# Linking reference documents to metadata items
To link the document to an item, you need to upload the document to the stewardship organisation first. You can find out more about how to upload a document to the registry on this [**Page**](/stewardship-tasks/reference-document-uploads-to-the-registry.md)***.***
The steps to link the document to a metadata item are as follows:
* Go to the metadata item you would like to link a document to. Click on Actions, and then click on the Open item editor.
* Click on the Names & References tab, scroll down to the bottom.
* Click on Add, to add the reference document.
* Select the file you would like to link to the metadata item, and click on Save changes.
* On the item page, scroll down to the bottom and we can see the document under reference document.
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