diff --git a/schema/application-1.0.json b/schema/application-1.0.json
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+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:application-1.0",
+    "description": "An application definition.",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "label",
+        "application_dir",
+        "executable"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "Schema identifier for payload",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "label": {
+            "description": "Nice name of application.",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "application_dir": {
+            "description": "Name of directory used for application resources.",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "executable": {
+            "description": "Name of callable executable, this is called to launch the application",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "description": {
+            "description": "Description of application.",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "environment": {
+            "description": "Key/value pairs for environment variables related to this application. Supports lists for paths, such as PYTHONPATH.",
+            "type": "object",
+            "items": {
+                "oneOf": [
+                    {"type": "string"},
+                    {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}}
+                ]
+            }
+        },
+        "default_dirs": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "type": "string"
+            }
+        },
+        "copy": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "patternProperties": {
+                "^.*$": {
+                    "anyOf": [
+                        {"type": "string"},
+                        {"type": "null"}
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties": false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/schema/asset-1.0.json b/schema/asset-1.0.json
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+++ b/schema/asset-1.0.json
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+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:asset-1.0",
+    "description": "A unit of data",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "name",
+        "subsets"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "Schema identifier for payload",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Name of directory",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "subsets": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "$ref": "subset.json"
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    "definitions": {}
+}
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diff --git a/schema/asset-2.0.json b/schema/asset-2.0.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/asset-2.0.json
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+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:asset-2.0",
+    "description": "A unit of data",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "type",
+        "name",
+        "silo",
+        "data"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "Schema identifier for payload",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["avalon-core:asset-2.0"],
+            "example": "avalon-core:asset-2.0"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "description": "The type of document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["asset"],
+            "example": "asset"
+        },
+        "parent": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier to parent document",
+            "example": "592c33475f8c1b064c4d1696"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Name of asset",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*$",
+            "example": "Bruce"
+        },
+        "silo": {
+            "description": "Group or container of asset",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "assets"
+        },
+        "data": {
+            "description": "Document metadata",
+            "type": "object",
+            "example": {"key": "value"}
+        }
+    },
+
+    "definitions": {}
+}
diff --git a/schema/asset-3.0.json b/schema/asset-3.0.json
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index 0000000000..a3a22e917b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/asset-3.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:asset-3.0",
+    "description": "A unit of data",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "type",
+        "name",
+        "data"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "Schema identifier for payload",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["avalon-core:asset-3.0", "pype:asset-3.0"],
+            "example": "avalon-core:asset-3.0"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "description": "The type of document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["asset"],
+            "example": "asset"
+        },
+        "parent": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier to parent document",
+            "example": "592c33475f8c1b064c4d1696"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Name of asset",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*$",
+            "example": "Bruce"
+        },
+        "silo": {
+            "description": "Group or container of asset",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*$",
+            "example": "assets"
+        },
+        "data": {
+            "description": "Document metadata",
+            "type": "object",
+            "example": {"key": "value"}
+        }
+    },
+
+    "definitions": {}
+}
diff --git a/schema/config-1.0.json b/schema/config-1.0.json
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index 0000000000..b3c4362f41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/config-1.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:config-1.0",
+    "description": "A project configuration.",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "required": [
+        "template",
+        "tasks",
+        "apps"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "Schema identifier for payload",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "template": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "patternProperties": {
+                "^.*$": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "tasks": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "name": {"type": "string"},
+                    "icon": {"type": "string"},
+                    "group": {"type": "string"},
+                    "label": {"type": "string"}
+                },
+                "required": ["name"]
+            }
+        },
+        "apps": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "name": {"type": "string"},
+                    "icon": {"type": "string"},
+                    "group": {"type": "string"},
+                    "label": {"type": "string"}
+                },
+                "required": ["name"]
+            }
+        },
+        "families": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "name": {"type": "string"},
+                    "icon": {"type": "string"},
+                    "label": {"type": "string"},
+                    "hideFilter": {"type": "boolean"}
+                },
+                "required": ["name"]
+            }
+        },
+        "groups": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "name": {"type": "string"},
+                    "icon": {"type": "string"},
+                    "color": {"type": "string"},
+                    "order": {"type": ["integer", "number"]}
+                },
+                "required": ["name"]
+            }
+        },
+        "copy": {
+            "type": "object"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/schema/container-1.0.json b/schema/container-1.0.json
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index 0000000000..d9e4e39f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/container-1.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:container-1.0",
+    "description": "A loaded asset",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "id",
+        "objectName",
+        "name",
+        "author",
+        "loader",
+        "families",
+        "time",
+        "subset",
+        "asset",
+        "representation",
+        "version",
+        "silo",
+        "path",
+        "source"
+    ],
+    "properties": {
+        "id": {
+            "description": "Identifier for finding object in host",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["pyblish.mindbender.container"],
+            "example": "pyblish.mindbender.container"
+        },
+        "objectName": {
+            "description": "Name of internal object, such as the objectSet in Maya.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "Bruce_:rigDefault_CON"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Full name of application object",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "modelDefault"
+        },
+        "author": {
+            "description": "Name of the author of the published version",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "Marcus Ottosson"
+        },
+        "loader": {
+            "description": "Name of loader plug-in used to produce this container",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "ModelLoader"
+        },
+        "families": {
+            "description": "Families associated with the this subset",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "mindbender.model"
+        },
+        "time": {
+            "description": "File-system safe, formatted time",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "20170329T131545Z"
+        },
+        "subset": {
+            "description": "Name of source subset",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "modelDefault"
+        },
+        "asset": {
+            "description": "Name of source asset",
+            "type": "string"  ,
+            "example": "Bruce"
+        },
+        "representation": {
+            "description": "Name of source representation",
+            "type": "string"  ,
+            "example": ".ma"
+        },
+        "version": {
+            "description": "Version number",
+            "type": "number",
+            "example": 12
+        },
+        "silo": {
+            "description": "Silo of parent asset",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "assets"
+        },
+        "path": {
+            "description": "Absolute path on disk",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "{root}/assets/Bruce/publish/rigDefault/v002"
+        },
+        "source": {
+            "description": "Absolute path to file from which this version was published",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "{root}/assets/Bruce/work/rigging/maya/scenes/rig_v001.ma"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/schema/container-2.0.json b/schema/container-2.0.json
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index 0000000000..7b84209ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/container-2.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:container-2.0",
+    "description": "A loaded asset",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "id",
+        "objectName",
+        "name",
+        "namespace",
+        "loader",
+        "representation"
+    ],
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "Schema identifier for payload",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["avalon-core:container-2.0", "pype:container-2.0"],
+            "example": "pype:container-2.0"
+        },
+          "id": {
+            "description": "Identifier for finding object in host",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["pyblish.avalon.container"],
+            "example": "pyblish.avalon.container"
+        },
+        "objectName": {
+            "description": "Name of internal object, such as the objectSet in Maya.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "Bruce_:rigDefault_CON"
+        },
+        "loader": {
+            "description": "Name of loader plug-in used to produce this container",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "ModelLoader"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Internal object name of container in application",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "modelDefault_01"
+        },
+        "namespace": {
+            "description": "Internal namespace of container in application",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "Bruce_"
+        },
+        "representation": {
+            "description": "Unique id of representation in database",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "59523f355f8c1b5f6c5e8348"
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/schema/inventory-1.0.json b/schema/inventory-1.0.json
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index 0000000000..888ba7945a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/inventory-1.0.json
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+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:config-1.0",
+    "description": "A project configuration.",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true
+}
diff --git a/schema/project-2.0.json b/schema/project-2.0.json
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index 0000000000..ad0e460f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/project-2.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:project-2.0",
+    "description": "A unit of data",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "type",
+        "name",
+        "data",
+        "config"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "Schema identifier for payload",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["avalon-core:project-2.0", "pype:project-2.0"],
+            "example": "avalon-core:project-2.0"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "description": "The type of document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["project"],
+            "example": "project"
+        },
+        "parent": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier to parent document",
+            "example": "592c33475f8c1b064c4d1696"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Name of directory",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*$",
+            "example": "hulk"
+        },
+        "data": {
+            "description": "Document metadata",
+            "type": "object",
+            "example": {
+                "fps": 24,
+                "width": 1920,
+                "height": 1080
+            }
+        },
+        "config": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "description": "Document metadata",
+            "example": {
+                "schema": "pype:config-1.0",
+                "apps": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "maya2016",
+                        "label": "Autodesk Maya 2016"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "nuke10",
+                        "label": "The Foundry Nuke 10.0"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "tasks": [
+                    {"name": "model"},
+                    {"name": "render"},
+                    {"name": "animate"},
+                    {"name": "rig"},
+                    {"name": "lookdev"},
+                    {"name": "layout"}
+                ],
+                "template": {
+                    "work":
+                        "{root}/{project}/{silo}/{asset}/work/{task}/{app}",
+                    "publish":
+                        "{root}/{project}/{silo}/{asset}/publish/{subset}/v{version:0>3}/{subset}.{representation}"
+                }
+            },
+            "$ref": "config-1.0.json"
+        }
+    },
+
+    "definitions": {}
+}
diff --git a/schema/representation-1.0.json b/schema/representation-1.0.json
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index 0000000000..10ae72928e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/representation-1.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:representation-1.0",
+    "description": "The inverse of an instance",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "format",
+        "path"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {"type": "string"},
+        "format": {
+            "description": "File extension, including '.'",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "path": {
+            "description": "Unformatted path to version.",
+            "type": "string"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/schema/representation-2.0.json b/schema/representation-2.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e12dea8564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/representation-2.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:representation-2.0",
+    "description": "The inverse of an instance",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "type",
+        "parent",
+        "name",
+        "data"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "Schema identifier for payload",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["avalon-core:representation-2.0", "pype:representation-2.0"],
+            "example": "pype:representation-2.0"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "description": "The type of document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["representation"],
+            "example": "representation"
+        },
+        "parent": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier to parent document",
+            "example": "592c33475f8c1b064c4d1696"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Name of representation",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*$",
+            "example": "abc"
+        },
+        "data": {
+            "description": "Document metadata",
+            "type": "object",
+            "example": {
+                "label": "Alembic"
+            }
+        },
+        "dependencies": {
+            "description": "Other representation that this representation depends on",
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {"type": "string"},
+            "example": [
+                "592d547a5f8c1b388093c145"
+            ]
+        },
+        "context": {
+            "description": "Summary of the context to which this representation belong.",
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "project": {"type": "object"},
+                "asset": {"type": "string"},
+                "silo": {"type": ["string", "null"]},
+                "subset": {"type": "string"},
+                "version": {"type": "number"},
+                "representation": {"type": "string"}
+            },
+            "example": {
+                "project": "hulk",
+                "asset": "Bruce",
+                "silo": "assets",
+                "subset": "rigDefault",
+                "version": 12,
+                "representation": "ma"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/schema/session-1.0.json b/schema/session-1.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b201f9c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/session-1.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:session-1.0",
+    "description": "The Avalon environment",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "AVALON_PROJECTS",
+        "AVALON_PROJECT",
+        "AVALON_ASSET",
+        "AVALON_SILO",
+        "AVALON_CONFIG"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "AVALON_PROJECTS": {
+            "description": "Absolute path to root of project directories",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "/nas/projects"
+        },
+        "AVALON_PROJECT": {
+            "description": "Name of project",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "Hulk"
+        },
+        "AVALON_ASSET": {
+            "description": "Name of asset",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "Bruce"
+        },
+        "AVALON_SILO": {
+            "description": "Name of asset group or container",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "assets"
+        },
+        "AVALON_TASK": {
+            "description": "Name of task",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "modeling"
+        },
+        "AVALON_CONFIG": {
+            "description": "Name of Avalon configuration",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "polly"
+        },
+        "AVALON_APP": {
+            "description": "Name of application",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "maya2016"
+        },
+        "AVALON_MONGO": {
+            "description": "Address to the asset database",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^mongodb://[\\w/@:.]*$",
+            "example": "mongodb://localhost:27017",
+            "default": "mongodb://localhost:27017"
+        },
+        "AVALON_DB": {
+            "description": "Name of database",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "avalon",
+            "default": "avalon"
+        },
+        "AVALON_LABEL": {
+            "description": "Nice name of Avalon, used in e.g. graphical user interfaces",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "Mindbender",
+            "default": "Avalon"
+        },
+        "AVALON_SENTRY": {
+            "description": "Address to Sentry",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^http[\\w/@:.]*$",
+            "example": "https://5b872b280de742919b115bdc8da076a5:8d278266fe764361b8fa6024af004a9c@logs.mindbender.com/2",
+            "default": null
+        },
+        "AVALON_DEADLINE": {
+            "description": "Address to Deadline",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^http[\\w/@:.]*$",
+            "example": "http://192.168.99.101",
+            "default": null
+        },
+        "AVALON_TIMEOUT": {
+            "description": "Wherever there is a need for a timeout, this is the default value.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[0-9]*$",
+            "default": "1000",
+            "example": "1000"
+        },
+        "AVALON_UPLOAD": {
+            "description": "Boolean of whether to upload published material to central asset repository",
+            "type": "string",
+            "default": null,
+            "example": "True"
+        },
+        "AVALON_USERNAME": {
+            "description": "Generic username",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "default": "avalon",
+            "example": "myself"
+        },
+        "AVALON_PASSWORD": {
+            "description": "Generic password",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "default": "secret",
+            "example": "abc123"
+        },
+        "AVALON_INSTANCE_ID": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier for instances in a working file",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[\\w.]*$",
+            "default": "avalon.instance",
+            "example": "avalon.instance"
+        },
+        "AVALON_CONTAINER_ID": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier for a loaded representation in a working file",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[\\w.]*$",
+            "default": "avalon.container",
+            "example": "avalon.container"
+        },
+        "AVALON_DEBUG": {
+            "description": "Enable debugging mode. Some applications may use this for e.g. extended verbosity or mock plug-ins.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "default": null,
+            "example": "True"
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schema/session-2.0.json b/schema/session-2.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..006a9e2dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/session-2.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:session-2.0",
+    "description": "The Avalon environment",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "AVALON_PROJECTS",
+        "AVALON_PROJECT",
+        "AVALON_ASSET",
+        "AVALON_CONFIG"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "AVALON_PROJECTS": {
+            "description": "Absolute path to root of project directories",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "/nas/projects"
+        },
+        "AVALON_PROJECT": {
+            "description": "Name of project",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "Hulk"
+        },
+        "AVALON_ASSET": {
+            "description": "Name of asset",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "Bruce"
+        },
+        "AVALON_SILO": {
+            "description": "Name of asset group or container",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "assets"
+        },
+        "AVALON_TASK": {
+            "description": "Name of task",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "modeling"
+        },
+        "AVALON_CONFIG": {
+            "description": "Name of Avalon configuration",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "polly"
+        },
+        "AVALON_APP": {
+            "description": "Name of application",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "maya2016"
+        },
+        "AVALON_MONGO": {
+            "description": "Address to the asset database",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^mongodb://[\\w/@:.]*$",
+            "example": "mongodb://localhost:27017",
+            "default": "mongodb://localhost:27017"
+        },
+        "AVALON_DB": {
+            "description": "Name of database",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "example": "avalon",
+            "default": "avalon"
+        },
+        "AVALON_LABEL": {
+            "description": "Nice name of Avalon, used in e.g. graphical user interfaces",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "Mindbender",
+            "default": "Avalon"
+        },
+        "AVALON_SENTRY": {
+            "description": "Address to Sentry",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^http[\\w/@:.]*$",
+            "example": "https://5b872b280de742919b115bdc8da076a5:8d278266fe764361b8fa6024af004a9c@logs.mindbender.com/2",
+            "default": null
+        },
+        "AVALON_DEADLINE": {
+            "description": "Address to Deadline",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^http[\\w/@:.]*$",
+            "example": "http://192.168.99.101",
+            "default": null
+        },
+        "AVALON_TIMEOUT": {
+            "description": "Wherever there is a need for a timeout, this is the default value.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[0-9]*$",
+            "default": "1000",
+            "example": "1000"
+        },
+        "AVALON_UPLOAD": {
+            "description": "Boolean of whether to upload published material to central asset repository",
+            "type": "string",
+            "default": null,
+            "example": "True"
+        },
+        "AVALON_USERNAME": {
+            "description": "Generic username",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "default": "avalon",
+            "example": "myself"
+        },
+        "AVALON_PASSWORD": {
+            "description": "Generic password",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\w*$",
+            "default": "secret",
+            "example": "abc123"
+        },
+        "AVALON_INSTANCE_ID": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier for instances in a working file",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[\\w.]*$",
+            "default": "avalon.instance",
+            "example": "avalon.instance"
+        },
+        "AVALON_CONTAINER_ID": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier for a loaded representation in a working file",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[\\w.]*$",
+            "default": "avalon.container",
+            "example": "avalon.container"
+        },
+        "AVALON_DEBUG": {
+            "description": "Enable debugging mode. Some applications may use this for e.g. extended verbosity or mock plug-ins.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "default": null,
+            "example": "True"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/schema/shaders-1.0.json b/schema/shaders-1.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e66cc735e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/shaders-1.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:shaders-1.0",
+    "description": "Relationships between shaders and Avalon IDs",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "shader"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "Schema identifier for payload",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "shader": {
+            "description": "Name of directory",
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "type": "str",
+                "description": "Avalon ID and optional face indexes, e.g. 'f9520572-ac1d-11e6-b39e-3085a99791c9.f[5002:5185]'"
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    "definitions": {}
+}
diff --git a/schema/subset-1.0.json b/schema/subset-1.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90ae0349fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/subset-1.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:subset-1.0",
+    "description": "A container of instances",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "name",
+        "versions"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "Schema identifier for payload",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Name of directory",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "versions": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "$ref": "version.json"
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    "definitions": {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schema/subset-2.0.json b/schema/subset-2.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98f39c4f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/subset-2.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:subset-2.0",
+    "description": "A container of instances",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "type",
+        "parent",
+        "name",
+        "data"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "The schema associated with this document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["pype:subset-2.0"],
+            "example": "pype:subset-2.0"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "description": "The type of document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["subset"],
+            "example": "subset"
+        },
+        "parent": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier to parent document",
+            "example": "592c33475f8c1b064c4d1696"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Name of directory",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*$",
+            "example": "shot01"
+        },
+        "data": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "description": "Document metadata",
+            "example": {
+                "frameStart": 1000,
+                "frameEnd": 1201
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/schema/subset-3.0.json b/schema/subset-3.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0af9d340f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/subset-3.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:subset-3.0",
+    "description": "A container of instances",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "type",
+        "parent",
+        "name",
+        "data"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "The schema associated with this document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["avalon-core:subset-3.0", "pype:subset-3.0"],
+            "example": "pype:subset-3.0"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "description": "The type of document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["subset"],
+            "example": "subset"
+        },
+        "parent": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier to parent document",
+            "example": "592c33475f8c1b064c4d1696"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Name of directory",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*$",
+            "example": "shot01"
+        },
+        "data": {
+            "description": "Document metadata",
+            "type": "object",
+            "required": ["families"],
+            "properties": {
+                "families": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {"type": "string"},
+                    "description": "One or more families associated with this subset"
+                }
+            },
+            "example": {
+                "families" : [ 
+                    "avalon.camera"
+                ],
+                "frameStart": 1000,
+                "frameEnd": 1201
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/schema/thumbnail-1.0.json b/schema/thumbnail-1.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96b540ab7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/thumbnail-1.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:thumbnail-1.0",
+    "description": "Entity with thumbnail data",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "type",
+        "data"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "The schema associated with this document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["pype:thumbnail-1.0"],
+            "example": "pype:thumbnail-1.0"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "description": "The type of document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["thumbnail"],
+            "example": "thumbnail"
+        },
+        "data": {
+            "description": "Thumbnail data",
+            "type": "object",
+            "example": {
+                "binary_data": "Binary({byte data of image})",
+                "template": "{thumbnail_root}/{project[name]}/{_id}{ext}}",
+                "template_data": {
+                    "ext": ".jpg"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/schema/version-1.0.json b/schema/version-1.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c784a25175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/version-1.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:version-1.0",
+    "description": "An individual version",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "version",
+        "path",
+        "time",
+        "author",
+        "source",
+        "representations"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {"type": "string"},
+        "representations": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "$ref": "representation.json"
+            }
+        },
+        "time": {
+            "description": "ISO formatted, file-system compatible time",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "author": {
+            "description": "User logged on to the machine at time of publish",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "version": {
+            "description": "Number of this version",
+            "type": "number"
+        },
+        "path": {
+            "description": "Unformatted path, e.g. '{root}/assets/Bruce/publish/lookdevDefault/v001",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "source": {
+            "description": "Original file from which this version was made.",
+            "type": "string"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/schema/version-2.0.json b/schema/version-2.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bb4a56f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/version-2.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:version-2.0",
+    "description": "An individual version",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "type",
+        "parent",
+        "name",
+        "data"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "The schema associated with this document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["pype:version-2.0"],
+            "example": "pype:version-2.0"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "description": "The type of document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["version"],
+            "example": "version"
+        },
+        "parent": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier to parent document",
+            "example": "592c33475f8c1b064c4d1696"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Number of version",
+            "type": "number",
+            "example": 12
+        },
+        "locations": {
+            "description": "Where on the planet this version can be found.",
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {"type": "string"},
+            "example": ["data.avalon.com"]
+        },
+        "data": {
+            "description": "Document metadata",
+            "type": "object",
+            "required": ["families", "author", "source", "time"],
+            "properties": {
+                "time": {
+                    "description": "ISO formatted, file-system compatible time",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "timeFormat": {
+                    "description": "ISO format of time",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "author": {
+                    "description": "User logged on to the machine at time of publish",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "version": {
+                    "description": "Number of this version",
+                    "type": "number"
+                },
+                "path": {
+                    "description": "Unformatted path, e.g. '{root}/assets/Bruce/publish/lookdevDefault/v001",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "source": {
+                    "description": "Original file from which this version was made.",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "families": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {"type": "string"},
+                    "description": "One or more families associated with this version"
+                }
+            },
+            "example": {
+                "source" : "{root}/f02_prod/assets/BubbleWitch/work/modeling/marcus/maya/scenes/model_v001.ma",
+                "author" : "marcus",
+                "families" : [ 
+                    "avalon.model"
+                ],
+                "time" : "20170510T090203Z" 
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/schema/version-3.0.json b/schema/version-3.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..808650da0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/version-3.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+    "title": "pype:version-3.0",
+    "description": "An individual version",
+
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+
+    "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "type",
+        "parent",
+        "name",
+        "data"
+    ],
+
+    "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+            "description": "The schema associated with this document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["avalon-core:version-3.0", "pype:version-3.0"],
+            "example": "pype:version-3.0"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "description": "The type of document",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["version"],
+            "example": "version"
+        },
+        "parent": {
+            "description": "Unique identifier to parent document",
+            "example": "592c33475f8c1b064c4d1696"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "description": "Number of version",
+            "type": "number",
+            "example": 12
+        },
+        "locations": {
+            "description": "Where on the planet this version can be found.",
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {"type": "string"},
+            "example": ["data.avalon.com"]
+        },
+        "data": {
+            "description": "Document metadata",
+            "type": "object",
+            "required": ["author", "source", "time"],
+            "properties": {
+                "time": {
+                    "description": "ISO formatted, file-system compatible time",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "timeFormat": {
+                    "description": "ISO format of time",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "author": {
+                    "description": "User logged on to the machine at time of publish",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "version": {
+                    "description": "Number of this version",
+                    "type": "number"
+                },
+                "path": {
+                    "description": "Unformatted path, e.g. '{root}/assets/Bruce/publish/lookdevDefault/v001",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "source": {
+                    "description": "Original file from which this version was made.",
+                    "type": "string"
+                }
+            },
+            "example": {
+                "source" : "{root}/f02_prod/assets/BubbleWitch/work/modeling/marcus/maya/scenes/model_v001.ma",
+                "author" : "marcus",
+                "time" : "20170510T090203Z" 
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}