diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/jest.config.js b/govtool/metadata-validation/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f87b8f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
+const { pathsToModuleNameMapper } = require('ts-jest');
+const { compilerOptions } = require('./tsconfig');
+
+module.exports = {
+  preset: 'ts-jest',
+  moduleFileExtensions: ['js', 'json', 'ts'],
+  testRegex: '.*\\.(spec|test)\\.ts$',
+  transform: {
+    '^.+\\.(t|j)s$': 'ts-jest',
+  },
+  collectCoverageFrom: ['**/*.(t|j)s'],
+  coverageDirectory: '../coverage',
+  testEnvironment: 'node',
+  moduleNameMapper: pathsToModuleNameMapper(compilerOptions.paths),
+  modulePaths: ['<rootDir>'],
+};
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/package.json b/govtool/metadata-validation/package.json
index 264d89c61..97c3e9f57 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/package.json
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "blakejs": "^1.2.1",
     "class-transformer": "^0.5.1",
     "class-validator": "^0.14.1",
+    "joi": "^17.12.3",
     "jsonld": "^8.3.2",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.2.0",
     "rxjs": "^7.8.1"
@@ -57,22 +58,5 @@
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
     "typescript": "^5.1.3"
-  },
-  "jest": {
-    "moduleFileExtensions": [
-      "js",
-      "json",
-      "ts"
-    ],
-    "rootDir": "src",
-    "testRegex": ".*\\.spec\\.ts$",
-    "transform": {
-      "^.+\\.(t|j)s$": "ts-jest"
-    },
-    "collectCoverageFrom": [
-      "**/*.(t|j)s"
-    ],
-    "coverageDirectory": "../coverage",
-    "testEnvironment": "node"
   }
 }
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.controller.spec.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.controller.spec.ts
index a05c9b88a..f74ccb63d 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.controller.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import { HttpModule } from '@nestjs/axios';
 
+import { MetadataValidationStatus } from '@enums';
+
 import { AppController } from './app.controller';
 import { AppService } from './app.service';
-import { MetadataValidationStatus } from './enums/ValidationError';
 
 // TODO: Mock HttpService
 describe('AppController', () => {
@@ -24,28 +25,26 @@ describe('AppController', () => {
     appController = app.get<AppController>(AppController);
   });
 
-  describe('metadata validation', () => {
-    it('should throw invalid URL', async () => {
-      const result = await appController.validateMetadata({
-        hash: 'hash',
-        url: 'url',
-      });
-      expect(result).toEqual({
-        status: MetadataValidationStatus.URL_NOT_FOUND,
-        valid: false,
-      });
+  it('should throw invalid URL', async () => {
+    const result = await appController.validateMetadata({
+      hash: 'hash',
+      url: 'url',
+    });
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      status: MetadataValidationStatus.URL_NOT_FOUND,
+      valid: false,
     });
+  });
 
-    it('should throw invalid JSONLD', async () => {
-      const result = await appController.validateMetadata({
-        hash: 'hash',
-        url: 'http://www.schema.org',
-      });
+  it('should throw invalid JSONLD', async () => {
+    const result = await appController.validateMetadata({
+      hash: 'hash',
+      url: 'http://www.schema.org',
+    });
 
-      expect(result).toEqual({
-        status: MetadataValidationStatus.INVALID_JSONLD,
-        valid: false,
-      });
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      status: MetadataValidationStatus.INVALID_JSONLD,
+      valid: false,
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.controller.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.controller.ts
index 6b248a789..13e2a7986 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.controller.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.controller.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { Controller, Body, Post } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+import { ValidateMetadataDTO } from '@dto';
+import { ValidateMetadataResult } from '@types';
+
 import { AppService } from './app.service';
-import { ValidateMetadataDTO } from './dto/validateMetadata.dto';
-import { ValidateMetadataResult } from './types/validateMetadata';
 
 @Controller()
 export class AppController {
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.service.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.service.ts
index 22a774851..c29cf16fa 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.service.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.service.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import { catchError, firstValueFrom } from 'rxjs';
 import { HttpService } from '@nestjs/axios';
 import * as blake from 'blakejs';
 
-import { ValidateMetadataDTO } from './dto/validateMetadata.dto';
-import { MetadataValidationStatus } from './enums/ValidationError';
-import { canonizeJSON } from './utils/canonizeJSON';
-import { ValidateMetadataResult } from './types/validateMetadata';
+import { ValidateMetadataDTO } from '@dto';
+import { MetadataValidationStatus } from '@enums';
+import { canonizeJSON, validateMetadataStandard } from '@utils';
+import { ValidateMetadataResult } from '@types';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class AppService {
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export class AppService {
   async validateMetadata({
     hash,
     url,
+    standard,
   }: ValidateMetadataDTO): Promise<ValidateMetadataResult> {
     let status: MetadataValidationStatus;
     try {
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ export class AppService {
         ),
       );
 
+      if (standard) {
+        await validateMetadataStandard(data, standard);
+      }
+
       let canonizedMetadata;
       try {
         canonizedMetadata = await canonizeJSON(data);
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/dto/index.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/dto/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e7770094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/dto/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './validateMetadata.dto';
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/dto/validateMetadata.dto.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/dto/validateMetadata.dto.ts
index c7f3cd4d1..966e1f377 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/dto/validateMetadata.dto.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/dto/validateMetadata.dto.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { IsUrl, IsNotEmpty } from 'class-validator';
+import { IsUrl, IsNotEmpty, IsEnum, IsOptional } from 'class-validator';
+
+import { MetadataStandard } from '@types';
 
 export class ValidateMetadataDTO {
   @IsNotEmpty()
@@ -6,4 +8,8 @@ export class ValidateMetadataDTO {
 
   @IsUrl()
   url: string;
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsEnum(MetadataStandard)
+  standard?: MetadataStandard;
 }
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/enums/ValidationError.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/enums/ValidationError.ts
index b691cc99b..3471773a8 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/enums/ValidationError.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/enums/ValidationError.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ export enum MetadataValidationStatus {
   URL_NOT_FOUND = 'URL_NOT_FOUND',
   INVALID_JSONLD = 'INVALID_JSONLD',
   INVALID_HASH = 'INVALID_HASH',
+  INCORRECT_FORMAT = 'INCORRECT_FORMAT',
 }
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/enums/index.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/enums/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..118d3701d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/enums/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './ValidationError';
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/health/health.module.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/health/health.module.ts
index 0208ef743..9ed184e8f 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/health/health.module.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/health/health.module.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { TerminusModule } from '@nestjs/terminus';
+
 import { HealthController } from './health.controller';
 
 @Module({
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/main.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/main.ts
index b61303f21..c27be2ac4 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/main.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/main.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { ValidationPipe } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { DocumentBuilder, SwaggerModule } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 
 import { AppModule } from './app.module';
-import { DocumentBuilder, SwaggerModule } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 
 async function bootstrap() {
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/schemas/cipStandardSchema.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/schemas/cipStandardSchema.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..913b9e952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/schemas/cipStandardSchema.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import * as Joi from 'joi';
+
+import { MetadataStandard } from '@types';
+
+type StandardSpecification = Record<MetadataStandard, Joi.ObjectSchema<any>>;
+
+const CIP100_URL =
+  'https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/blob/master/CIP-0100/README.md#';
+const CIP108_URL =
+  'https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/blob/master/CIP-0108/README.md#';
+
+export const cipStandardSchema: StandardSpecification = {
+  // Source of CIP-108: https://github.com/Ryun1/CIPs/blob/governance-metadata-actions/CIP-0108/README.md
+  [MetadataStandard.CIP108]: Joi.object({
+    '@context': Joi.object({
+      '@language': Joi.string().required(),
+      CIP100: Joi.string().valid(CIP100_URL).required(),
+      CIP108: Joi.string().valid(CIP108_URL).required(),
+      hashAlgorithm: Joi.string().valid('CIP100:hashAlgorithm').required(),
+      body: Joi.object(),
+      authors: Joi.object(),
+    }),
+    authors: Joi.array(),
+    hashAlgorithm: Joi.object({
+      '@value': Joi.string().valid('blake2b-256').required(),
+    }),
+    body: Joi.object({
+      title: Joi.object({ '@value': Joi.string().max(80).required() }),
+      abstract: Joi.object({ '@value': Joi.string().max(2500).required() }),
+      motivation: Joi.object({ '@value': Joi.string().required() }),
+      rationale: Joi.object({ '@value': Joi.string().required() }),
+      references: Joi.array().items(
+        Joi.object({
+          '@type': Joi.string(),
+          label: Joi.object({ '@value': Joi.string().required() }),
+          uri: Joi.object({ '@value': Joi.string().uri().required() }),
+          referenceHash: Joi.object({
+            hashDigest: Joi.string().required(),
+            hashAlgorithm: Joi.string().required(),
+          }),
+        }).required(),
+      ),
+    }),
+  }),
+};
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/schemas/index.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/schemas/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..874d081db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/schemas/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './cipStandardSchema';
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/types/index.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/types/index.ts
index e69de29bb..085381c12 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/types/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './validateMetadata';
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/types/validateMetadata.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/types/validateMetadata.ts
index 5225fd265..dcdf28363 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/types/validateMetadata.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/types/validateMetadata.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { MetadataValidationStatus } from '../enums/ValidationError';
+import { MetadataValidationStatus } from '@enums';
+
+export enum MetadataStandard {
+  CIP108 = 'CIP108',
+}
 
 export type ValidateMetadataResult = {
   status?: MetadataValidationStatus;
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/utils/index.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/utils/index.ts
index e69de29bb..648150db2 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from './canonizeJSON';
+export * from './validateMetadataStandard';
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/utils/validateMetadataStandard.test.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/utils/validateMetadataStandard.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3b58fc17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/utils/validateMetadataStandard.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { MetadataStandard } from '@types';
+
+import { validateMetadataStandard } from './validateMetadataStandard';
+
+describe('validateMetadataStandard', () => {
+  it('should throw MetadataValidationStatus.INCORRECT_FORMAT if validation fails', async () => {
+    try {
+      await validateMetadataStandard(
+        {
+          testValue: 'test',
+          anotherValue: 'another',
+        },
+        MetadataStandard.CIP108,
+      );
+    } catch (error) {
+      expect(error).toBe('INCORRECT_FORMAT');
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/utils/validateMetadataStandard.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/utils/validateMetadataStandard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..702027769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/utils/validateMetadataStandard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { MetadataValidationStatus } from '@enums';
+import { cipStandardSchema } from '@schemas';
+import { MetadataStandard } from '@types';
+
+/**
+ * Validates the metadata against a specific standard.
+ * @param data - The metadata to be validated.
+ * @param standard - The metadata standard to validate against.
+ * @throws {MetadataValidationStatus.INCORRECT_FORMAT} - If the metadata does not conform to the specified standard.
+ */
+export const validateMetadataStandard = async (
+  data: Record<string, unknown>,
+  standard: MetadataStandard,
+) => {
+  try {
+    await cipStandardSchema[standard]?.validateAsync(data);
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw MetadataValidationStatus.INCORRECT_FORMAT;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/tsconfig.json b/govtool/metadata-validation/tsconfig.json
index 95f5641cf..1044dc39f 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/tsconfig.json
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/tsconfig.json
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
     "noImplicitAny": false,
     "strictBindCallApply": false,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": false,
-    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false,
+    "paths": {
+      "@/*": ["src/*"],
+      "@dto": ["src/dto"],
+      "@enums": ["src/enums"],
+      "@health": ["src/health"],
+      "@schemas": ["src/schemas"],
+      "@types": ["src/types"],
+      "@utils": ["src/utils"]
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/yarn.lock b/govtool/metadata-validation/yarn.lock
index 3b456c21d..c39cc7697 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/yarn.lock
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/yarn.lock
@@ -396,6 +396,18 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@fastify/busboy/-/busboy-2.1.1.tgz#b9da6a878a371829a0502c9b6c1c143ef6663f4d"
   integrity sha512-vBZP4NlzfOlerQTnba4aqZoMhE/a9HY7HRqoOPaETQcSQuWEIyZMHGfVu6w9wGtGK5fED5qRs2DteVCjOH60sA==
 
+"@hapi/hoek@^9.0.0", "@hapi/hoek@^9.3.0":
+  version "9.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@hapi/hoek/-/hoek-9.3.0.tgz#8368869dcb735be2e7f5cb7647de78e167a251fb"
+  integrity sha512-/c6rf4UJlmHlC9b5BaNvzAcFv7HZ2QHaV0D4/HNlBdvFnvQq8RI4kYdhyPCl7Xj+oWvTWQ8ujhqS53LIgAe6KQ==
+
+"@hapi/topo@^5.1.0":
+  version "5.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@hapi/topo/-/topo-5.1.0.tgz#dc448e332c6c6e37a4dc02fd84ba8d44b9afb012"
+  integrity sha512-foQZKJig7Ob0BMAYBfcJk8d77QtOe7Wo4ox7ff1lQYoNNAb6jwcY1ncdoy2e9wQZzvNy7ODZCYJkK8kzmcAnAg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@hapi/hoek" "^9.0.0"
+
 "@humanwhocodes/config-array@^0.11.14":
   version "0.11.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@humanwhocodes/config-array/-/config-array-0.11.14.tgz#d78e481a039f7566ecc9660b4ea7fe6b1fec442b"
@@ -858,6 +870,23 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@pkgr/core/-/core-0.1.1.tgz#1ec17e2edbec25c8306d424ecfbf13c7de1aaa31"
   integrity sha512-cq8o4cWH0ibXh9VGi5P20Tu9XF/0fFXl9EUinr9QfTM7a7p0oTA4iJRCQWppXR1Pg8dSM0UCItCkPwsk9qWWYA==
 
+"@sideway/address@^4.1.5":
+  version "4.1.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sideway/address/-/address-4.1.5.tgz#4bc149a0076623ced99ca8208ba780d65a99b9d5"
+  integrity sha512-IqO/DUQHUkPeixNQ8n0JA6102hT9CmaljNTPmQ1u8MEhBo/R4Q8eKLN/vGZxuebwOroDB4cbpjheD4+/sKFK4Q==
+  dependencies:
+    "@hapi/hoek" "^9.0.0"
+
+"@sideway/formula@^3.0.1":
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sideway/formula/-/formula-3.0.1.tgz#80fcbcbaf7ce031e0ef2dd29b1bfc7c3f583611f"
+  integrity sha512-/poHZJJVjx3L+zVD6g9KgHfYnb443oi7wLu/XKojDviHy6HOEOA6z1Trk5aR1dGcmPenJEgb2sK2I80LeS3MIg==
+
+"@sideway/pinpoint@^2.0.0":
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sideway/pinpoint/-/pinpoint-2.0.0.tgz#cff8ffadc372ad29fd3f78277aeb29e632cc70df"
+  integrity sha512-RNiOoTPkptFtSVzQevY/yWtZwf/RxyVnPy/OcA9HBM3MlGDnBEYL5B41H0MTn0Uec8Hi+2qUtTfG2WWZBmMejQ==
+
 "@sinclair/typebox@^0.27.8":
   version "0.27.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sinclair/typebox/-/typebox-0.27.8.tgz#6667fac16c436b5434a387a34dedb013198f6e6e"
@@ -3517,6 +3546,17 @@ jest@^29.5.0:
     import-local "^3.0.2"
     jest-cli "^29.7.0"
 
+joi@^17.12.3:
+  version "17.12.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/joi/-/joi-17.12.3.tgz#944646979cd3b460178547b12ba37aca8482f63d"
+  integrity sha512-2RRziagf555owrm9IRVtdKynOBeITiDpuZqIpgwqXShPncPKNiRQoiGsl/T8SQdq+8ugRzH2LqY67irr2y/d+g==
+  dependencies:
+    "@hapi/hoek" "^9.3.0"
+    "@hapi/topo" "^5.1.0"
+    "@sideway/address" "^4.1.5"
+    "@sideway/formula" "^3.0.1"
+    "@sideway/pinpoint" "^2.0.0"
+
 js-tokens@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-tokens/-/js-tokens-4.0.0.tgz#19203fb59991df98e3a287050d4647cdeaf32499"