@staticmethod
def write_metadata(parts, meta, fs, path, append=False, **kwargs):
    """
        Write the shared metadata file for a parquet dataset.

        Parameters
        ----------
        parts: List
            Contains metadata objects to write, of the type undrestood by the
            specific implementation
        meta: non-chunk metadata
            Details that do not depend on the specifics of each chunk write,
            typically the schema and pandas metadata, in a format the writer
            can use.
        fs: FileSystem
        path: str
            Output file to write to, usually ``"_metadata"`` in the root of
            the output dataset
        append: boolean
            Whether or not to consolidate new metadata with existing (True)
            or start from scratch (False)
        **kwargs: dict
            Other keyword arguments (including `compression`)
        """
    raise NotImplementedError()
