diff --git a/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/writers/mdJson/sections/mdJson_coverageResult.rb b/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/writers/mdJson/sections/mdJson_coverageResult.rb
index 17081721..9249d6d4 100644
--- a/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/writers/mdJson/sections/mdJson_coverageResult.rb
+++ b/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/writers/mdJson/sections/mdJson_coverageResult.rb
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ module CoverageResult
           def self.build(hCoverageResult)
             Jbuilder.new do |json|
                 json.dateTime hCoverageResult[:dateTime]
-                json.scope Scope.build(hCoverageResult[:scope])
+                json.scope Scope.build(hCoverageResult[:scope]) unless hCoverageResult[:scope].empty?
                 json.spatialRepresentationType hCoverageResult[:spatialRepresentationType]
-                json.spatialRepresentation SpatialRepresentation.build(hCoverageResult[:spatialRepresentation]) unless hCoverageResult[:spatialRepresentation].nil?
-                json.resultContentDescription CoverageDescription.build(hCoverageResult[:resultContentDescription]) unless hCoverageResult[:resultContentDescription].nil?
-                json.resourceFormat Format.build(hCoverageResult[:resourceFormat]) unless hCoverageResult[:resourceFormat].nil?
-                json.resultFile QualityResultFile.build(hCoverageResult[:resultFile]) unless hCoverageResult[:resultFile].nil?
+                json.spatialRepresentation SpatialRepresentation.build(hCoverageResult[:spatialRepresentation]) unless hCoverageResult[:spatialRepresentation].empty?
+                json.resultContentDescription CoverageDescription.build(hCoverageResult[:resultContentDescription]) unless hCoverageResult[:resultContentDescription].empty?
+                json.resourceFormat Format.build(hCoverageResult[:resourceFormat]) unless hCoverageResult[:resourceFormat].empty?
+                json.resultFile QualityResultFile.build(hCoverageResult[:resultFile]) unless hCoverageResult[:resultFile].empty?
             end
           end
         end