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+{
+    "$id": "https://schema.owlboard.info/data-ingress/mq-file-update.schema.json",
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+    "title": "MQFileUpdate",
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+        "service_name": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Name of the service submitting the update"
+        },
+        "update_type": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["file"],
+            "description": "The method of update application"
+        },
+        "sent_timestamp": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "Unix timestamp representing the time the message was sent"
+        },
+        "payload": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "kind": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "enum": ["pis"],
+                    "description": "The type of data provided in the update"
+                },
+                "version": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "The version string from the package source"
+                },
+                "filepath": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "The full path to the file, including protocol (eg. s3://) where appropriate"
+                }
+            },
+            "required": ["kind", "version", "filepath"]
+        }
+    },
+    "required": ["service_name", "update_type", "payload"],
+    "additionalProperties": false
+}
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