diff --git a/CODEBASE_OVERVIEW.md b/CODEBASE_OVERVIEW.md
index a7f4b58ea..8cc77e3b8 100644
--- a/CODEBASE_OVERVIEW.md
+++ b/CODEBASE_OVERVIEW.md
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ graph LR;
     rackup["rackup"];
     rake["rake"];
     webrick["webrick"];
+    elasticgraph-json_ingestion["eg-json_ingestion"];
     elasticgraph-schema_artifacts["eg-schema_artifacts"];
     graphql["graphql"];
     elasticgraph --> elasticgraph-support;
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ graph LR;
     elasticgraph-local --> webrick;
     elasticgraph-schema_definition --> elasticgraph-graphql;
     elasticgraph-schema_definition --> elasticgraph-indexer;
+    elasticgraph-schema_definition --> elasticgraph-json_ingestion;
     elasticgraph-schema_definition --> elasticgraph-schema_artifacts;
     elasticgraph-schema_definition --> elasticgraph-support;
     elasticgraph-schema_definition --> graphql;
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ graph LR;
     class rackup externalGemCatStyle;
     class rake externalGemCatStyle;
     class webrick externalGemCatStyle;
+    class elasticgraph-json_ingestion otherEgGemStyle;
     class elasticgraph-schema_artifacts otherEgGemStyle;
     class graphql externalGemCatStyle;
     click thor href "https://rubygems.org/gems/thor" "Open on RubyGems.org" _blank;
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 42a41bcc2..78d4e1f05 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ PATH
     elasticgraph-schema_definition (1.2.1.pre)
       elasticgraph-graphql (= 1.2.1.pre)
       elasticgraph-indexer (= 1.2.1.pre)
+      elasticgraph-json_ingestion (= 1.2.1.pre)
       elasticgraph-schema_artifacts (= 1.2.1.pre)
       elasticgraph-support (= 1.2.1.pre)
       graphql (~> 2.6.2)
diff --git a/config/docker_demo/Dockerfile b/config/docker_demo/Dockerfile
index c67a71782..2110740fd 100644
--- a/config/docker_demo/Dockerfile
+++ b/config/docker_demo/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ COPY elasticgraph-datastore_core elasticgraph-datastore_core/
 COPY elasticgraph-graphiql elasticgraph-graphiql/
 COPY elasticgraph-graphql elasticgraph-graphql/
 COPY elasticgraph-indexer elasticgraph-indexer/
+COPY elasticgraph-json_ingestion elasticgraph-json_ingestion/
 COPY elasticgraph-local elasticgraph-local/
 COPY elasticgraph-opensearch elasticgraph-opensearch/
 COPY elasticgraph-query_registry elasticgraph-query_registry/
diff --git a/elasticgraph-apollo/apollo_tests_implementation/Dockerfile b/elasticgraph-apollo/apollo_tests_implementation/Dockerfile
index 23442ab26..f2cd8c122 100644
--- a/elasticgraph-apollo/apollo_tests_implementation/Dockerfile
+++ b/elasticgraph-apollo/apollo_tests_implementation/Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ COPY elasticgraph-elasticsearch /web/elasticgraph-elasticsearch
 COPY elasticgraph-graphiql /web/elasticgraph-graphiql
 COPY elasticgraph-graphql /web/elasticgraph-graphql
 COPY elasticgraph-indexer /web/elasticgraph-indexer
+COPY elasticgraph-json_ingestion /web/elasticgraph-json_ingestion
 COPY elasticgraph-rack /web/elasticgraph-rack
 COPY elasticgraph-schema_artifacts /web/elasticgraph-schema_artifacts
 COPY elasticgraph-schema_definition /web/elasticgraph-schema_definition
diff --git a/elasticgraph-apollo/apollo_tests_implementation/Gemfile b/elasticgraph-apollo/apollo_tests_implementation/Gemfile
index f082fa258..60b08ec0d 100644
--- a/elasticgraph-apollo/apollo_tests_implementation/Gemfile
+++ b/elasticgraph-apollo/apollo_tests_implementation/Gemfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
   graphiql
   graphql
   indexer
+  json_ingestion
   rack
   schema_artifacts
   schema_definition
diff --git a/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/README.md b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/README.md
index db1eb3988..38d29c1d1 100644
--- a/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/README.md
+++ b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/README.md
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ graph LR;
     elasticgraph-support["elasticgraph-support"];
     elasticgraph-json_ingestion --> elasticgraph-support;
     class elasticgraph-support otherEgGemStyle;
+    elasticgraph-schema_definition["elasticgraph-schema_definition"];
+    elasticgraph-schema_definition --> elasticgraph-json_ingestion;
+    class elasticgraph-schema_definition otherEgGemStyle;
 ```
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/event_envelope.rb b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/lib/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/event_envelope.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/event_envelope.rb
rename to elasticgraph-json_ingestion/lib/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/event_envelope.rb
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_field_metadata.rb b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/lib/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_field_metadata.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_field_metadata.rb
rename to elasticgraph-json_ingestion/lib/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_field_metadata.rb
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata.rb b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/lib/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata.rb
rename to elasticgraph-json_ingestion/lib/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata.rb
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner.rb b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/lib/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner.rb
rename to elasticgraph-json_ingestion/lib/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner.rb
diff --git a/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/sig/elastic_graph/json_ingestion.rbs b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/sig/elastic_graph/json_ingestion.rbs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7ecda553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/sig/elastic_graph/json_ingestion.rbs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module ElasticGraph
+  module JSONIngestion
+  end
+end
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/sig/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/event_envelope.rbs b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/sig/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/event_envelope.rbs
similarity index 100%
rename from elasticgraph-schema_definition/sig/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/event_envelope.rbs
rename to elasticgraph-json_ingestion/sig/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/event_envelope.rbs
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/sig/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_field_metadata.rbs b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/sig/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_field_metadata.rbs
similarity index 100%
rename from elasticgraph-schema_definition/sig/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_field_metadata.rbs
rename to elasticgraph-json_ingestion/sig/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_field_metadata.rbs
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/sig/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata.rbs b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/sig/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata.rbs
similarity index 100%
rename from elasticgraph-schema_definition/sig/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata.rbs
rename to elasticgraph-json_ingestion/sig/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata.rbs
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/sig/elastic_graph/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner.rbs b/elasticgraph-json_ingestion/sig/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner.rbs
similarity index 100%
rename from elasticgraph-schema_definition/sig/elastic_graph/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner.rbs
rename to elasticgraph-json_ingestion/sig/elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner.rbs
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/README.md b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/README.md
index b85f79b9e..5c06af483 100644
--- a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/README.md
+++ b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ graph LR;
     elasticgraph-indexer["elasticgraph-indexer"];
     elasticgraph-schema_definition --> elasticgraph-indexer;
     class elasticgraph-indexer otherEgGemStyle;
+    elasticgraph-json_ingestion["elasticgraph-json_ingestion"];
+    elasticgraph-schema_definition --> elasticgraph-json_ingestion;
+    class elasticgraph-json_ingestion otherEgGemStyle;
     elasticgraph-schema_artifacts["elasticgraph-schema_artifacts"];
     elasticgraph-schema_definition --> elasticgraph-schema_artifacts;
     class elasticgraph-schema_artifacts otherEgGemStyle;
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/elasticgraph-schema_definition.gemspec b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/elasticgraph-schema_definition.gemspec
index 5703f516d..da50e4335 100644
--- a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/elasticgraph-schema_definition.gemspec
+++ b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/elasticgraph-schema_definition.gemspec
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_dependency "elasticgraph-graphql", ElasticGraph::VERSION # needed since we validate that scalar `coerce_with` options are valid (which loads scalar coercion adapters)
   spec.add_dependency "elasticgraph-indexer", ElasticGraph::VERSION # needed since we validate that scalar `prepare_for_indexing_with` options are valid (which loads indexing preparer adapters)
+  spec.add_dependency "elasticgraph-json_ingestion", ElasticGraph::VERSION
   spec.add_dependency "elasticgraph-schema_artifacts", ElasticGraph::VERSION
   spec.add_dependency "elasticgraph-support", ElasticGraph::VERSION
   spec.add_dependency "graphql", "~> 2.6.2"
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/field.rb b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/field.rb
index 5b0c0db1c..fa215a5f1 100644
--- a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/field.rb
+++ b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/field.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require "elastic_graph/constants"
-require "elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_field_metadata"
+require "elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_field_metadata"
 require "elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/list_counts_mapping"
 require "elastic_graph/support/hash_util"
 require "elastic_graph/support/memoizable_data"
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/results.rb b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/results.rb
index 59a8c3891..160e3c854 100644
--- a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/results.rb
+++ b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/results.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
 require "elastic_graph/constants"
 require "elastic_graph/errors"
-require "elastic_graph/schema_artifacts/runtime_metadata/schema"
+require "elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/event_envelope"
+require "elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata"
 require "elastic_graph/schema_artifacts/artifacts_helper_methods"
-require "elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/event_envelope"
-require "elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata"
+require "elastic_graph/schema_artifacts/runtime_metadata/schema"
 require "elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/relationship_resolver"
 require "elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/update_target_resolver"
 require "elastic_graph/schema_definition/mixins/has_readable_to_s_and_inspect"
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/schema_artifact_manager.rb b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/schema_artifact_manager.rb
index d3e0a9a81..b1c3c3f1a 100644
--- a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/schema_artifact_manager.rb
+++ b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/lib/elastic_graph/schema_definition/schema_artifact_manager.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 require "did_you_mean"
 require "elastic_graph/constants"
-require "elastic_graph/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner"
+require "elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner"
 require "elastic_graph/support/graphql_gem_loader"
 require "elastic_graph/support/memoizable_data"
 require "fileutils"
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/spec/unit/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata_spec.rb b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/spec/unit/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata_spec.rb
index bd24d3c13..22fc317ca 100644
--- a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/spec/unit/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata_spec.rb
+++ b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/spec/unit/elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata_spec.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 #
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require "elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata"
 require "elastic_graph/spec_support/schema_definition_helpers"
-require "elastic_graph/schema_definition/indexing/json_schema_with_metadata"
 
 module ElasticGraph
   module SchemaDefinition
diff --git a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/spec/unit/elastic_graph/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner_spec.rb b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/spec/unit/elastic_graph/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner_spec.rb
index af9298366..66c140101 100644
--- a/elasticgraph-schema_definition/spec/unit/elastic_graph/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner_spec.rb
+++ b/elasticgraph-schema_definition/spec/unit/elastic_graph/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner_spec.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require "elastic_graph/constants"
+require "elastic_graph/json_ingestion/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner"
 require "elastic_graph/spec_support/schema_definition_helpers"
-require "elastic_graph/schema_definition/json_schema_pruner"
 
 module ElasticGraph
   module SchemaDefinition