diff --git a/src/data/attr.rs b/src/data/attr.rs
index 3c9db15d..cd2a92b7 100644
--- a/src/data/attr.rs
+++ b/src/data/attr.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use rmp_serde::Serializer;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_json::json;
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
 
@@ -288,6 +289,16 @@ impl Attribute {
     pub(crate) fn decode(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Self> {
         Ok(rmp_serde::from_slice(data)?)
     }
+    pub(crate) fn to_json(&self) -> serde_json::Value {
+        json!({
+            "id": self.id.0,
+            "keyword": self.keyword.to_string(),
+            "cardinality": self.cardinality.to_string(),
+            "type": self.val_type.to_string(),
+            "index": self.indexing.to_string(),
+            "history": self.with_history
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b02c5f35..3050a496 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ pub(crate) mod transact;
 pub(crate) mod utils;
 
 pub use data::tx_attr::AttrTxItem;
-pub use runtime::instance::Db;
+pub use runtime::db::Db;
diff --git a/src/runtime/instance.rs b/src/runtime/db.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from src/runtime/instance.rs
rename to src/runtime/db.rs
index 96036393..d1eaa521 100644
--- a/src/runtime/instance.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/db.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::runtime::transact::SessionTx;
 use crate::AttrTxItem;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use cozorocks::{DbBuilder, DbIter, RocksDb};
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -123,4 +124,8 @@ impl Db {
         tx.commit_tx(&comment, false)?;
         Ok(())
     }
+    pub fn current_schema(&self) -> Result<serde_json::Value> {
+        let mut tx = self.transact()?;
+        tx.all_attrs().map_ok(|v| v.to_json()).try_collect()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/mod.rs b/src/runtime/mod.rs
index 5ddcb08b..36676f2f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-pub(crate) mod instance;
+pub(crate) mod db;
 pub(crate) mod transact;
diff --git a/tests/creation.rs b/tests/creation.rs
index b1b90e0c..4eedf980 100644
--- a/tests/creation.rs
+++ b/tests/creation.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ fn test_send_sync<T: Send + Sync>(_: &T) {}
 fn creation() {
     let db = create_db("_test_db");
     test_send_sync(&db);
+    dbg!(db.current_schema().unwrap().to_string());
     // let current_validity = Validity::current();
     // let session = db.new_session().unwrap();
     // let mut tx = session.transact().unwrap();