Canonical mail, calendar and task tables¶

Status: agreed by both source teammates on 2026-10-09 and approved by the maintainer as the basis of the mail tables. The tables and enumerations below are generated from provisa/core/canonical_mail.py, which both loaders import; change that module, then this file.

The Google Workspace source and the Microsoft 365 source each produce every table below with the same column names, types, order and meaning, so UNION ALL of the two needs no cast or rename.

Rules¶

Every table starts with provider (google or microsoft) and account (the mailbox address, lower case). The key of every table is (provider, account, its id columns).
The column set is the superset of both providers. A column a provider has no value for is a NULL of the column's type. An empty string, zero or false never stands in for "not offered".
One fact, one column. No gmail_x beside exchange_x.
Ids are text, as the provider gives them. Microsoft ids are asked for as immutable ids (Prefer: IdType="ImmutableId").
Both sources land their tables through the replica write face as (name, IR type) columns: CursorSource (provisa/federation/replica_source.py:126) builds its Arrow schema from them (provisa/core/ir_arrow.py:67-71). Neither goes through api_endpoints, whose five column types (provisa/api_source/models.py:40-45) have no timestamp or date.
Types are IR types, and these are the only ones used: text (Arrow string, ir_arrow.py:39), bigint (int64, :38), boolean (:40), date (date32, :44), timestamp (Arrow timestamp in microseconds, :45, :62-63), json (:50).
*_at is timestamp, the value in UTC. The IR has one timestamp: timestamptz is an alias of it (provisa/core/ir_types.py:93) and a value with a zone is converted to UTC and landed without one (ir_arrow.py:91-95). *_date is date. Where the provider states a zone it sits beside the value as *_time_zone (text, as the provider names it; not translated).
A list is json: a JSON array held as text (ir_arrow.py:50, :81-82). The IR has no array type; an array or list in a store's own vocabulary is collapsed to text (ir_types.py:116, :151). Where rows are needed for a join, a child table carries the same fact as rows (message_folders, message_recipients, event_attendees). The shape in brackets after json, as in json (text list), is a note for the reader; nothing reads it (REQ-1965: no JSON Schema is carried).
An enumeration column holds a canonical value. Each provider declares a table from its values to the canonical ones; a provider value the table does not list fails the build of that table by name. A row in a table below that maps to NULL is a declared mapping. The folder role alone has a declared catch-all.

P = populated by: G Google, M Microsoft, GM both.

messages¶

folder_id (single) is not a column: it is the same fact as folder_ids.

#	column	type	P	Google	Microsoft
1	provider	text	GM	`google`	`microsoft`
2	account	text	GM	mailbox address	`{user-id}` of the path
3	id	text	GM	id	id
4	thread_id	text	GM	threadId	conversationId
5	internet_message_id	text	GM	Message-ID header	internetMessageId
6	in_reply_to	text	GM	In-Reply-To header	same header
7	reference_ids	json (text list)	GM	References header	same header
8	subject	text	GM	Subject header	subject
9	snippet	text	GM	snippet	bodyPreview (255 characters)
10	from_address	text	GM	From header	from.emailAddress.address
11	from_name	text	GM	From header	from.emailAddress.name
12	sender_address	text	GM	Sender header	sender.emailAddress.address
13	to_addresses	json (text list)	GM	To header	toRecipients
14	cc_addresses	json (text list)	GM	Cc header	ccRecipients
15	bcc_addresses	json (text list)	GM	Bcc header	bccRecipients
16	reply_to_addresses	json (text list)	GM	Reply-To header	replyTo
17	sent_at	timestamp	GM	Date header, NULL when unparsable	sentDateTime
18	received_at	timestamp	GM	internalDate	receivedDateTime
19	created_at	timestamp	M	NULL	createdDateTime
20	updated_at	timestamp	M	NULL	lastModifiedDateTime
21	is_read	boolean	GM	UNREAD label absent	isRead
22	is_draft	boolean	GM	DRAFT label present	isDraft
23	is_flagged	boolean	GM	STARRED label present	flag.flagStatus = flagged
24	flag_status	text enum	GM	see enum	flag.flagStatus
25	importance	text enum	M	NULL	importance
26	has_attachments	boolean	GM	a part with a filename that is not inline	hasAttachments (inline not counted)
27	size_bytes	bigint	G	sizeEstimate	NULL (v1.0 message has no size)
28	folder_ids	json (text list)	GM	labelIds	one element: parentFolderId
29	categories	json (text list)	M	NULL	categories
30	inference_classification	text enum	M	NULL	inferenceClassification
31	is_read_receipt_requested	boolean	M	NULL	isReadReceiptRequested
32	is_delivery_receipt_requested	boolean	M	NULL	isDeliveryReceiptRequested
33	body_text	text	GM	text/plain part, NULL when the message has none	body asked as text
34	body_html	text	GM	text/html part, NULL when the message has none	body asked as html
35	headers	json (list of {name, value})	GM	payload.headers	internetMessageHeaders
36	change_key	text	GM	historyId	changeKey
37	web_link	text	M	NULL	webLink
38	classification_labels	json	G	classificationLabelValues	NULL
39	conversation_index	text	M	NULL	conversationIndex (base64)
40	flag_start_at	timestamp	M	NULL	flag.startDateTime
41	flag_due_at	timestamp	M	NULL	flag.dueDateTime
42	flag_completed_at	timestamp	M	NULL	flag.completedDateTime

message_recipients¶

Names beside addresses, as rows. kind: from, sender, to, cc, bcc, reply_to.

#	column	type	P
1	provider	text	GM
2	account	text	GM
3	message_id	text	GM
4	kind	text enum	GM
5	position	bigint	GM
6	address	text	GM
7	name	text	GM

folders¶

A named container of messages: a Gmail label, an Exchange mail folder.

#	column	type	P	Google	Microsoft
1	provider	text	GM
2	account	text	GM
3	id	text	GM	id	id
4	name	text	GM	name	displayName
5	parent_id	text	M	NULL	parentFolderId
6	kind	text enum	GM	type	`system` when it has a role, else `user`
7	role	text enum	GM	see enum	well-known folder name, see enum
8	is_hidden	boolean	GM	labelListVisibility = labelHide	isHidden
9	total_count	bigint	GM	messagesTotal	totalItemCount
10	unread_count	bigint	GM	messagesUnread	unreadItemCount
11	child_count	bigint	M	NULL	childFolderCount
12	threads_total	bigint	G	threadsTotal	NULL
13	threads_unread	bigint	G	threadsUnread	NULL
14	color_text	text	G	color.textColor	NULL
15	color_background	text	G	color.backgroundColor	NULL
16	message_list_visibility	text enum	G	messageListVisibility	NULL
17	label_list_visibility	text enum	G	labelListVisibility	NULL

message_folders¶

One row per message per container. Google: many per message. Microsoft: one.

#	column	type	P
1	provider	text	GM
2	account	text	GM
3	message_id	text	GM
4	folder_id	text	GM

threads¶

Derived by both sources from the messages they hold, grouped by thread_id. Where a replica is kept up to date in place, a thread is worked out again whenever one of its messages is added or changes; Microsoft does not say which thread a removed message was in, so after a removal that thread's counts stand until another of its messages changes or the table is built whole again.

#	column	type	P	Google	Microsoft
1	provider	text	GM
2	account	text	GM
3	id	text	GM	thread_id	thread_id
4	subject	text	GM	of the earliest message by received_at	of the earliest message by received_at
5	snippet	text	GM	of the latest message	of the latest message
6	first_message_at	timestamp	GM
7	last_message_at	timestamp	GM
8	message_count	bigint	GM

attachments¶

Metadata only. Content is not in the first build.

#	column	type	P	Google	Microsoft
1	provider	text	GM
2	account	text	GM
3	message_id	text	GM
4	id	text	GM	partId	id
5	name	text	GM	filename	name
6	content_type	text	GM	mimeType	contentType
7	size_bytes	bigint	GM	body.size	size
8	is_inline	boolean	GM	Content-Disposition	isInline
9	content_id	text	GM	Content-ID header	contentId (file attachments)
10	kind	text enum	GM	`file`	attachment type, see enum
11	updated_at	timestamp	M	NULL	lastModifiedDateTime

calendars¶

#	column	type	P	Google	Microsoft
1	provider	text	GM
2	account	text	GM
3	id	text	GM	id	id
4	name	text	GM	summary	name
5	description	text	G	description	NULL
6	time_zone	text	G	timeZone	NULL (a calendar has none)
7	is_primary	boolean	GM	primary	isDefaultCalendar
8	can_edit	boolean	GM	accessRole is writer, writerWithoutPrivateAccess or owner	canEdit
9	access_role	text enum	G	accessRole	NULL (v1.0 states no role on the calendar)
10	owner_address	text	GM	dataOwner, NULL on primary	owner.address
11	color	text	GM	backgroundColor	hexColor
12	change_key	text	GM	etag	changeKey
13	name_override	text	G	summaryOverride	NULL
14	is_hidden	boolean	G	hidden	NULL
15	is_selected	boolean	G	selected	NULL
16	location	text	G	location	NULL
17	color_text	text	G	foregroundColor	NULL
18	can_share	boolean	M	NULL	canShare
19	can_view_private_items	boolean	M	NULL	canViewPrivateItems
20	is_removable	boolean	M	NULL	isRemovable
21	default_online_meeting_provider	text	M	NULL	defaultOnlineMeetingProvider
22	allowed_online_meeting_providers	json (text list)	M	NULL	allowedOnlineMeetingProviders

events¶

Rows: single events, series masters and exceptions. Not every expanded occurrence. Google lists these with singleEvents=false. Microsoft's /events answers single events and series masters only; exceptions come from one further call per series master. recurrence has one encoding. The Microsoft source renders Graph's structured pattern as RFC 5545 lines; that renderer is part of the calendar build, and the column does not ship before it. A cancelled event is a row: is_cancelled true and status cancelled. Microsoft marks a cancelled meeting that is still on the calendar. Google's cancelled means deleted for every event but a cancelled occurrence of a live series, so for Google only those are rows. An event deleted outright is not a row for either.

#	column	type	P	Google	Microsoft
1	provider	text	GM
2	account	text	GM
3	id	text	GM	id	id
4	calendar_id	text	GM	calendar listed	calendar listed
5	ical_uid	text	GM	iCalUID	iCalUId
6	title	text	GM	summary	subject
7	snippet	text	M	NULL	bodyPreview
8	body	text	GM	description	body.content
9	body_format	text enum	M	NULL (not stated)	body.contentType
10	location	text	GM	location	location.displayName
11	is_all_day	boolean	GM	start.date present	isAllDay
12	start_at	timestamp	GM	start.dateTime; NULL when all-day	start; NULL when all-day
13	end_at	timestamp	GM	end.dateTime; NULL when all-day	end; NULL when all-day
14	start_date	date	GM	start.date; NULL unless all-day	date of start; NULL unless all-day
15	end_date	date	GM	end.date (exclusive)	date of end (exclusive)
16	start_time_zone	text	GM	start.timeZone	originalStartTimeZone
17	end_time_zone	text	GM	end.timeZone	originalEndTimeZone
18	status	text enum	GM	status	`cancelled` when isCancelled, else NULL
19	is_cancelled	boolean	GM	status = cancelled	isCancelled
20	show_as	text enum	GM	transparency	showAs
21	visibility	text enum	GM	visibility	sensitivity
22	importance	text enum	M	NULL	importance
23	kind	text enum	GM	derived, see enum	type
24	series_id	text	GM	recurringEventId	seriesMasterId
25	original_start_at	timestamp	GM	originalStartTime	originalStart
26	recurrence	text	GM	RFC 5545 lines joined by newline	the pattern rendered as RFC 5545 lines
27	organizer_address	text	GM	organizer.email	organizer.emailAddress.address
28	organizer_name	text	GM	organizer.displayName	organizer.emailAddress.name
29	is_organizer	boolean	GM	organizer.self	isOrganizer
30	attendee_addresses	json (text list)	GM	attendees	attendees
31	is_online_meeting	boolean	GM	hangoutLink or conferenceData present	isOnlineMeeting
32	online_meeting_url	text	GM	hangoutLink	onlineMeeting.joinUrl
33	has_attachments	boolean	GM	attachments present	hasAttachments
34	categories	json (text list)	M	NULL	categories
35	created_at	timestamp	GM	created	createdDateTime
36	updated_at	timestamp	GM	updated	lastModifiedDateTime
37	change_key	text	GM	etag	changeKey
38	web_link	text	GM	htmlLink	webLink
39	original_start_date	date	G	originalStartTime.date (all-day series)	NULL
40	creator_address	text	G	creator.email	NULL
41	creator_name	text	G	creator.displayName	NULL
42	event_type	text enum	G	eventType	NULL
43	sequence	bigint	G	sequence	NULL
44	is_end_unspecified	boolean	G	endTimeUnspecified	NULL
45	guests_can_modify	boolean	G	guestsCanModify	NULL
46	guests_can_invite_others	boolean	G	guestsCanInviteOthers	NULL
47	guests_can_see_other_guests	boolean	GM	guestsCanSeeOtherGuests	not hideAttendees
48	reminders	json	G	reminders	NULL
49	is_reminder_on	boolean	M	NULL	isReminderOn
50	reminder_minutes_before_start	bigint	M	NULL	reminderMinutesBeforeStart
51	conference	json	GM	conferenceData	onlineMeeting
52	online_meeting_provider	text	M	NULL	onlineMeetingProvider
53	attachments	json	G	attachments	NULL (a separate call per event)
54	color_id	text	G	colorId	NULL
55	locations	json	M	NULL	locations
56	is_draft	boolean	M	NULL	isDraft
57	is_response_requested	boolean	M	NULL	responseRequested
58	allow_new_time_proposals	boolean	M	NULL	allowNewTimeProposals
59	my_response	text enum	GM	the attendee marked self	responseStatus.response
60	cancelled_occurrences	json (text list)	M	NULL	cancelledOccurrences (series master)

event_attendees¶

#	column	type	P	Google	Microsoft
1	provider	text	GM
2	account	text	GM
3	event_id	text	GM
4	position	bigint	GM
5	address	text	GM	email	emailAddress.address
6	name	text	GM	displayName	emailAddress.name
7	kind	text enum	GM	optional, resource flags	type
8	response	text enum	GM	responseStatus	status.response
9	responded_at	timestamp	M	NULL	status.time
10	is_organizer	boolean	GM	organizer	status.response = organizer
11	comment	text	G	comment	NULL
12	additional_guests	bigint	G	additionalGuests	NULL
13	is_self	boolean	GM	self	address = account

task_lists¶

#	column	type	P	Google	Microsoft
1	provider	text	GM
2	account	text	GM
3	id	text	GM	id	id
4	name	text	GM	title	displayName
5	is_default	boolean	M	NULL	wellknownListName = defaultList
6	role	text enum	M	NULL	wellknownListName
7	is_shared	boolean	M	NULL	isShared
8	updated_at	timestamp	G	updated	NULL
9	change_key	text	G	etag	NULL

tasks¶

#	column	type	P	Google	Microsoft
1	provider	text	GM
2	account	text	GM
3	id	text	GM	id	id
4	task_list_id	text	GM	list read	list read
5	parent_id	text	G	parent	NULL
6	position	text	G	position	NULL
7	title	text	GM	title	title
8	notes	text	GM	notes	body.content asked as text
9	status	text enum	GM	status	status
10	vendor_status	text	GM	status as given	status as given
11	importance	text enum	M	NULL	importance
12	due_date	date	GM	due (day only)	date of dueDateTime
13	due_at	timestamp	M	NULL	dueDateTime
14	start_at	timestamp	M	NULL	startDateTime
15	completed_at	timestamp	GM	completed	completedDateTime
16	reminder_at	timestamp	M	NULL	reminderDateTime
17	recurrence	text	M	NULL	the pattern rendered as RFC 5545 lines
18	categories	json (text list)	M	NULL	categories
19	has_attachments	boolean	M	NULL	hasAttachments
20	is_deleted	boolean	G	deleted	NULL
21	is_hidden	boolean	G	hidden	NULL
22	created_at	timestamp	M	NULL	createdDateTime
23	updated_at	timestamp	GM	updated	lastModifiedDateTime
24	web_link	text	G	webViewLink	NULL
25	change_key	text	G	etag	NULL
26	links	json	G	links	NULL
27	assignment_info	json	G	assignmentInfo	NULL
28	is_reminder_on	boolean	M	NULL	isReminderOn
29	notes_updated_at	timestamp	M	NULL	bodyLastModifiedDateTime

Enumerations¶

One value set for each enumeration, and each provider's table from its own values to them (provisa.core.canonical_mail.ENUMS, read through translate). A value a provider's table does not list fails the build of the table by name. The folder role is the one exception, by the maintainer's ruling: both vendors' sets of system folders are open, so a value neither table lists is other. "derived" marks a value the provider has no field for, which its loader works out as stated. Microsoft values are those of the Graph v1.0 description read on 2026-10-09; Google values those of the discovery documents and labels guide read the same day.

enumeration	columns	canonical values	Microsoft	Google
flag_status	messages.flag_status	none, flagged, complete	notFlagged→none, flagged, complete	derived: STARRED label present→flagged, else none
importance	messages.importance, events.importance, tasks.importance	low, normal, high	low, normal, high	none: NULL
inference_classification	messages.inference_classification	focused, other	focused, other	none: NULL
recipient_kind	message_recipients.kind	from, sender, to, cc, bcc, reply_to	derived: by property	derived: by header
folder_kind	folders.kind	system, user	derived: role present→system, else user	system, user
folder_role	folders.role	inbox, sent, drafts, trash, spam, archive, outbox, flagged, important, unread, category, other	inbox, sentitems→sent, drafts, deleteditems→trash, junkemail→spam, archive, outbox, any other→other (declared catch-all)	INBOX→inbox, SENT→sent, DRAFT→drafts, TRASH→trash, SPAM→spam, STARRED→flagged, IMPORTANT→important, UNREAD→unread, CATEGORY_PERSONAL→category, CATEGORY_SOCIAL→category, CATEGORY_PROMOTIONS→category, CATEGORY_UPDATES→category, CATEGORY_FORUMS→category, any other→other (declared catch-all)
label_list_visibility	folders.label_list_visibility	show, show_if_unread, hide	none: NULL	labelShow→show, labelShowIfUnread→show_if_unread, labelHide→hide
message_list_visibility	folders.message_list_visibility	show, hide	none: NULL	show, hide
attachment_kind	attachments.kind	file, item, reference	#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment→file, #microsoft.graph.itemAttachment→item, #microsoft.graph.referenceAttachment→reference	derived: file
calendar_access_role	calendars.access_role	owner, writer, writer_without_private_access, reader, free_busy_reader	none: NULL	owner, writer, writerWithoutPrivateAccess→writer_without_private_access, reader, freeBusyReader→free_busy_reader
body_format	events.body_format	text, html	text, html	none: NULL
event_status	events.status	confirmed, tentative, cancelled	derived: isCancelled→cancelled, else NULL	confirmed, tentative, cancelled
show_as	events.show_as	free, busy, tentative, out_of_office, working_elsewhere, unknown	free, busy, tentative, oof→out_of_office, workingElsewhere→working_elsewhere, unknown	transparent→free, opaque→busy
event_visibility	events.visibility	default, public, personal, private, confidential	normal→default, personal, private, confidential	default, public, private, confidential
event_kind	events.kind	single, series_master, exception, occurrence	singleInstance→single, seriesMaster→series_master, exception, occurrence	derived: recurrence present→series_master, recurringEventId present→exception, else single
event_type	events.event_type	default, birthday, focus_time, from_gmail, out_of_office, working_location	none: NULL	default, birthday, focusTime→focus_time, fromGmail→from_gmail, outOfOffice→out_of_office, workingLocation→working_location
attendee_kind	event_attendees.kind	required, optional, resource	required, optional, resource	derived: resource flag→resource, optional flag→optional, else required
attendee_response	events.my_response, event_attendees.response	needs_action, accepted, tentative, declined	none→needs_action, notResponded→needs_action, tentativelyAccepted→tentative, accepted, declined, organizer→NULL	needsAction→needs_action, accepted, tentative, declined
task_list_role	task_lists.role	default, flagged_emails, none	defaultList→default, flaggedEmails→flagged_emails, none	none: NULL
task_status	tasks.status	open, done	notStarted→open, inProgress→open, waitingOnOthers→open, deferred→open, completed→done	needsAction→open, completed→done

Open points¶

Microsoft folders.role needs one call per well-known folder name, since the v1.0 folder carries no such property.
Microsoft exceptions in events cost one call per series master.
Cancelled events are rows (maintainer's ruling), as far as each vendor can tell one from a deleted event: see the note on events. Google is read without its show-deleted option.
Under Google's metadata-only scope body_text and body_html are NULL for every message. Google describes that format as returning "only email message ID, labels, and email headers", so whether snippet, size_bytes and change_key are returned under it is not yet known; each is NULL if not. Stated after the first live read.
Known gap, Microsoft attachments: rows are listed only for messages Graph marks hasAttachments, which by Microsoft's own description does not count inline attachments. A message whose only attachments are inline has no attachment rows from Microsoft, where Google gives a row for each inline part. Proposed follow-up, not built: also list a message's attachments when its HTML body refers to one (cid:). content_id is NULL from Microsoft until a live read shows how Graph returns it without the attachment's content.
A message with a part that cannot be read keeps its row with the body columns NULL and the rest filled (maintainer's ruling, both providers). The count and ids are a warning in the log when the table's read ends, until the replica's record has a place for a build note.