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+include "fbs/attributes.fbs";
+
+include "rerun/datatypes.fbs";
+include "rerun/components.fbs";
+
+namespace rerun.archetypes;
+
+// ---
+
+// TODO(cmc): archetype IDL definitions must always be tables
+// TODO(cmc): archetype IDL definitions must refer to objects of kind component
+
+/// A 2D point cloud with positions and optional colors, radii, labels, etc.
+table Points2D (
+  "rust.attr.derive": "Debug, Clone, PartialEq",
+  order: 100
+) {
+  // --- Required ---
+
+  /// All the actual 2D points that make up the point cloud.
+  points: [rerun.components.Point2D] ("rerun.attr.component_required", required, order: 1000);
+
+  // --- Recommended ---
+
+  /// Optional radii for the points, effectively turning them into circles.
+  radii: [rerun.components.Radius] ("rerun.attr.component_recommended", order: 2000);
+
+  /// Optional colors for the points.
+  ///
+  /// \python The colors are interpreted as RGB or RGBA in sRGB gamma-space,
+  /// \python As either 0-1 floats or 0-255 integers, with separate alpha.
+  colors: [rerun.components.Color] ("rerun.attr.component_recommended", order: 2100);
+
+  // --- Optional ---
+
+  /// Optional text labels for the points.
+  labels: [rerun.components.Label] ("rerun.attr.component_optional", order: 3000);
+
+  /// An optional floating point value that specifies the 2D drawing order.
+  /// Objects with higher values are drawn on top of those with lower values.
+  ///
+  /// The default for 2D points is 30.0.
+  draw_order: rerun.components.DrawOrder ("rerun.attr.component_optional", order: 3100);
+
+  /// Optional class Ids for the points.
+  ///
+  /// The class ID provides colors and labels if not specified explicitly.
+  class_ids: [rerun.components.ClassId] ("rerun.attr.component_optional", order: 3200);
+
+  /// Optional keypoint IDs for the points, identifying them within a class.
+  ///
+  /// If keypoint IDs are passed in but no class IDs were specified, the class ID will
+  /// default to 0.
+  /// This is useful to identify points within a single classification (which is identified
+  /// with `class_id`).
+  /// E.g. the classification might be 'Person' and the keypoints refer to joints on a
+  /// detected skeleton.
+  keypoint_ids: [rerun.components.KeypointId] ("rerun.attr.component_optional", order: 3300);
+
+  /// Unique identifiers for each individual point in the batch.
+  instance_keys: [rerun.components.InstanceKey] ("rerun.attr.component_optional", order: 3400);
+}