diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3dd50932a..5d4b4611b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ test_output_*
 
 
 !tests/darwin/data/*.png
+!darwin/future/tests/data
 # scripts
 test.py
 
diff --git a/darwin/future/data_objects/darwinV2.py b/darwin/future/data_objects/darwinV2.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e4d334b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/darwin/future/data_objects/darwinV2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import List, Literal, Optional, Union
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, validator
+
+from darwin.future.data_objects.properties import SelectedProperty
+
+
+class Point(BaseModel):
+    x: float
+    y: float
+
+    def __add__(self, other: Point) -> Point:
+        return Point(x=self.x + other.x, y=self.y + other.y)
+
+    def __sub__(self, other: Point) -> Point:
+        return Point(x=self.x - other.x, y=self.y - other.y)
+
+
+PolygonPath = List[Point]
+
+
+class Polygon(BaseModel):
+    paths: List[PolygonPath]
+
+    def bounding_box(self) -> BoundingBox:
+        h, w, x, y = 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0
+        for polygon_path in self.paths:
+            for point in polygon_path:
+                h = max(h, point.y)
+                w = max(w, point.x)
+                x = min(x, point.x)
+                y = min(y, point.y)
+        return BoundingBox(h=h, w=w, x=x, y=y)
+
+    @property
+    def is_complex(self) -> bool:
+        return len(self.paths) > 1
+
+    @property
+    def center(self) -> Point:
+        return self.bounding_box().center
+
+
+class AnnotationBase(BaseModel):
+    id: str
+    name: str
+    properties: Optional[SelectedProperty] = None
+    slot_names: Optional[List[str]] = None
+
+    @validator("id", always=True)
+    def validate_id_is_UUID(cls, v: str) -> str:
+        assert len(v) == 36
+        assert "-" in v
+        return v
+
+
+class BoundingBox(BaseModel):
+    h: float
+    w: float
+    x: float
+    y: float
+
+    @property
+    def center(self) -> Point:
+        return Point(x=self.x + self.w / 2, y=self.y + self.h / 2)
+
+
+class BoundingBoxAnnotation(AnnotationBase):
+    bounding_box: BoundingBox
+
+
+class Ellipse(BaseModel):
+    center: Point
+    radius: Point
+    angle: float
+
+
+class EllipseAnnotation(AnnotationBase):
+    ellipse: Ellipse
+
+
+class PolygonAnnotation(AnnotationBase):
+    polygon: Polygon
+    bounding_box: Optional[BoundingBox] = None
+
+    @validator("bounding_box", pre=False, always=True)
+    def validate_bounding_box(
+        cls, v: Optional[BoundingBox], values: dict
+    ) -> BoundingBox:
+        if v is None:
+            assert "polygon" in values
+            assert isinstance(values["polygon"], Polygon)
+            v = values["polygon"].bounding_box()
+        return v
+
+
+class FrameAnnotation(AnnotationBase):
+    frames: List
+    interpolated: bool
+    interpolate_algorithm: str
+    ranges: List[int]
+
+
+AllowedAnnotation = Union[
+    PolygonAnnotation, BoundingBoxAnnotation, EllipseAnnotation, FrameAnnotation
+]
+
+
+class Item(BaseModel):
+    name: str
+    path: str
+
+
+class DarwinV2(BaseModel):
+    version: Literal["2.0"] = "2.0"
+    schema_ref: str
+    item: dict
+    annotations: List[AllowedAnnotation]
+
+    @validator("schema_ref", always=True)
+    def validate_schema_ref(cls, v: str) -> str:
+        assert v.startswith("http")
+        return v
diff --git a/darwin/future/data_objects/properties.py b/darwin/future/data_objects/properties.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e9443f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/darwin/future/data_objects/properties.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
+
+from pydantic import validator
+
+from darwin.future.data_objects.pydantic_base import DefaultDarwin
+
+
+class PropertyOption(DefaultDarwin):
+    """
+    Describes a single option for a property
+
+    Attributes:
+        value (str): Value of the option
+        color (Optional[str]): Color of the option
+        type (Optional[str]): Type of the option
+
+    Validators:
+        color (validator): Validates that the color is in rgba format
+    """
+
+    id: Optional[str]
+    position: Optional[int]
+    type: str
+    value: Union[Dict[str, str], str]
+    color: str
+
+    @validator("color")
+    def validate_rgba(cls, v: str) -> str:
+        if not v.startswith("rgba"):
+            raise ValueError("Color must be in rgba format")
+        return v
+
+
+class FullProperty(DefaultDarwin):
+    """
+    Describes the property and all of the potential options that are associated with it
+
+    Attributes:
+        name (str): Name of the property
+        type (str): Type of the property
+        required (bool): If the property is required
+        options (List[PropertyOption]): List of all options for the property
+    """
+
+    id: Optional[str]
+    name: str
+    type: str
+    description: Optional[str]
+    required: bool
+    slug: Optional[str]
+    team_id: Optional[int]
+    annotation_class_id: Optional[int]
+    property_values: Optional[List[PropertyOption]]
+    options: Optional[List[PropertyOption]]
+
+
+class MetaDataClass(DefaultDarwin):
+    """
+    Metadata.json -> property mapping. Contains all properties for a class contained
+    in the metadata.json file. Along with all options for each property that is associated
+    with the class.
+
+    Attributes:
+        name (str): Name of the class
+        type (str): Type of the class
+        description (Optional[str]): Description of the class
+        color (Optional[str]): Color of the class in the UI
+        sub_types (Optional[List[str]]): Sub types of the class
+        properties (List[FullProperty]): List of all properties for the class with all options
+    """
+
+    name: str
+    type: str
+    description: Optional[str]
+    color: Optional[str]
+    sub_types: Optional[List[str]]
+    properties: List[FullProperty]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_path(cls, path: Path) -> List[MetaDataClass]:
+        if not path.exists():
+            raise FileNotFoundError(f"File {path} does not exist")
+        if os.path.isdir(path):
+            if os.path.exists(path / ".v7" / "metadata.json"):
+                path = path / ".v7" / "metadata.json"
+            else:
+                raise FileNotFoundError("File metadata.json does not exist in path")
+        if path.suffix != ".json":
+            raise ValueError(f"File {path} must be a json file")
+        with open(path, "r") as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+        return [cls(**d) for d in data["classes"]]
+
+
+class SelectedProperty(DefaultDarwin):
+    """
+    Selected property for an annotation found inside a darwin annotation
+
+    Attributes:
+        frame_index (int): Frame index of the annotation
+        name (str): Name of the property
+        type (str): Type of the property
+        value (str): Value of the property
+    """
+
+    frame_index: int
+    name: str
+    type: str
+    value: str
diff --git a/darwin/future/tests/data/.v7/metadata.json b/darwin/future/tests/data/.v7/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..561711c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/darwin/future/tests/data/.v7/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{
+    "classes": [
+        {
+            "name": "Test bounding box",
+            "type": "bounding_box",
+            "description": null,
+            "color": "rgba(255,145,82,1)",
+            "sub_types": [
+                "inference"
+            ],
+            "properties": []
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Test Polygon",
+            "type": "polygon",
+            "description": null,
+            "color": "rgba(219,255,0,1.0)",
+            "sub_types": [
+                "directional_vector",
+                "attributes",
+                "text",
+                "instance_id",
+                "inference"
+            ],
+            "properties": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Property 1",
+                    "type": "multi_select",
+                    "options": [
+                        {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "value": "first value",
+                            "color": "rgba(255,92,0,1.0)"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "value": "second value",
+                            "color": "rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    "required": false
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Property 2",
+                    "type": "single_select",
+                    "options": [
+                        {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "value": "first value",
+                            "color": "rgba(0,194,255,1.0)"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "value": "second value",
+                            "color": "rgba(255,255,255,1.0)"
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    "required": false
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/darwin/future/tests/data/base_annotation.json b/darwin/future/tests/data/base_annotation.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6b6e2d3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/darwin/future/tests/data/base_annotation.json
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+{
+  "version": "2.0",
+  "schema_ref": "https://darwin-public.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/darwin_json/2.0/schema.json",
+  "item": {
+    "name": "",
+    "path": "/"
+  },
+  "annotations": [
+    {
+      "bounding_box": {
+        "h": 1.0,
+        "w": 1.0,
+        "x": 0.0,
+        "y": 0.0
+      },
+      "id": "007882ff-99c4-4c6f-b71b-79cfc147fef6",
+      "name": "test_bb"
+    },
+    {
+      "ellipse": {
+        "angle": 0.0,
+        "center": {
+          "x": 1.0,
+          "y": 1.0
+        },
+        "radius": {
+          "x": 1.0,
+          "y": 1.0
+        }
+      },
+      "id": "320a60f2-643b-4d74-a117-0ea2fdfe7a61",
+      "name": "test_ellipse"
+    },
+    {
+      "bounding_box": {
+        "h": 1.0,
+        "w": 1.0,
+        "x": 0.0,
+        "y": 0.0
+      },
+      "id": "012dcc6c-5b77-406b-8cd7-d9567c8b00b7",
+      "name": "test_poly",
+      "polygon": {
+        "paths": [
+          [
+            {
+              "x": 0.0,
+              "y": 0.0
+            },
+            {
+              "x": 1.0,
+              "y": 0.0
+            },
+            {
+              "x": 1.0,
+              "y": 1.0
+            },
+            {
+              "x": 0.0,
+              "y": 1.0
+            }
+          ]
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/darwin/future/tests/data_objects/test_darwin.py b/darwin/future/tests/data_objects/test_darwin.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cda91ad10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/darwin/future/tests/data_objects/test_darwin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import json
+
+import pytest
+
+from darwin.future.data_objects.darwinV2 import (
+    BoundingBoxAnnotation,
+    DarwinV2,
+    EllipseAnnotation,
+    PolygonAnnotation,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def raw_json() -> dict:
+    with open("./darwin/future/tests/data/base_annotation.json") as f:
+        raw_json = json.load(f)
+    return raw_json
+
+
+def test_loads_base_darwin_v2(raw_json: dict):
+    test = DarwinV2.parse_obj(raw_json)
+    assert len(test.annotations) == 3
+    assert isinstance(test.annotations[0], BoundingBoxAnnotation)
+    assert isinstance(test.annotations[1], EllipseAnnotation)
+    assert isinstance(test.annotations[2], PolygonAnnotation)
+
+
+def test_bbox_annotation(raw_json: dict):
+    bounds_annotation = raw_json["annotations"][0]
+    BoundingBoxAnnotation.parse_obj(bounds_annotation)
+
+
+def test_ellipse_annotation(raw_json: dict):
+    ellipse_annotation = raw_json["annotations"][1]
+    EllipseAnnotation.parse_obj(ellipse_annotation)
+
+
+def test_polygon_annotation(raw_json: dict):
+    polygon_annotation = raw_json["annotations"][2]
+    PolygonAnnotation.parse_obj(polygon_annotation)
+
+
+def test_polygon_bbx_vaidator(raw_json: dict):
+    polygon_annotation = raw_json["annotations"][2]
+    without_bbx = polygon_annotation.copy()
+    del without_bbx["bounding_box"]
+    without_bb_annotation = PolygonAnnotation.parse_obj(without_bbx)
+    with_bb_annotation = PolygonAnnotation.parse_obj(polygon_annotation)
+
+    assert without_bb_annotation.bounding_box is not None
+    assert with_bb_annotation.bounding_box is not None
+    assert without_bb_annotation == with_bb_annotation
diff --git a/darwin/future/tests/data_objects/test_properties.py b/darwin/future/tests/data_objects/test_properties.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36c570c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/darwin/future/tests/data_objects/test_properties.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from darwin.future.data_objects.properties import MetaDataClass
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def path_to_metadata_folder() -> Path:
+    return Path("darwin/future/tests/data")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def path_to_metadata(path_to_metadata_folder: Path) -> Path:
+    return path_to_metadata_folder / ".v7" / "metadata.json"
+
+
+def test_properties_metadata_loads_folder(path_to_metadata: Path) -> None:
+    metadata = MetaDataClass.from_path(path_to_metadata)
+    assert metadata is not None
+    assert len(metadata) == 2
+
+
+def test_properties_metadata_loads_file(path_to_metadata: Path) -> None:
+    metadata = MetaDataClass.from_path(path_to_metadata)
+    assert metadata is not None
+    assert len(metadata) == 2
+
+
+def test_properties_metadata_fails() -> None:
+    path = Path("darwin/future/tests/data/does_not_exist.json")
+    with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError):
+        MetaDataClass.from_path(path)
+
+    path = Path("darwin/future/tests/data/does_not_exist")
+    with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError):
+        MetaDataClass.from_path(path)
diff --git a/darwin/importer/formats/csv_tags_video.py b/darwin/importer/formats/csv_tags_video.py
index d972653cd..a6885ac0c 100644
--- a/darwin/importer/formats/csv_tags_video.py
+++ b/darwin/importer/formats/csv_tags_video.py
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ def parse_path(path: Path) -> Optional[List[dt.AnnotationFile]]:
             file_annotation_map[filename].append(annotation)
     for filename in file_annotation_map:
         annotations = file_annotation_map[filename]
-        annotation_classes = set(
+        annotation_classes = {
             annotation.annotation_class for annotation in annotations
-        )
+        }
         filename_path = Path(filename)
         remote_path = str(filename_path.parent)
         if not remote_path.startswith("/"):