diff --git a/src/tablestream/templates/metadata.ksy b/src/tablestream/templates/metadata.ksy
index e69de29..493c6c7 100644
--- a/src/tablestream/templates/metadata.ksy
+++ b/src/tablestream/templates/metadata.ksy
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+meta:
+  id: meta_data
+  endian: be
+
+seq:
+  - id: magic_code
+    contents: [0xbe, 0xbe, 0xbe, 0xbe]
+  - id: aipsio_header
+    type: header
+  - id: number_of_table_rows
+    type: u4
+  - id: endianess
+    type: u4
+  - id: table_type
+    type: string
+  - id: table_description
+    type: table_description
+
+
+types:
+  string:
+    seq:
+      - id: string_length
+        type: u4
+      - id: body
+        type: str
+        size: string_length
+        encoding: ASCII
+  header:
+    seq:
+      - id: size
+        type: u4
+      - id: object_type
+        type: string
+      - id: version
+        type: u4
+  table_description:
+    seq:
+      - id: table_description_header
+        type: header
+      - id: table_description_name
+        type: string
+      - id: table_description_version
+        type: string
+      - id: table_description_comment
+        type: string
+      - id: table_keyword_set
+        type: table_record
+
+  table_record:
+    seq:
+      - id: table_record_header
+        type: header
+      - id: record_description
+        type: record_description
+      - id: record_type
+        type: s4
+  record_description:
+    seq:
+      - id: record_description_header
+        type: header
+      - id: number_of_keywords
+        type: u4
+
+
+
+  keyword_data:
+    seq:
+      - id: keyword_name
+        type: string
+      - id: data_type
+        type: s4
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