diff --git a/ceurws/models/ceur.py b/ceurws/models/ceur.py
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+"""
+Created on 2024-03-17
+
+CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org)
+
+Metamodel
+@author: wf
+"""
+from sqlmodel import SQLModel, Field
+from typing import Optional
+from datetime import datetime, date
+
+class Volume(SQLModel, table=True):
+    """
+    a single CEUR-WS Volume
+    """
+    __tablename__ = "volumes"
+    
+    fromLine: Optional[int] = Field(default=None)
+    toLine: Optional[int] = Field(default=None)
+    valid: Optional[int] = Field(default=None)
+    url: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    acronym: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    title: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    seealso: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    editors: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    submittedBy: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    published: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    pubDate: Optional[datetime] = Field(default=None)
+    number: int = Field(primary_key=True)
+    archive: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    desc: Optional[str] = Field(alias="description", default=None)  # 'desc' is a SQL keyword, so it's aliased
+    h1: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    h3: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    volname: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    homepage: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    year: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    urn: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    vol_number: Optional[int] = Field(default=None)
+    loctime: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    volume_number: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    voltitle: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    dateFrom: Optional[date] = Field(default=None)
+    dateTo: Optional[date] = Field(default=None)
+    city: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    cityWikidataId: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    country: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    countryWikidataId: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    urn_check_digit: Optional[int] = Field(default=None)
+    urn_ok: Optional[int] = Field(default=None)
+    ceurpubdate: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    colocated: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    virtualEvent: Optional[int] = Field(default=None)
+    tdtitle: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    
+class Paper(SQLModel, table=True):
+    """
+    Represents a paper with details such as authors, volume number, and title.
+    """
+    __tablename__ = "papers"
+    authors: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, index=False)
+    vol_number: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, index=True)
+    pdf_name: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, index=False)
+    id: str = Field(primary_key=True)
+    title: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, index=False)
+    pages: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, index=False)
+    fail: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, index=False)
+
diff --git a/tests/test_ceur.py b/tests/test_ceur.py
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+"""
+Created on 2024-03-17
+
+@author: wf
+"""
+from tests.basetest import Basetest
+from ceurws.models.ceur import Volume, Paper
+from ceurws.cache import SqlDB
+from ceurws.ceur_ws import CEURWS
+from sqlmodel import SQLModel, Session, create_engine, Field, select  # Added 'select' here
+
+class TestCEUR(Basetest):
+    """
+    tests CEUR-WS SQLmodel data caching
+    """
+    
+    def setUp(self, debug=True, profile=True):
+        Basetest.setUp(self, debug=debug, profile=profile)
+        self.sql_db = SqlDB(CEURWS.CACHE_FILE, debug=False)
+        
+    def testCEUR(self):
+        """
+        test CEUR tables
+        """
+        for clazz in Paper, Volume:
+            entity_plural_name=clazz.__tablename__
+            clazz.metadata.create_all(self.sql_db.engine)
+            # Attempt to read volumes from the database.
+            with self.sql_db.get_session() as session:
+                instances = session.exec(select(clazz)).all()
+            
+            # You can replace this assertion with more specific tests as needed.
+            self.assertIsNotNone(instances, f"Failed to retrieve {entity_plural_name} from the database")
+            if self.debug:
+                print(f"Retrieved {len(instances)} {entity_plural_name} from the database")
+
+