*/
    protected Metadata readMetadata(File mappingFile) throws RepositoryMetadataReadException {

        try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(mappingFile.toPath())) {
            return new Metadata(new MetadataStaxReader().read(in, false));
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            throw new RepositoryMetadataReadException("Cannot read metadata from '" + mappingFile + "'", e);