@prefix fabio: <http://purl.org/spar/fabio/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix reg: <http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#> .
@prefix vaem: <http://www.linkedmodel.org/schema/vaem#> .
@prefix vann: <http://purl.org/vocab/vann/> .
@prefix vs: <http://www.w3.org/2003/06/sw-vocab-status/ns#> .

fabio:MetadataDocument a owl:Class ;
    rdfs:label "metadata document"@en ;
    vann:example """
        :my-metadata-document a fabio:MetadataDocument ;
                datacite:hasIdentifier :my-metadata-document-id ;
                datacite:usesMetadataScheme datacite:spar .        
        """ ;
    vaem:rationale """
This is used to represent a document describing the metadata of a resource (e.g., a dataset).
The link between the resource and this document is provided using the [CiTO](http://purl.org/spar/cito) property `cito:citesAsMetadataDocument`.
The particular scheme followed for creating the resource metadata exemplified in the metadata document is expressed via the property `datacite:hasMetadataScheme` and the class `datacite:MetadataScheme`.

This is also used when the relation type between two resources involves the association of metadata to one by the other.
It is possible to specify a metadata scheme used by the particular metadata document under consideration to describe the metadata of the subject resource  or of the related resource.
In addition to specifying a metadata scheme, in this case the metadata document can also be characterised by means of the class `fabio:MetatadaDocument`.
Each metadata scheme is an individual of the class `datacite:MetadataScheme`.
        """@en ;
    rdfs:comment "A document that contains metadata information describing one or more characteristics of an entity."@en ;
    rdfs:isDefinedBy fabio: ;
    rdfs:subClassOf fabio:Expression ;
    vs:term_status reg:statusStable .