diff --git a/schema/README.md b/schema/README.md
index 01a3e5ed8..f2a31d07d 100644
--- a/schema/README.md
+++ b/schema/README.md
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 ## Overview
 
-This directory contains the [JSON Schema](http://json-schema.org/) for
-validating the `config.json` of this container runtime specification.
+This directory contains the [JSON Schema](http://json-schema.org/) for validating JSON covered by this specification.
 
 The layout of the files is as follows:
-* [schema.json](schema.json) - the primary entrypoint for the whole schema document
-* [schema-linux.json](schema-linux.json) - this schema is for the Linux-specific sub-structure
-* [schema-solaris.json](schema-solaris.json) - this schema is for the Solaris-specific sub-structure
+
+* [config-schema.json](config.json) - the primary entrypoint for the [configuration](../config.md) schema
+* [config-linux.json](config-linux.json) - the [Linux-specific configuration sub-structure](../config-linux.md)
+* [config-solaris.json](config-solaris.json) - the [Solaris-specific configuration sub-structure](../config-solaris.md)
+* [state-schema.json](state.json) - the primary entrypoint for the [state JSON](../runtime.md#state) schema
 * [defs.json](defs.json) - definitions for general types
 * [defs-linux.json](defs-linux.json) - definitions for Linux-specific types
 * [validate.go](validate.go) - validation utility source code
@@ -16,8 +17,8 @@ The layout of the files is as follows:
 
 ## Utility
 
-There is also included a simple utility for facilitating validation of a
-`config.json`. To build it:
+There is also included a simple utility for facilitating validation.
+To build it:
 
 ```bash
 export GOPATH=`mktemp -d`
@@ -35,5 +36,5 @@ make validate
 Then use it like:
 
 ```bash
-./validate schema.json <yourpath>/config.json
+./validate config-schema.json <yourpath>/config.json
 ```
diff --git a/schema/schema-linux.json b/schema/config-linux.json
similarity index 100%
rename from schema/schema-linux.json
rename to schema/config-linux.json
diff --git a/schema/schema.json b/schema/config-schema.json
similarity index 92%
rename from schema/schema.json
rename to schema/config-schema.json
index adfda62fd..351901ad0 100644
--- a/schema/schema.json
+++ b/schema/config-schema.json
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
         "ociVersion": {
-            "description": "The version of OpenContainer specification configuration complies with",
             "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/ociVersion",
-            "type": "string"
+            "$ref": "defs.json#/definitions/ociVersion"
         },
         "hooks": {
             "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/hooks",
@@ -25,15 +24,7 @@
             }
         },
         "annotations": {
-            "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/annotations",
-            "oneOf": [
-                {
-                    "$ref": "defs.json#/definitions/mapStringString"
-                },
-                {
-                    "type": "null"
-                }
-            ]
+            "$ref": "defs.json#/definitions/annotations"
         },
         "hostname": {
             "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/hostname",
@@ -166,10 +157,10 @@
             }
         },
         "linux": {
-            "$ref": "schema-linux.json#/linux"
+            "$ref": "config-linux.json#/linux"
         },
         "solaris": {
-            "$ref": "schema-solaris.json#/solaris"
+            "$ref": "config-solaris.json#/solaris"
         }
     },
     "required": [
diff --git a/schema/schema-solaris.json b/schema/config-solaris.json
similarity index 100%
rename from schema/schema-solaris.json
rename to schema/config-solaris.json
diff --git a/schema/defs.json b/schema/defs.json
index a1a9e8777..329031848 100644
--- a/schema/defs.json
+++ b/schema/defs.json
@@ -155,6 +155,20 @@
                 "source",
                 "type"
             ]
+        },
+        "ociVersion": {
+            "description": "The version of Open Container Runtime Specification that the document complies with",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "annotations": {
+            "oneOf": [
+                {
+                    "$ref": "#/definitions/mapStringString"
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "null"
+                }
+            ]
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/schema/state-schema.json b/schema/state-schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a14f89bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/state-schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+    "description": "Open Container Runtime State Schema",
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/state",
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+        "ociVersion": {
+            "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/runtime/state/ociVersion",
+            "$ref": "defs.json#/definitions/ociVersion"
+        },
+        "id": {
+            "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/runtime/state/id",
+            "description": "the container's ID",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "status": {
+            "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/runtime/state/status",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": [
+                "created",
+                "running",
+                "stopped"
+            ]
+        },
+        "pid": {
+            "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/runtime/state/pid",
+            "type": "integer",
+            "minimum": 0
+        },
+        "bundlePath": {
+            "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/runtime/state/bundlePath",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "annotations": {
+            "$ref": "defs.json#/definitions/annotations"
+        }
+    },
+    "required": [
+        "ociVersion",
+        "id",
+        "status",
+        "pid",
+        "bundlePath"
+    ]
+}