diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/metadatadiscovery/bean/jaxb/MetadataFormat.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/metadatadiscovery/bean/jaxb/MetadataFormat.java
index 045acdb..f0d6b12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/metadatadiscovery/bean/jaxb/MetadataFormat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/metadatadiscovery/bean/jaxb/MetadataFormat.java
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ public class MetadataFormat implements Serializable{
 	@XmlElement(name = "metadatafield")
 	private List<MetadataField> metadataFields;
 
+	@XmlElement(name = "metadatatype", required=true)
+	private String metadataType = "";
+
 	@XmlTransient
 	private String metadataSource = null;
 
@@ -57,6 +60,28 @@ public class MetadataFormat implements Serializable{
 		return metadataFields;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the metadata type.
+	 *
+	 * @return the metadataType
+	 */
+	public String getMetadataType() {
+
+		return metadataType;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the metadata type.
+	 *
+	 * @param metadataType the new metadata type
+	 */
+	public void setMetadataType(String metadataType) {
+
+		this.metadataType = metadataType;
+	}
+
+
 
 
 	/**
@@ -142,8 +167,6 @@ public class MetadataFormat implements Serializable{
 		this.metadataCategories.add(metadataCategory);
 	}
 
-
-
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
 	 */
@@ -155,6 +178,8 @@ public class MetadataFormat implements Serializable{
 		builder.append(metadataCategories);
 		builder.append(", metadataFields=");
 		builder.append(metadataFields);
+		builder.append(", metadataType=");
+		builder.append(metadataType);
 		builder.append(", metadataSource=");
 		builder.append(metadataSource);
 		builder.append("]");