diff --git a/app/api/views/upload/data.py b/app/api/views/upload/data.py
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+import abc
+from typing import Dict
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class BaseData(BaseModel, abc.ABC):
+    filename: str
+    metadata: Dict = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parse(cls, **kwargs):
+        return cls.parse_obj(kwargs)
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(tuple(self.dict()))
+
+
+class TextData(BaseData):
+    text: str
+
+
+class FileData(BaseData):
+    pass