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+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:project-3.0",
+    "description": "A unit of data",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "type",
+        "name",
+        "data",
+        "config"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "Schema identifier for payload",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["pype:project-3.0"],
+            "example": "pype:project-3.0"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "description": "The type of document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["project"],
+            "example": "project"
+        },
+        "parent": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier to parent document",
+            "example": "592c33475f8c1b064c4d1696"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Name of directory",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*$",
+            "example": "hulk"
+        },
+        "data": {
+            "description": "Document metadata",
+            "type": "object",
+            "example": {
+                "fps": 24,
+                "width": 1920,
+                "height": 1080
+            }
+        },
+        "config": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "description": "Document metadata",
+            "$ref": "config-2.0.json"
+        }
+    },
+
+    "definitions": {}
+}