diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15737f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+logbook-standard.code-workspace
+
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a73a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e67e3b..fcdcc40 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # logbook-standards
 Standards for Anaesthesia Logbooks
+This is an initial draft (17-Oct 2020) of a JSON schema for anaesthetic logbooks.
+Created for json-schema.org/draft-07
diff --git a/logbook-record1.json b/logbook-record1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01a8286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logbook-record1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+    "id": 123456,
+    "comment": "This is a comment",
+    "category": { 
+        "id": 0,
+        "category_type": "Anaesthesia"
+    },
+    "activity_grouping": {
+        "activity_name": "Theatre List",
+        "id": 0
+    },
+    "timing": {
+        "start": "2020-10-17T13:23:00+00:00",
+        "end": "2020-10-17T13:45:00+00:00",
+        "category": "Day"
+    },
+    "actors": [
+        {"id": 0,"role": "Patient"},
+        {"id": 1,"role": "Performer"},
+        {"id": 2,"role": "Supervisor"}    
+    ],
+    "events": [
+        { "id":0, "event_type": "procedure", "event": {
+            "procedure": {
+                "category": {
+                    "general anaesthesia": { "induction": "Intravenous", "maintenance": "TIVA/TCI" }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        },
+        { "id":1, "event_type": "procedure", "event": {
+            "procedure": {
+                "category": {
+                    "airway": {"tracheal intubation": "single lumen"}
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logbook-schema-encounter.json b/logbook-schema-encounter.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2323fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logbook-schema-encounter.json
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{
+  "$id": "http://json-schema.org/draft-7/hyper-schema-output",
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title": "Encounter",
+  "description": "A root encounter for a logbook",
+
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+     "metadata": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "setting": { "type": "string", "enum": ["unit or physical location","rotation or training programme","country"]},
+          "unique_id": { "type": "integer"},
+          "comment": { "type": "string" },
+          "version": { "type": "string" },
+          "timestamp": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" }
+        }
+     },   
+    "category": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "id": { "type": "integer"},
+        "category_type": { "type": "string", "enum": ["Anaesthesia","ICM","Pain","Transfer","Resus"]}
+      }
+    },
+    "activity_grouping": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "activity_name": { "type": "string", "enum": ["Theatre List","Ward Round","Clinic"]},
+        "id": { "type": "integer" }
+      }
+    },
+    "timing": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "start": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time"  },
+        "end": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time"  },
+        "category": { "type": "string", "enum": ["Day","Evening","Night"]}
+      }
+    },
+    "actors": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {"type":"integer"},
+          "role": {"type": "string", "enum": ["Patient","Performer","Supervisor"]}
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "events": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type":"object",
+        "properties": {
+          "id": { "type": "integer"},
+          "event_type": { "type":"string","enum": ["procedure","teaching","simulation"]},
+          "event": {
+            "type":"object",
+            "properties": {
+              "procedure": { "$ref": "logbook-schema-procedure.json"},
+              "surgical procedure": { "type":"object"},
+              "teaching": { "type": "string"},
+              "simulation": { "type": "string"}
+            }
+          } 
+        }
+      }
+
+    }
+
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logbook-schema-procedure.json b/logbook-schema-procedure.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c25a0e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logbook-schema-procedure.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "$id": "http://json-schema.org/draft-7/hyper-schema-output",
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "description": "A sub-schema of logbook-schema-encounter.json, for procedures",
+
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+      "category": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "properties": {
+              "airway": { 
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "properties": {
+                      "tracheal intubation": {"type": "string", "enum":["single lumen","double lumen","fibreoptic","awake fibreoptic","other"]},
+                      "lma placement": { "type": "string", "enum":["standard","supreme","iGel","other"]}
+               },
+              "lines": { "type": "object"},
+              "regional blocks": { "type": "object" },
+              "general anaesthesia": { 
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "properties": {
+                      "induction": { "type": "string", "enum": ["Inhalation", "Intravenous"]},
+                      "maintenance": { "type": "string", "enum": ["Inhalational Agent","TIVA/TCI","TIVA/Other"]}
+                }
+          }
+      }
+
+  }
+}
+}
+}
\ No newline at end of file