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+---
+--- Software Heritage Data Model
+---
+
+-- drop schema if exists swh cascade;
+-- create schema swh;
+-- set search_path to swh;
+
+create table dbversion(
+  version     int primary key,
+  release     timestamptz,
+  description text
+);
+
+insert into dbversion(version, release, description)
+values(1, now(), 'Work In Progress');
+
+create type deposit_status as enum ('received', 'to-inject', 'injecting', 'injected', 'failed');
+
+comment on type deposit_status is 'Deposit''s life cycle';
+
+create table deposit_type(
+  id serial primary key,
+  name text not null
+);
+
+comment on table deposit_type is 'Deposit type';
+comment on column deposit_type.id is 'Short identifier for the deposit type';
+comment on column deposit_type.name is 'Human readable name for the deposit type e.g HAL, arXiv, etc...';
+
+create table deposit(
+  id bigserial primary key,
+  date timestamptz not null,
+  type serial not null references deposit_type(id),
+  metadata jsonb not null,
+  status deposit_status not null
+);
+
+comment on table deposit is 'Deposit reception table of archive to load in swh';
+comment on column deposit.id is 'Deposit receipt id';
+comment on column deposit.date is 'Deposit reception date';
+comment on column deposit.type is 'Deposit reception source type';
+comment on column deposit.metadata is 'Deposit information on the data to inject';
+-- path to the archive + "raw" metadata from the source (hal)
+
+comment on column deposit.status is 'Deposit''s status regarding injection';