector.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");    }
 
     @Override
-    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
diff --git a/transport/box-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/box/BoxMetadataCollector.java b/transport/box-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/box/BoxMetadataCollector.java
index 5e77e72..6d597a0 100644
--- a/transport/box-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/box/BoxMetadataCollector.java
+++ b/transport/box-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/box/BoxMetadataCollector.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");    }
 
     @Override
-    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
diff --git a/transport/dropbox-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/dropbox/DropboxMetadataCollector.java b/transport/dropbox-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/dropbox/DropboxMetadataCollector.java
index 2d00e10..14f040d 100644
--- a/transport/dropbox-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/dropbox/DropboxMetadataCollector.java
+++ b/transport/dropbox-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/dropbox/DropboxMetadataCollector.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");    }
 
     @Override
-    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
diff --git a/transport/ftp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/ftp/FTPMetadataCollector.java b/transport/ftp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/ftp/FTPMetadataCollector.java
index 5f6f7af..cdd8ae0 100644
--- a/transport/ftp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/ftp/FTPMetadataCollector.java
+++ b/transport/ftp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/ftp/FTPMetadataCollector.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");    }
 
     @Override
-    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
diff --git a/transport/gcp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/gcp/GCSMetadataCollector.java b/transport/gcp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/gcp/GCSMetadataCollector.java
index 0d1a1a8..c753c0f 100644
--- a/transport/gcp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/gcp/GCSMetadataCollector.java
+++ b/transport/gcp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/gcp/GCSMetadataCollector.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");    }
 
     @Override
-    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
diff --git a/transport/local-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/local/LocalMetadataCollector.java b/transport/local-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/local/LocalMetadataCollector.java
index 9faa70a..191a677 100644
--- a/transport/local-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/local/LocalMetadataCollector.java
+++ b/transport/local-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/local/LocalMetadataCollector.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");    }
 
     @Override
-    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
diff --git a/transport/s3-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/s3/S3MetadataCollector.java b/transport/s3-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/s3/S3MetadataCollector.java
index 58be5b6..741bd2f 100644
--- a/transport/s3-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/s3/S3MetadataCollector.java
+++ b/transport/s3-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/s3/S3MetadataCollector.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");    }
 
     @Override
-    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not implemented");
     }
 
diff --git a/transport/scp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/scp/SCPMetadataCollector.java b/transport/scp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/scp/SCPMetadataCollector.java
index aa6f159..5759791 100644
--- a/transport/scp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/scp/SCPMetadataCollector.java
+++ b/transport/scp-transport/src/main/java/org/apache/airavata/mft/transport/scp/SCPMetadataCollector.java
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String storageId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public FileResourceMetadata getFileResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         ResourceServiceClient resourceClient = ResourceServiceClientBuilder.buildClient(resourceServiceHost, resourceServicePort);
-        SCPResource scpResource = resourceClient.scp().getSCPResource(SCPResourceGetRequest.newBuilder().setResourceId(storageId).build());
+        SCPResource scpResource = resourceClient.scp().getSCPResource(SCPResourceGetRequest.newBuilder().setResourceId(parentResourceId).build());
 
         SecretServiceClient secretClient = SecretServiceClientBuilder.buildClient(secretServiceHost, secretServicePort);
         SCPSecret scpSecret = secretClient.scp().getSCPSecret(SCPSecretGetRequest.newBuilder().setSecretId(credentialToken).build());
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String resourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
+    public DirectoryResourceMetadata getDirectoryResourceMetadata(String parentResourceId, String resourcePath, String credentialToken) throws Exception {
         ResourceServiceClient resourceClient = ResourceServiceClientBuilder.buildClient(resourceServiceHost, resourceServicePort);
-        SCPResource scpPResource = resourceClient.scp().getSCPResource(SCPResourceGetRequest.newBuilder().setResourceId(resourceId).build());
+        SCPResource scpPResource = resourceClient.scp().getSCPResource(SCPResourceGetRequest.newBuilder().setResourceId(parentResourceId).build());
 
         SecretServiceClient secretClient = SecretServiceClientBuilder.buildClient(secretServiceHost, secretServicePort);
         SCPSecret scpSecret = secretClient.scp().getSCPSecret(SCPSecretGetRequest.newBuilder().setSecretId(credentialToken).build());