diff --git a/sql/doc/json b/sql/doc/json
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..d1d985246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/doc/json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sql/doc/sql b/sql/doc/sql
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..8f225daca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/doc/sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../autodoc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sql/json/.gitignore b/sql/json/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c337aa9f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/json/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*-stamp
diff --git a/sql/json/Makefile b/sql/json/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d983b81d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/json/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Depends: json-glib-tools
+
+JSONVAL = json-glib-validate
+JSONS = $(wildcard *.json)
+
+all: validate
+check: validate
+test: validate
+
+validate: validate-stamp
+validate-stamp: $(JSONS)
+	make $(patsubst %,validate/%,$?)
+	touch $@
+
+validate/%:
+	$(JSONVAL) $*
+
+clean:
+	rm -f validate-stamp
diff --git a/sql/json/entity.doap.schema.json b/sql/json/entity.doap.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5464383a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/json/entity.doap.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema#",
+    "id": "http://softwareheritage.org/schemas/entity.doap.schema.json"
+}
diff --git a/sql/json/entity.lister_metadata.schema.json b/sql/json/entity.lister_metadata.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1f440460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/json/entity.lister_metadata.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema#",
+    "id": "http://softwareheritage.org/schemas/entity.lister_metadata.schema.json"
+}
diff --git a/sql/json/entity_history.doap.schema.json b/sql/json/entity_history.doap.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..777214c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/json/entity_history.doap.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema#",
+    "id": "http://softwareheritage.org/schemas/entity_history.doap.schema.json"
+}
diff --git a/sql/json/entity_history.lister_metadata.schema.json b/sql/json/entity_history.lister_metadata.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..caec892c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/json/entity_history.lister_metadata.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema#",
+    "id": "http://softwareheritage.org/schemas/entity_history.lister_metadata.schema.json"
+}
diff --git a/sql/json/fetch_history.result.schema.json b/sql/json/fetch_history.result.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0c919a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/json/fetch_history.result.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema#",
+    "id": "http://softwareheritage.org/schemas/fetch_history.result.schema.json",
+
+    "definitions": {
+	"counter": {
+	    "type": "integer",
+	    "minimum": 0
+	}
+    },
+
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+	"occurrences": { "$ref": "#/definitiones/counter" },
+	"directories": { "$ref": "#/definitiones/counter" },
+	"revisions": { "$ref": "#/definitiones/counter" },
+	"releases": { "$ref": "#/definitiones/counter" },
+	"contents": { "$ref": "#/definitiones/counter" },
+	"fake" : { "type": "boolean" }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sql/json/list_history.result.schema.json b/sql/json/list_history.result.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d17bd53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/json/list_history.result.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema#",
+    "id": "http://softwareheritage.org/schemas/list_history.result.schema.json"
+}
diff --git a/sql/json/listable_entity.list_params.schema.json b/sql/json/listable_entity.list_params.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8444416ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/json/listable_entity.list_params.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema#",
+    "id": "http://softwareheritage.org/schemas/listable_entity.list_params.schema.json"
+}
diff --git a/sql/json/revision.metadata.schema.json b/sql/json/revision.metadata.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e04c4b9ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/json/revision.metadata.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema#",
+    "id": "http://softwareheritage.org/schemas/myschema.json",
+
+    "definitions": {
+	"person": {
+	    "type": "object",
+	    "properties": {
+		"name": {
+		    "title": "full name",
+		    "type": "string"
+		},
+		"email": {
+		    "title": "email address",
+		    "type": "string",
+		    "format": "email"
+		}
+	    }
+	},
+	"pkgid": {
+	    "title": "debian source package identifier",
+	    "type": "array",
+	    "items": [
+		{
+		    "title": "package name",
+		    "type": "string"
+		},
+		{
+		    "title": "package version",
+		    "type": "string"
+		}
+	    ]
+	}
+    },
+
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+
+	"original_artifact": {
+	    "type": "object",
+	    "properties": {
+		"name": { "type": "string" },
+		"length": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 },
+		"sha1": { "type": "string" },
+		"sha1_git": { "type": "string" },
+		"sha256": { "type": "string" },
+		"archive_type": { "type": "string" }
+	    }
+	},
+
+	"package_info": {
+	    "type": "object",
+	    "properties": {
+		"name": { "type": "string" },
+		"version": { "type": "string" },
+		"changelog": {
+		    "type": "object",
+		    "properties": {
+			"date": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
+			"person": { "$ref": "#/definitions/person" },
+			"history": {
+			    "type": "array",
+			    "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/pkgid" }
+			}
+		    }
+		},
+		"maintainers": { 
+		    "type": "object",
+		    "properties": {
+		    }
+		},
+		"pgp_signature": { 
+		    "type": "object",
+		    "properties": {
+			"date": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
+			"keyid": { "type": "string" },
+			"person": { "$ref": "#/definitions/person" }
+		    }
+		},
+		"lister_metadata": { 
+		    "type": "object",
+		    "properties": {
+			"id": { "type": "integer" },
+			"lister": { "type": "string" }
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+
+    }
+	
+}