diff --git a/specs-go/v2/artifact.go b/specs-go/v2/artifact.go
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index 0000000..96e707a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs-go/v2/artifact.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package v2
+
+import "github.com/opencontainers/artifacts/specs-go"
+
+// Artifact describes a registry artifact.
+// This structure provides `application/vnd.oci.artifact.manifest.v1+json` mediatype when marshalled to JSON.
+type Artifact struct {
+	specs.Versioned
+
+	// MediaType is the media type of the object this schema refers to.
+	MediaType string `json:"mediaType"`
+
+	// ArtifactType is the artifact type of the object this schema refers to.
+	ArtifactType string `json:"artifactType"`
+
+	// Config references the index configuration.
+	Config Descriptor `json:"config"`
+
+	// Blobs is a collection of blobs referenced by this manifest.
+	Blobs []Descriptor `json:"blobs"`
+
+	// Manifests is a collection of manifests this artifact is linked to.
+	Manifests []Descriptor `json:"manifests"`
+
+	// Annotations contains arbitrary metadata for the artifact manifest.
+	Annotations map[string]string `json:"annotations,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/specs-go/v2/artifacttype.go b/specs-go/v2/artifacttype.go
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+++ b/specs-go/v2/artifacttype.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package v2
+
+const (
+	// ArtifactTypeNotaryV2 specifies the artifact type for a notary V2 object.
+	ArtifactTypeNotaryV2 = "application/vnd.cncf.notary.v2"
+)
diff --git a/specs-go/v2/mediatype.go b/specs-go/v2/mediatype.go
index 08dd4a9..7d8caa9 100644
--- a/specs-go/v2/mediatype.go
+++ b/specs-go/v2/mediatype.go
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 package v2
 
 const (
-	// MediaTypeImageIndex specifies the media type for an image index.
-	MediaTypeImageIndex = "application/vnd.oci.image.index.v2+json"
+	// MediaTypeArtifact specifies the media type for an OCI artifact.
+	MediaTypeArtifact = "application/vnd.oci.artifact.manifest.v1+json"
 )
diff --git a/specs-go/versioned.go b/specs-go/versioned.go
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index 0000000..f865cb2
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+++ b/specs-go/versioned.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package specs
+
+// Versioned provides a struct with the manifest schemaVersion and mediaType.
+// Incoming content with unknown schema version can be decoded against this
+// struct to check the version.
+type Versioned struct {
+	// SchemaVersion is the image manifest schema that this image follows
+	SchemaVersion int `json:"schemaVersion"`
+}