diff --git a/dbschema/dbschema.go b/dbschema/dbschema.go
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+// Package dbschema defines the database schema for the application
+package dbschema
+
+const Schema string = `
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS presences (
+    id VARCHAR(7) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+    name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
+    programme_id NOT NULL
+);
+`
diff --git a/dbstruct/dbstruct.go b/dbstruct/dbstruct.go
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+/*
+Package dbstruct provides struct types used to represent data declared in
+dbschema and marshalled / unmarshalled by dbclient
+*/
+package dbstruct
+
+import "time"
+
+type Presence struct {
+	ID          string     `db:"id" json:"id" csv:"id"`
+	At          *time.Time `db:"at" json:"at" csv:"at"`
+	Name        string     `db:"name" json:"name" csv:"name"`
+	ProgrammeID string     `db:"programme_id" json:"programme_id" csv:"programme_id"`
+}