diff --git a/io.catenax.waste_certificate/1.0.0/WasteCertificate.ttl b/io.catenax.waste_certificate/1.0.0/WasteCertificate.ttl
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+# Copyright (c) 2023 SAP SE
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
+# Copyright (c) 2023 LRP Autorecycling Leipzig GmbH
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#
+# See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+#
+# This work is made available under the terms of the
+# Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) license,
+# which is available at
+# https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+
+@prefix samm: <urn:samm:org.eclipse.esmf.samm:meta-model:2.0.0#> .
+@prefix samm-c: <urn:samm:org.eclipse.esmf.samm:characteristic:2.0.0#> .
+@prefix samm-e: <urn:samm:org.eclipse.esmf.samm:entity:2.0.0#> .
+@prefix unit: <urn:samm:org.eclipse.esmf.samm:unit:2.0.0#> .
+@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
+@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
+@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
+@prefix : <urn:samm:io.catenax.waste_certificate:1.0.0#> .
+@prefix ext-certificate: <urn:samm:io.catenax.shared.recycling_strategy_certificate:2.0.0#> .
+
+:WasteCertificate a samm:Aspect ;
+   samm:preferredName "Waste-Certificate"@en ;
+   samm:description "\t\nThe Waste-Certificate marks the point in time, respectively status update at which an asset irrevocably enters the status through tranferring to an authorized business partner. Materials send to landfill are mostly inert and are for example slag, waste from thermal recycling and minerals."@en ;
+   samm:properties ( :certificate ) ;
+   samm:operations ( ) ;
+   samm:events ( ) .
+
+:certificate a samm:Property ;
+   samm:preferredName "Certificate"@en ;
+   samm:description "A property of the model, named certificate."@en ;
+   samm:characteristic ext-certificate:RecyclingStrategyCertificateCharacteristic .
+
diff --git a/io.catenax.waste_certificate/1.0.0/metadata.json b/io.catenax.waste_certificate/1.0.0/metadata.json
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+{ "status" : "release"} 
diff --git a/io.catenax.waste_certificate/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/io.catenax.waste_certificate/RELEASE_NOTES.md
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+# Changelog
+All notable changes to this model will be documented in this file.
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [1.0.0] - 2023-12-04
+### Added
+- initial model
+
+### Changed
+
+### Removed