ChronicleSchema

A message to a group has one recipient per person. This one has two attachments, a VideoObject and a DocumentObject.

{
  "@type": "MessageAction",
  "@key": ["source", "sourceId", "@type"],
  "source": "imessage",
  "sourceId": "C7A3E1F5-2D8B-4C6A-9E0F-4B7D2A5C8E31",
  "timestamp": "2026-06-21T14:10:02.000Z",
  "agent": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "@key": ["@type", "source", "handle"],
    "source": "phone",
    "handle": "+15555550123",
    "sameAs": ["@me"]
  },
  "object": {
    "@type": "Message",
    "@key": ["@type", "source", "sourceId"],
    "source": "imessage",
    "sourceId": "C7A3E1F5-2D8B-4C6A-9E0F-4B7D2A5C8E31",
    "body": "Video from the summit, and the permit for Saturday.",
    "recipient": [
      {
        "@type": "Agent",
        "@key": ["@type", "source", "handle"],
        "source": "icloud",
        "handle": "alex@example.com",
        "name": "Alex Chen"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Agent",
        "@key": ["@type", "source", "handle"],
        "source": "phone",
        "handle": "+15555550188",
        "name": "Jordan Lee"
      }
    ],
    "contains": [
      {
        "@type": "VideoObject",
        "@key": ["source", "sourceId"],
        "source": "imessage",
        "sourceId": "D1F6B3A8-4E2C-4A9D-B5E7-8C0A2F4D6B19",
        "contentPath": "/Users/sam/Library/Messages/Attachments/7c/12/summit.mov",
        "mimeType": "video/quicktime",
        "description": "summit.mov"
      },
      {
        "@type": "DocumentObject",
        "@key": ["source", "sourceId"],
        "source": "imessage",
        "sourceId": "F8C2A5D7-9B1E-4F6C-A3D0-2E5B8C1F4A76",
        "contentPath": "/Users/sam/Library/Messages/Attachments/7c/13/permit.pdf",
        "mimeType": "application/pdf",
        "description": "permit.pdf"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Terms in this example

DocumentObjectMediaObjectVideoObjectcontainsrecipient

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