diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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index 0000000..61b62e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "swodlr-schemas"]
+	path = swodlr-schemas
+	url = https://github.com/podaac/swodlr-schemas.git
diff --git a/schemas/job.json b/schemas/job.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cc6b9d..0000000
--- a/schemas/job.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-  "$id": "swodlr-job",
-  "type": "object",
-  "properties": {
-    "product_id": {
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "job_id": {
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "job_status": {
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "stage": {
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "granules": {
-      "type": "array",
-      "items": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    },
-    "errors": {
-      "type": "array",
-      "items": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    },
-    "traceback": {
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "metadata": {
-      "type": "object"
-    }
-  },
-  "additionalProperties": false,
-  "required": [
-    "product_id",
-    "job_status",
-    "stage"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/schemas/jobset.json b/schemas/jobset.json
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index 56a0bf3..0000000
--- a/schemas/jobset.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-  "$id": "swodlr-jobset",
-  "type": "object",
-  "properties": {
-    "jobs": {
-      "type": "array",
-      "items": {
-        "$ref": "swodlr-job#"
-      }
-    },
-    "waiting": {
-      "type": "boolean"
-    }
-  },
-  "additionalProperties": false,
-  "required": [
-    "jobs"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/swodlr-schemas b/swodlr-schemas
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index 0000000..a6b2c52
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+++ b/swodlr-schemas
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+Subproject commit a6b2c529544ee17b41a6d1b4c654c8306864002b