diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Parser.hs b/compiler/Bond/Parser.hs
index 6f5e6736..13af405a 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Parser.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Parser.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import Control.Monad.Reader
 import Text.Parsec.Pos (initialPos)
 import Text.Parsec hiding (many, optional, (<|>))
 import Bond.Lexer
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
+import Bond.Schema.Util
 
 -- parser state, mutable and global
 data Symbols =
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Schema/Types.hs b/compiler/Bond/Schema/Types.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a49018a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Schema/Types.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+-- Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+-- Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings, RecordWildCards #-}
+
+module Bond.Schema.Types
+    ( Attribute(..)
+    , Constant(..)
+    , Constraint(..)
+    , Declaration(..)
+    , Default(..)
+    , Field(..)
+    , Import(..)
+    , Language(..)
+    , Modifier(..)
+    , Namespace(..)
+    , QualifiedName
+    , Type(..)
+    , TypeParam(..)
+    ) where
+
+import Data.Word
+import Bond.Util
+
+type QualifiedName = [String]
+
+data Modifier = Optional | Required | RequiredOptional deriving Eq
+
+data Type =
+    BT_Int8 | BT_Int16 | BT_Int32 | BT_Int64 |
+    BT_UInt8 | BT_UInt16 | BT_UInt32 | BT_UInt64 |
+    BT_Float | BT_Double |
+    BT_Bool |
+    BT_String | BT_WString |
+    BT_MetaName | BT_MetaFullName |
+    BT_Blob |
+    BT_Maybe Type |
+    BT_List Type |
+    BT_Vector Type |
+    BT_Nullable Type |
+    BT_Set Type |
+    BT_Map Type Type |
+    BT_Bonded Type |
+    BT_IntTypeArg Int |
+    BT_TypeParam TypeParam |
+    BT_UserDefined Declaration [Type]
+    deriving Eq
+
+data Default =
+    DefaultBool Bool |
+    DefaultInteger Integer |
+    DefaultFloat Double |
+    DefaultString String |
+    DefaultEnum String|
+    DefaultNothing
+    deriving Eq
+
+data Attribute =
+    Attribute                                                                                                                               
+        { attrName :: QualifiedName         -- attribute name
+        , attrValue :: String               -- value
+        }
+    deriving Eq
+
+data Field =
+    Field
+        { fieldAttributes :: [Attribute]    -- zero or more attributes
+        , fieldOrdinal :: Word16            -- ordinal
+        , fieldModifier :: Modifier         -- field modifier
+        , fieldType :: Type                 -- type
+        , fieldName :: String               -- field name
+        , fieldDefault :: Maybe Default     -- optional default value
+        }
+    deriving Eq
+
+data Constant =
+    Constant
+        { constantName :: String            -- enum constant name
+        , constantValue :: Maybe Int        -- optional value
+        }
+    deriving Eq
+
+data Constraint = Value deriving Eq
+
+instance Show Constraint where
+    show Value = ": value"
+
+data TypeParam =
+    TypeParam
+        { paramName :: String
+        , paramConstraint :: Maybe Constraint
+        }
+        deriving Eq
+
+instance Show TypeParam where
+    show TypeParam {..} = paramName ++ optional show paramConstraint
+
+data Declaration =
+    Struct
+        { declNamespaces :: [Namespace]     -- namespace(s) in which the struct is declared
+        , declAttributes :: [Attribute]     -- zero or more attributes
+        , declName :: String                -- struct identifier
+        , declParams :: [TypeParam]         -- type parameters for generics
+        , structBase :: Maybe Type          -- optional base struct
+        , structFields :: [Field]           -- zero or more fields
+        }
+    |
+    Enum
+        { declNamespaces :: [Namespace]     -- namespace(s) in which the enum is declared
+        , declAttributes :: [Attribute]     -- zero or more attributes
+        , declName :: String                -- enum identifier
+        , enumConstants :: [Constant]       -- one or more constant values
+        }
+    |
+    Forward
+        { declNamespaces :: [Namespace]     -- namespace(s) in which the struct is declared
+        , declName :: String                -- struct identifier
+        , declParams :: [TypeParam]         -- type parameters for generics
+        }
+    |
+    Alias
+        { declNamespaces :: [Namespace]     -- namespace(s) in which the alias is declared
+        , declName :: String                -- alias identifier
+        , declParams :: [TypeParam]         -- type parameters for generics
+        , aliasType :: Type                 -- aliased type
+        }
+    deriving Eq
+
+showTypeParams :: [TypeParam] -> String
+showTypeParams = angles . sepBy ", " show
+
+instance Show Declaration where
+    show Struct {..} = "struct " ++ declName ++ showTypeParams declParams
+    show Enum {..} = "enum " ++ declName
+    show Forward {..} = "struct declaration " ++ declName ++ showTypeParams declParams
+    show Alias {..} = "alias " ++ declName ++ showTypeParams declParams
+
+data Import = Import FilePath
+
+data Language = Cpp | Cs | CSharp | Java deriving (Eq)
+
+data Namespace = 
+    Namespace 
+        { nsLanguage :: Maybe Language
+        , nsName :: QualifiedName
+        }
+        deriving Eq
+
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Schema.hs b/compiler/Bond/Schema/Util.hs
similarity index 51%
rename from compiler/Bond/Schema.hs
rename to compiler/Bond/Schema/Util.hs
index eaa14a28..d0aa3983 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Schema.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Schema/Util.hs
@@ -3,39 +3,26 @@
 
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings, RecordWildCards #-}
 
-module Bond.Schema
-    ( Declaration(..)
-    , Field(..)
-    , makeField
-    , Constant(..)
-    , Modifier(..)
-    , Type(..)
-    , TypeParam(..)
-    , Constraint(..)
-    , Default(..)
-    , Import(..)
-    , Language(..)
-    , Namespace(..)
-    , Attribute(..)
-    , QualifiedName
-    , takeName
-    , takeNamespace
-    , showQualifiedName
-    , scalarType
-    , listType
-    , associativeType
+module Bond.Schema.Util
+    ( associativeType
     , containerType
-    , stringType
-    , metaType
-    , structType
-    , nullableType
     , duplicateDeclaration
-    , isBaseField
     , foldMapFields
     , foldMapStructFields
     , foldMapType
+    , isBaseField
+    , listType
+    , makeField
     , metaField
+    , metaType
+    , nullableType
     , resolveAlias
+    , scalarType
+    , showQualifiedName
+    , stringType
+    , structType
+    , takeName
+    , takeNamespace
     ) where
 
 import Data.Maybe
@@ -44,8 +31,7 @@ import Data.List
 import Data.Foldable (foldMap)
 import Data.Monoid
 import Bond.Util
-
-type QualifiedName = [String]
+import Bond.Schema.Types
 
 takeName :: QualifiedName -> String
 takeName = last
@@ -56,28 +42,6 @@ takeNamespace = subtract 1 . length >>= take
 showQualifiedName  :: QualifiedName -> String
 showQualifiedName  = sepBy "." id
 
-data Modifier = Optional | Required | RequiredOptional deriving Eq
-
-data Type =
-    BT_Int8 | BT_Int16 | BT_Int32 | BT_Int64 |
-    BT_UInt8 | BT_UInt16 | BT_UInt32 | BT_UInt64 |
-    BT_Float | BT_Double |
-    BT_Bool |
-    BT_String | BT_WString |
-    BT_MetaName | BT_MetaFullName |
-    BT_Blob |
-    BT_Maybe Type |
-    BT_List Type |
-    BT_Vector Type |
-    BT_Nullable Type |
-    BT_Set Type |
-    BT_Map Type Type |
-    BT_Bonded Type |
-    BT_IntTypeArg Int |
-    BT_TypeParam TypeParam |
-    BT_UserDefined Declaration [Type]
-    deriving Eq
-
 scalarType :: Type -> Bool
 scalarType BT_Int8 = True
 scalarType BT_Int16 = True
@@ -129,33 +93,6 @@ nullableType _ = False
 metaField :: Field -> Any
 metaField Field {..} = Any $ metaType fieldType
 
-data Default =
-    DefaultBool Bool |
-    DefaultInteger Integer |
-    DefaultFloat Double |
-    DefaultString String |
-    DefaultEnum String|
-    DefaultNothing
-    deriving Eq
-
-data Attribute =
-    Attribute                                                                                                                               
-        { attrName :: QualifiedName         -- attribute name
-        , attrValue :: String               -- value
-        }
-    deriving Eq
-
-data Field =
-    Field
-        { fieldAttributes :: [Attribute]    -- zero or more attributes
-        , fieldOrdinal :: Word16            -- ordinal
-        , fieldModifier :: Modifier         -- field modifier
-        , fieldType :: Type                 -- type
-        , fieldName :: String               -- field name
-        , fieldDefault :: Maybe Default     -- optional default value
-        }
-    deriving Eq
-
 makeField :: [Attribute]
           -> Word16
           -> Modifier
@@ -166,68 +103,6 @@ makeField :: [Attribute]
 makeField a o m t n d@(Just DefaultNothing) = Field a o m (BT_Maybe t) n d
 makeField a o m t n d = Field a o m t n d
 
-data Constant =
-    Constant
-        { constantName :: String            -- enum constant name
-        , constantValue :: Maybe Int        -- optional value
-        }
-    deriving Eq
-
-data Constraint = Value deriving Eq
-
-instance Show Constraint where
-    show Value = ": value"
-
-data TypeParam =
-    TypeParam
-        { paramName :: String
-        , paramConstraint :: Maybe Constraint
-        }
-        deriving Eq
-
-instance Show TypeParam where
-    show TypeParam {..} = paramName ++ optional show paramConstraint
-
-data Declaration =
-    Struct
-        { declNamespaces :: [Namespace]     -- namespace(s) in which the struct is declared
-        , declAttributes :: [Attribute]     -- zero or more attributes
-        , declName :: String                -- struct identifier
-        , declParams :: [TypeParam]         -- type parameters for generics
-        , structBase :: Maybe Type          -- optional base struct
-        , structFields :: [Field]           -- zero or more fields
-        }
-    |
-    Enum
-        { declNamespaces :: [Namespace]     -- namespace(s) in which the enum is declared
-        , declAttributes :: [Attribute]     -- zero or more attributes
-        , declName :: String                -- enum identifier
-        , enumConstants :: [Constant]       -- one or more constant values
-        }
-    |
-    Forward
-        { declNamespaces :: [Namespace]     -- namespace(s) in which the struct is declared
-        , declName :: String                -- struct identifier
-        , declParams :: [TypeParam]         -- type parameters for generics
-        }
-    |
-    Alias
-        { declNamespaces :: [Namespace]     -- namespace(s) in which the alias is declared
-        , declName :: String                -- alias identifier
-        , declParams :: [TypeParam]         -- type parameters for generics
-        , aliasType :: Type                 -- aliased type
-        }
-    deriving Eq
-
-showTypeParams :: [TypeParam] -> String
-showTypeParams = angles . sepBy ", " show
-
-instance Show Declaration where
-    show Struct {..} = "struct " ++ declName ++ showTypeParams declParams
-    show Enum {..} = "enum " ++ declName
-    show Forward {..} = "struct declaration " ++ declName ++ showTypeParams declParams
-    show Alias {..} = "alias " ++ declName ++ showTypeParams declParams
-
 mapType :: (Type -> Type) -> Type -> Type
 mapType f (BT_UserDefined decl args) = BT_UserDefined decl $ map f args
 mapType f (BT_Map key value) = BT_Map (f key) (f value)
@@ -275,15 +150,3 @@ duplicateDeclaration left right =
 isBaseField :: String -> Maybe Type -> Bool
 isBaseField name = getAny . optional (foldMapFields (Any.(name==).fieldName))
 
-data Import = Import FilePath
-
-data Language = Cpp | Cs | CSharp | Java deriving (Eq)
-
-data Namespace = 
-    Namespace 
-        { nsLanguage :: Maybe Language
-        , nsName :: QualifiedName
-        }
-        deriving Eq
-
-
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Apply_cpp.hs b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Apply_cpp.hs
index 92ba3d3d..07dd1b29 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Apply_cpp.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Apply_cpp.hs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Bond.Template.Cpp.Apply_cpp (apply_cpp) where
 
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
 import Text.Shakespeare.Text
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
 import Bond.Template.TypeMapping
 import Bond.Template.Util
 import Bond.Template.Cpp.Apply_h
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Apply_h.hs b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Apply_h.hs
index 77fe9194..61bc807e 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Apply_h.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Apply_h.hs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import System.FilePath
 import Data.Monoid
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
 import Text.Shakespeare.Text
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
 import Bond.Util
 import Bond.Template.Util
 import Bond.Template.TypeMapping
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Enum_h.hs b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Enum_h.hs
index 96d91a24..ece5a422 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Enum_h.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Enum_h.hs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Bond.Template.Cpp.Enum_h (enum_h) where
 import Data.Monoid
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
 import Text.Shakespeare.Text
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
 import Bond.Template.TypeMapping
 import Bond.Template.Util
 import qualified Bond.Template.Cpp.Util as CPP
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Reflection_h.hs b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Reflection_h.hs
index 4601c877..1d804ebd 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Reflection_h.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Reflection_h.hs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import System.FilePath
 import Data.Monoid
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
 import Text.Shakespeare.Text
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
 import Bond.Template.TypeMapping
 import Bond.Template.Util
 import qualified Bond.Template.Cpp.Util as CPP
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Types_cpp.hs b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Types_cpp.hs
index 6398aa36..29a8ca3c 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Types_cpp.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Types_cpp.hs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Bond.Template.Cpp.Types_cpp (types_cpp) where
 import Data.Monoid
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
 import Text.Shakespeare.Text
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
 import Bond.Template.TypeMapping
 import Bond.Template.Util
 import qualified Bond.Template.Cpp.Util as CPP
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Types_h.hs b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Types_h.hs
index c8e42b75..55ade97d 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Types_h.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Types_h.hs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as L
 import Data.Foldable (foldMap)
 import Text.Shakespeare.Text
 import Bond.Version
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
+import Bond.Schema.Util
 import Bond.Util
 import Bond.Template.TypeMapping
 import Bond.Template.Util
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Util.hs b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Util.hs
index 07d6d8ef..52025e4f 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Util.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cpp/Util.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Bond.Template.Cpp.Util
 import Text.Shakespeare.Text
 import Data.Monoid
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
 import Bond.Util
 import Bond.Template.Util
 import Bond.Template.TypeMapping
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cs/Types_cs.hs b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cs/Types_cs.hs
index 2b8e4114..7b419949 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cs/Types_cs.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cs/Types_cs.hs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import Data.Monoid
 import Data.Foldable (foldMap)
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
 import Text.Shakespeare.Text
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
+import Bond.Schema.Util
 import Bond.Util
 import Bond.Template.TypeMapping
 import Bond.Template.Util
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cs/Util.hs b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cs/Util.hs
index cd9da7fa..bb41a0c3 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Template/Cs/Util.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Template/Cs/Util.hs
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import Data.Monoid
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
 import Text.Shakespeare.Text
 import Bond.Version
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
+import Bond.Schema.Util
 import Bond.Template.TypeMapping
 import Bond.Template.Util
 
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Template/CustomMapping.hs b/compiler/Bond/Template/CustomMapping.hs
index 24838abf..0953f657 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Template/CustomMapping.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Template/CustomMapping.hs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module Bond.Template.CustomMapping
 import Data.Char
 import Control.Applicative
 import Text.Parsec hiding (many, optional, (<|>))
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
 
 data Fragment =
     Fragment String |
diff --git a/compiler/Bond/Template/TypeMapping.hs b/compiler/Bond/Template/TypeMapping.hs
index 2365d659..da5bcf0c 100644
--- a/compiler/Bond/Template/TypeMapping.hs
+++ b/compiler/Bond/Template/TypeMapping.hs
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ import Control.Monad.Reader
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as L
 import Data.Text.Lazy.Builder
 import Text.Shakespeare.Text
-import Bond.Schema
+import Bond.Schema.Types
+import Bond.Schema.Util
 import Bond.Util
 import Bond.Template.Util
 import Bond.Template.CustomMapping
diff --git a/compiler/CMakeLists.txt b/compiler/CMakeLists.txt
index ded0c9fb..9c2dade2 100644
--- a/compiler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/compiler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ set (sources
     Options.hs
     Bond/Lexer.hs
     Bond/Parser.hs
-    Bond/Schema.hs
+    Bond/Schema/JSON.hs
+    Bond/Schema/Types.hs
+    Bond/Schema/Util.hs
     Bond/Util.hs
     Bond/Version.hs
     Bond/Template/CustomMapping.hs
diff --git a/compiler/Main.hs b/compiler/Main.hs
index 16174bdc..309a9c02 100644
--- a/compiler/Main.hs
+++ b/compiler/Main.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import GHC.Conc (getNumProcessors, setNumCapabilities)
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.IO as L
 import Bond.Parser
-import Bond.Schema (Declaration, Import)
+import Bond.Schema.Types (Declaration, Import)
 import Bond.Template.Util
 import Bond.Template.Cpp.Reflection_h
 import Bond.Template.Cpp.Types_h