diff --git a/support/schemas/submissions.cue b/support/schemas/submissions.cue
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+package problemformat
+
+import "list"
+
+#person: =~"^[^<]+(<[^>]+>)?$" // "Alice" or "Bob <bob@com>"
+
+#verdict: "AC" | "WA" | "RTE" | "TLE"
+
+let globbed_dirname = "[A-Za-z0-9*]([A-Za-z0-9_*-]{0,253}[A-Za-z0-9*])?"
+#globbed_dirpath: =~"^(\(globbed_dirname)/)*\(globbed_dirname)$" & !~ "\\*\\*"
+let globbed_filename = "([A-Za-z0-9*][A-Za-z0-9_.*-]{0,253}[A-Za-z0-9*]|\\*)"
+
+#globbed_submissionpath: =~"^(\(globbed_dirname)/)*\(globbed_filename)$" & !~ "\\*\\*"
+#Submissions: {
+	[#globbed_submissionpath]: #submission
+}
+
+#submission: {
+	language?:   string
+	entrypoint?: string
+	author?: #person | [...#person]
+	#expectation
+	[=~"^(sample|secret|\\*)" & #globbed_dirpath]: #expectation
+}
+
+#expectation: {
+	permitted?: [#verdict, ...#verdict] // only these verdicts may appear
+	required?: [#verdict, ...#verdict] // at least one of these verdicts must appear
+	score?: int | [int, int] & list.IsSorted(list.Ascending)
+	use_for_timelmit?: false | "lower" | "upper"
+}
+
+// Play with me at https://cuelang.org/play/?id=3oy3DL9Hx5X#w=function&i=cue&f=eval&o=cue
diff --git a/test/yaml/submissions/valid_yaml/valid.submissions.yaml b/test/yaml/submissions/valid_yaml/valid.submissions.yaml
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+accepted/th.py:
+  permitted: ["AC"]
+---
+# applies to all submissions in accepted/
+accepted:
+  permitted: ["AC"]
+---
+# this submissions passes all samples
+accepted/a.py:
+  sample:
+    permitted: ["AC"]
+---
+# use globs for testnodes
+accepted/a.py:
+  sample:
+    required: ["AC"]
+  secret/*/huge:
+    required: ["TLE"]
+---
+# specify many things for a submission
+accepted/lovelace.ada:
+  author: Ada Lovelace <ada@byron.co.uk>
+  score: [0, 20]
+  sample:
+    required: ["AC"]
+  secret/*/huge:
+    required: ["TLE"]
+---
+# More than one submission:
+accepted/a.py:
+  score: [60, 80]
+accepted/b.py:
+  score: [70, 74]
+---
+other/*.py:
+  required: ["TLE"]
+---
+other/*:
+  required: ["TLE"]
+---
+accepted:
+    author: "Ragnar van’t Höfnarß <foo_@bar>"
+    permitted: ["AC", "TLE", "WA"]
+    required: ["TLE"]
+    score: [40, 50] 
+    sample: { required: [WA] }
+    sample/1 : { required: [AC] }
+    secret/*/huge: { required: [TLE] }       # can use globbing
+    "*/sample/foo": { permitted: [AC, TLE] } # remember quotes bc * is weird in YAML
+    secret/*/*/1: { required: [TLE] }     # no **
+---
+# The default directories from the draft specification
+# ----------------------------------------------------
+# All cases must be accepted.
+accepted:
+  permitted: [AC]
+# At least one case is not accepted.
+rejected:
+  required: [RTE, TLE, WA]
+# All cases AC or WA, at least one WA.
+wrong_answer:
+  permitted: [AC, WA]
+  required: [WA]
+# All cases AC or TLE, at least one TLE.
+time_limit_exceeded:
+  permitted: [AC, TLE]
+  required: [TLE]
+# All cases AC or RTE, at least one RTE.
+run_time_error:
+  permitted: [AC, RTE]
+  required: [RTE]
+# Must not WA, but fail at least once.
+# Note that by default these are not used for determining the time limit.
+brute_force:
+  permitted: [AC, RTE, TLE]
+  required: [RTE, TLE]
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