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+==========================
+The subunit2sql Data Model
+==========================
+
+The subunit2sql data model consists of 3 basic data types: runs, tests, and
+test_runs. Each of these 3 types have an associated key value pair metadata table to store arbitrary metadata about any specific row.
+
+Runs
+----
+Runs represent an individual test run, or in other words, a complete subunit
+stream. They are used to track how many streams have been stored in the db and
+high level information about them
+
+Properties:
+
+* **passes**: The total number of successful tests in the run.
+* **fails**: The total number of failed tests during the run.
+* **skips**: The total number of skipped tests during the run.
+* **run_time**: The sum of the duration of executed tests during the run. Note,
+  this is not the time it necessarily took for the run to finish. For
+  example, the time for setUpClass and tearDownClass (assuming the
+  stream is from a python unittest run) would not be factored in. (as
+  they aren't stored in the subunit stream) Also, if the tests are
+  being run in parallel since this is just a raw sum this is not
+  factored in.
+* **artifacts**: An optional link to where the logs or any other artifacts from
+  the run are stored.
+* **run_at**: The time at which the run was stored in the DB.
+
+Tests
+-----
+Tests are the higher level grouping of unique tests across all runs. They are
+used to aggregate the information about an individual tests from all the runs
+stored in the db.
+
+Properties:
+
+* **test_id**: This would be normally be considered the test name, it is the id
+  used in the subunit stream for an individual test
+* **success**: The total number of times this test has been run successfully
+* **failure**: The total number of times this test has failed
+* **run_count**: The total number of times this test has been executed
+  (obviously this excludes skips) it should be the sum of the success and
+  failure columns
+* **run_time**: The moving average of the total duration of each test execution
+
+
+
+Test Runs
+---------
+Test runs represent the individual execution of a test as part of run. They are
+used for recording all the information about a single test's run.
+
+Properties:
+
+* **test_id**: The uuid representing the test which was run
+* **run_id**: The uuid representing the run this was part of
+* **status**: The outcome of the test. The valid values here are:
+  exists, xfail, unxsuccess, success, fail, skip. You can refer to
+  the `testtools documentation <http://testtools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api.html#testtools.StreamResult.status>`_
+  for the details on each status.
+* **start_time**: The timestamp when test execution started
+* **stop_time**: The timestamp when the test finished executing
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    :maxdepth: 2
 
    README
+   data_model
    api