diff --git a/front/src/components/Form.jsx b/front/src/components/Form.jsx
index 4e97a913f..0cf2831f9 100644
--- a/front/src/components/Form.jsx
+++ b/front/src/components/Form.jsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { Translation } from 'react-i18next'
 import basicUiSchema from '../schemas/ui-schema-basic-override.json'
 import defaultUiSchema from '../schemas/ui-schema-editor.json'
 import defaultSchema from '../schemas/data-schema.json'
-import { toYaml } from './Write/metadata/yaml'
 
 // REMIND: use a custom SelectWidget to support "ui:emptyValue"
 // remove once fixed in https://github.com/rjsf-team/react-jsonschema-form/issues/1041
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ export default function SchemaForm ({
       const path = id.replace('root_', '').replace('_', '.')
       setFormData((state) => {
         const newFormData = set(state, path, value)
-        onChange(toYaml(newFormData))
+        onChange(newFormData)
         return newFormData
       })
     },
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ export default function SchemaForm ({
   const handleUpdate = useCallback((event) => {
     const formData = event.formData
     setFormData(formData)
-    onChange(toYaml(formData))
+    onChange(formData)
   }, [setFormData, onChange])
 
   // noinspection JSValidateTypes
diff --git a/front/src/components/Write/yamleditor/YamlEditor.jsx b/front/src/components/Write/yamleditor/YamlEditor.jsx
index 2ed7e56e5..ac64b8978 100644
--- a/front/src/components/Write/yamleditor/YamlEditor.jsx
+++ b/front/src/components/Write/yamleditor/YamlEditor.jsx
@@ -1,28 +1,15 @@
-import React from 'react'
+import React, { useCallback } from 'react'
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import YAML from 'js-yaml'
 import Form from '../../Form'
+import { toYaml } from "../metadata/yaml.js";
+import { convertLegacyValues } from "../../metadata/MetadataValues.js";
 
-export default function YamlEditor ({ yaml = '', basicMode = false, onChange }) {
+export default function YamlEditor({ yaml = '', basicMode = false, onChange = () => {} }) {
   const [parsed = {}] = YAML.loadAll(yaml)
-
-  // we convert YYYY/MM/DD dates into ISO YYYY-MM-DD
-  if (parsed.date) {
-    parsed.date = parsed.date.replace(/\//g, '-')
-  }
-
-  // we array-ify legacy string keywords
-  if (parsed.keywords) {
-    parsed.keywords = parsed.keywords.map(block => {
-      if (typeof block.list_f === 'string') {
-        block.list_f = block.list_f.split(',').map(word => word.trim())
-      }
-
-      return block
-    })
-  }
-
-  return <Form formData={parsed} basicMode={basicMode} onChange={onChange} />
+  const formData = convertLegacyValues(parsed)
+  const handleChange = useCallback((newFormData) => onChange(toYaml(newFormData)), [onChange])
+  return <Form formData={formData} basicMode={basicMode} onChange={handleChange}/>
 }
 
 YamlEditor.propTypes = {
diff --git a/front/src/components/corpus/Corpus.graphql b/front/src/components/corpus/Corpus.graphql
index 5d5ed6432..b725408b7 100644
--- a/front/src/components/corpus/Corpus.graphql
+++ b/front/src/components/corpus/Corpus.graphql
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ query getCorpus($filter: FilterCorpusInput, $includeArticles: Boolean = false) {
             username
             email
         }
+        metadata
         articles @include(if: $includeArticles) {
             article {
                 _id
@@ -45,6 +46,14 @@ mutation deleteCorpus($corpusId: ID!) {
     }
 }
 
+mutation updateMetadata($corpusId: ID!, $metadata: String!) {
+    corpus(corpusId: $corpusId) {
+        updateMetadata(metadata: $metadata) {
+            _id
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 mutation updateCorpus($corpusId: ID!, $updateCorpusInput: UpdateCorpusInput!) {
     corpus(corpusId: $corpusId) {
         update(updateCorpusInput: $updateCorpusInput) {
diff --git a/front/src/components/corpus/CorpusItem.jsx b/front/src/components/corpus/CorpusItem.jsx
index 6cd0f7e68..7dd27fd81 100644
--- a/front/src/components/corpus/CorpusItem.jsx
+++ b/front/src/components/corpus/CorpusItem.jsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { deleteCorpus } from './Corpus.graphql'
 import styles from './corpusItem.module.scss'
 
 
-export default function CorpusItem ({ corpus }) {
+export default function CorpusItem({ corpus }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const { setToast } = useToasts()
   const dispatch = useDispatch()
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export default function CorpusItem ({ corpus }) {
           </p>
         </div>
         <aside className={styles.actionButtons}>
-          <Button title="Edit" icon={true}  onClick={() => setEditCorpusVisible(true)}>
+          <Button title="Edit" icon={true} onClick={() => setEditCorpusVisible(true)}>
             <Settings/>
           </Button>
 
@@ -96,18 +96,19 @@ export default function CorpusItem ({ corpus }) {
           }}>
             <Trash/>
           </Button>
-          <Button title="Download a printable version" icon={true}  onClick={() => setExportCorpusVisible(true)}>
+          <Button title="Download a printable version" icon={true} onClick={() => setExportCorpusVisible(true)}>
             <Printer/>
           </Button>
 
-          <Link title="Preview (open a new window)" target="_blank" className={buttonStyles.icon} to={`/books/${corpus._id}/preview`}>
+          <Link title="Preview (open a new window)" target="_blank" className={buttonStyles.icon}
+                to={`/books/${corpus._id}/preview`}>
             <Eye/>
           </Link>
         </aside>
       </div>
       {expanded && <div className={styles.detail}>
         {corpus.description && <p>{corpus.description}</p>}
-        <CorpusArticles corpusId={corpusId} />
+        <CorpusArticles corpusId={corpusId}/>
       </div>}
 
       <GeistModal visible={deleteCorpusVisible} {...deleteCorpusModalBinding}>
@@ -115,16 +116,18 @@ export default function CorpusItem ({ corpus }) {
         <GeistModal.Content>
           {t('corpus.deleteModal.confirmMessage')}
         </GeistModal.Content>
-        <GeistModal.Action passive onClick={() => setDeleteCorpusVisible(false)}>{t('modal.cancelButton.text')}</GeistModal.Action>
+        <GeistModal.Action passive
+                           onClick={() => setDeleteCorpusVisible(false)}>{t('modal.cancelButton.text')}</GeistModal.Action>
         <GeistModal.Action onClick={handleDeleteCorpus}>{t('modal.confirmButton.text')}</GeistModal.Action>
       </GeistModal>
 
       <GeistModal visible={exportCorpusVisible} {...exportCorpusBindings}>
         <h2>{t('corpus.exportModal.title')}</h2>
         <GeistModal.Content>
-          <Export bookId={corpusId} name={corpus.name} />
+          <Export bookId={corpusId} name={corpus.name}/>
         </GeistModal.Content>
-        <GeistModal.Action passive onClick={() => setExportCorpusVisible(false)}>{t('modal.cancelButton.text')}</GeistModal.Action>
+        <GeistModal.Action passive
+                           onClick={() => setExportCorpusVisible(false)}>{t('modal.cancelButton.text')}</GeistModal.Action>
       </GeistModal>
 
       <GeistModal width="40rem" visible={editCorpusVisible} {...editCorpusBindings}>
@@ -132,7 +135,8 @@ export default function CorpusItem ({ corpus }) {
         <GeistModal.Content>
           <CorpusUpdate corpus={corpus} onSubmit={handleCorpusUpdated}/>
         </GeistModal.Content>
-        <GeistModal.Action passive onClick={() => setEditCorpusVisible(false)}>{t('modal.cancelButton.text')}</GeistModal.Action>
+        <GeistModal.Action passive
+                           onClick={() => setEditCorpusVisible(false)}>{t('modal.cancelButton.text')}</GeistModal.Action>
       </GeistModal>
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/front/src/components/metadata/MetadataForm.jsx b/front/src/components/metadata/MetadataForm.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9d3facdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/front/src/components/metadata/MetadataForm.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import React from "react";
+import PropTypes from "prop-types";
+
+import Form from "../Form.jsx";
+import { convertLegacyValues } from "./MetadataValues.js";
+
+/**
+ * @param data Values in JSON format
+ * @param templates List of template names
+ * @param onChange Function that return the values in YAML format
+ * @returns {Element}
+ * @constructor
+ */
+export default function MetadataForm({ data, templates, onChange }) {
+  const formData = convertLegacyValues(data)
+  const basicMode = templates.includes('basic')
+  return <Form formData={formData} basicMode={basicMode} onChange={onChange}/>
+}
+
+MetadataForm.propTypes = {
+  data: PropTypes.object,
+  templates: PropTypes.array,
+  onChange: PropTypes.func,
+}
+
diff --git a/front/src/components/metadata/MetadataValues.js b/front/src/components/metadata/MetadataValues.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ff8175a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/front/src/components/metadata/MetadataValues.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * Convert legacy values.
+ * @param {object} data
+ * @returns {*}
+ */
+export function convertLegacyValues(data) {
+  // we convert YYYY/MM/DD dates into ISO YYYY-MM-DD
+  if (data.date) {
+    data.date = data.date.replace(/\//g, '-')
+  }
+
+  // we array-ify legacy string keywords
+  if (data.keywords) {
+    data.keywords = data.keywords.map(block => {
+      if (typeof block.list_f === 'string') {
+        block.list_f = block.list_f.split(',').map(word => word.trim())
+      }
+      return block
+    })
+  }
+
+  return data
+}
diff --git a/front/src/schemas/corpus-journal-metadata.schema.json b/front/src/schemas/corpus-journal-metadata.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5a545ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/front/src/schemas/corpus-journal-metadata.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$id": "https://stylo.huma-num.fr/schemas/corpus-journal-metadata.schema.json",
+  "title": "Journal metadata",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "type": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "const": "journal"
+    },
+    "name": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "issue": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "title": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "identifier": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "number": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/graphql/package.json b/graphql/package.json
index f793ec33a..323cab1f0 100644
--- a/graphql/package.json
+++ b/graphql/package.json
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@
     "node": "18.20.4",
     "npm": "10.9.0"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}