diff --git a/.clj-kondo/config.edn b/.clj-kondo/config.edn
index b30e20ac38..e899f43cfe 100644
--- a/.clj-kondo/config.edn
+++ b/.clj-kondo/config.edn
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@
              logseq.common.util.namespace ns-util
              logseq.common.util.page-ref page-ref
              logseq.db ldb
+             logseq.db.file-based.rules file-rules
+             logseq.db.file-based.schema file-schema
              logseq.db.frontend.class db-class
              logseq.db.frontend.content db-content
              logseq.db.frontend.db-ident db-ident
diff --git a/deps/db/.carve/ignore b/deps/db/.carve/ignore
index d8634be328..69f3fbfc50 100644
--- a/deps/db/.carve/ignore
+++ b/deps/db/.carve/ignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;; API
-logseq.db.frontend.rules/query-dsl-rules
+logseq.db.file-based.schema/retract-attributes
 ;; API
 logseq.db.frontend.rules/db-query-dsl-rules
 ;; API
diff --git a/deps/db/.clj-kondo/config.edn b/deps/db/.clj-kondo/config.edn
index 20b9501964..7337b63615 100644
--- a/deps/db/.clj-kondo/config.edn
+++ b/deps/db/.clj-kondo/config.edn
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
              logseq.db.frontend.property.build db-property-build
              logseq.db.frontend.property.type db-property-type
              logseq.db.common.property-util db-property-util
+             logseq.db.file-based.rules file-rules
+             logseq.db.file-based.schema file-schema
              logseq.db.frontend.entity-plus entity-plus
              logseq.db.frontend.rules rules
              logseq.db.frontend.schema db-schema
diff --git a/deps/db/bb.edn b/deps/db/bb.edn
index 000c6db732..b9972456ca 100644
--- a/deps/db/bb.edn
+++ b/deps/db/bb.edn
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@
 
   lint:rules
   {:requires ([logseq.bb-tasks.lint.datalog :as datalog]
+              [logseq.db.file-based.rules :as file-rules]
               [logseq.db.frontend.rules :as rules])
    :doc "Lint datalog rules for parsability and unbound variables"
    :task (datalog/lint-rules
           (set
-           (concat (mapcat val rules/rules)
+           (concat (mapcat val (merge file-rules/rules rules/rules))
                    ;; TODO: Update linter to handle false positive on ?str-val for :property
-                   (rules/extract-rules (dissoc rules/query-dsl-rules :property))
+                   (rules/extract-rules (dissoc file-rules/query-dsl-rules :property))
                    ;; TODO: Update linter to handle false positive on :task, :priority, :*property* rules
                    (rules/extract-rules (dissoc rules/db-query-dsl-rules
                                                 :task :priority
diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db.cljs
index a724148b30..68b17f61d6 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db.cljs
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
             [logseq.db.frontend.property :as db-property]
             [logseq.db.frontend.rules :as rules]
             [logseq.db.sqlite.common-db :as sqlite-common-db]
-            [logseq.db.sqlite.util :as sqlite-util])
+            [logseq.db.sqlite.util :as sqlite-util]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.rules :as file-rules])
   (:refer-clojure :exclude [object?]))
 
 (defonce *transact-fn (atom nil))
@@ -548,7 +549,7 @@
       ['?p :block/name '?namespace]
       (list 'namespace '?p '?c)]
      db
-     (:namespace rules/rules)
+     (:namespace file-rules/rules)
      namespace'')))
 
 (defn get-pages-by-name-partition
diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/file_based/rules.cljc b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/file_based/rules.cljc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c00df09993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/file_based/rules.cljc
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+(ns ^:bb-compatible logseq.db.file-based.rules
+  "Datalog rules for file graphs")
+
+(def rules
+  "File graph rules used in db.model queries"
+  {:namespace
+   '[[(namespace ?p ?c)
+      [?c :block/namespace ?p]]
+     [(namespace ?p ?c)
+      [?t :block/namespace ?p]
+      (namespace ?t ?c)]]})
+
+(def ^:large-vars/data-var query-dsl-rules
+  "Rules used by frontend.db.query-dsl for file graphs. The symbols ?b and ?p
+  respectively refer to block and page. Do not alter them as they are
+  programmatically built by the query-dsl ns"
+  {:page-property
+   '[(page-property ?p ?key ?val)
+     [?p :block/name]
+     [?p :block/properties ?prop]
+     [(get ?prop ?key) ?v]
+     (or [(= ?v ?val)] [(contains? ?v ?val)])]
+
+   :has-page-property
+   '[(has-page-property ?p ?key)
+     [?p :block/name]
+     [?p :block/properties ?prop]
+     [(get ?prop ?key)]]
+
+   :task
+   '[(task ?b ?markers)
+     [?b :block/marker ?marker]
+     [(contains? ?markers ?marker)]]
+
+   :priority
+   '[(priority ?b ?priorities)
+     [?b :block/priority ?priority]
+     [(contains? ?priorities ?priority)]]
+
+   :page-tags
+   '[(page-tags ?p ?tags)
+     [?p :block/tags ?t]
+     [?t :block/name ?tag]
+     [(contains? ?tags ?tag)]]
+
+   :all-page-tags
+   '[(all-page-tags ?p)
+     [_ :block/tags ?p]]
+
+   :between
+   '[(between ?b ?start ?end)
+     [?b :block/page ?p]
+     [?p :block/type "journal"]
+     [?p :block/journal-day ?d]
+     [(>= ?d ?start)]
+     [(<= ?d ?end)]]
+
+   :has-property
+   '[(has-property ?b ?prop)
+     [?b :block/properties ?bp]
+     [(missing? $ ?b :block/name)]
+     [(get ?bp ?prop)]]
+
+   :block-content
+   '[(block-content ?b ?query)
+     [?b :block/title ?content]
+     [(clojure.string/includes? ?content ?query)]]
+
+   :page
+   '[(page ?b ?page-name)
+     [?b :block/page ?bp]
+     [?bp :block/name ?page-name]]
+
+   :namespace
+   '[(namespace ?p ?namespace)
+     [?p :block/namespace ?parent]
+     [?parent :block/name ?namespace]]
+
+   :property
+   '[(property ?b ?key ?val)
+     [?b :block/properties ?prop]
+     [(missing? $ ?b :block/name)]
+     [(get ?prop ?key) ?v]
+     [(str ?val) ?str-val]
+     (or [(= ?v ?val)]
+         [(contains? ?v ?val)]
+         ;; For integer pages that aren't strings
+         [(contains? ?v ?str-val)])]
+
+   :page-ref
+   '[(page-ref ?b ?page-name)
+     [?b :block/path-refs ?br]
+     [?br :block/name ?page-name]]})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/file_based/schema.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/file_based/schema.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b111d2565e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/file_based/schema.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+(ns logseq.db.file-based.schema
+  "Schema related vars for file graphs")
+
+;; A page is a special block, a page can corresponds to multiple files with the same ":block/name".
+(def ^:large-vars/data-var schema
+  "Schema for file graphs"
+  {:db/ident        {:db/unique :db.unique/identity}
+   :kv/value       {}
+   :recent/pages {}
+
+   ;; :block/type is a string type of the current block
+   ;; "whiteboard" for whiteboards
+   ;; "property" for property blocks
+   ;; "class" for structured page
+   :block/type {:db/index true}
+   :block/uuid {:db/unique :db.unique/identity}
+   :block/parent {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
+                  :db/index true}
+   :block/order {:db/index true}
+   :block/collapsed? {}
+
+   ;; :markdown, :org
+   :block/format {}
+
+   ;; belongs to which page
+   :block/page {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
+                :db/index true}
+   ;; reference blocks
+   :block/refs {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
+                :db/cardinality :db.cardinality/many}
+   ;; referenced pages inherited from the parents
+   :block/path-refs {:db/valueType   :db.type/ref
+                     :db/cardinality :db.cardinality/many}
+
+   ;; tags are structured classes
+   :block/tags {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
+                :db/cardinality :db.cardinality/many}
+
+   ;; which block this block links to, used for tag, embeds
+   :block/link {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
+                :db/index true}
+
+   ;; page's namespace
+   :block/namespace {:db/valueType :db.type/ref}
+
+   ;; for pages
+   :block/alias {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
+                 :db/cardinality :db.cardinality/many}
+
+   ;; todo keywords, e.g. "TODO", "DOING", "DONE"
+   :block/marker {}
+
+   ;; "A", "B", "C"
+   :block/priority {}
+
+   ;; map, key -> set of refs in property value or full text if none are found
+   :block/properties {}
+   ;; vector
+   :block/properties-order {}
+   ;; map, key -> original property value's content
+   :block/properties-text-values {}
+
+   ;; first block that's not a heading or unordered list
+   :block/pre-block? {}
+
+   ;; scheduled day
+   :block/scheduled {}
+
+   ;; deadline day
+   :block/deadline {}
+
+   ;; whether blocks is a repeated block (usually a task)
+   :block/repeated? {}
+
+   :block/created-at {:db/index true}
+   :block/updated-at {:db/index true}
+
+   ;; page additional attributes
+   ;; page's name, lowercase
+   :block/name {:db/unique :db.unique/identity}
+
+   ;; page's original name
+   :block/title {:db/index true}
+
+   ;; page's journal day
+   :block/journal-day {:db/index true}
+
+   ;; macros in block
+   :block/macros {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
+                  :db/cardinality :db.cardinality/many}
+
+   ;; block's file
+   :block/file {:db/valueType :db.type/ref}
+
+   ;; latest tx that affected the block
+   :block/tx-id {}
+
+   ;; file
+   :file/path {:db/unique :db.unique/identity}
+   :file/content {}
+   :file/created-at {}
+   :file/last-modified-at {}
+   :file/size {}})
+
+(def file-only-attributes
+  [:block/namespace :block/properties-text-values :block/pre-block? :recent/pages :block/file
+   :block/properties :block/properties-order :block/repeated? :block/deadline :block/scheduled :block/priority
+   :block/marker :block/macros :block/type :block/format])
+
+(def retract-attributes
+  #{:block/refs
+    :block/tags
+    :block/alias
+    :block/marker
+    :block/priority
+    :block/scheduled
+    :block/deadline
+    :block/repeated?
+    :block/pre-block?
+    :block/properties
+    :block/properties-order
+    :block/properties-text-values
+    :block/macros
+    :block/invalid-properties
+    :block/warning})
diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs
index 509b89bf2b..e34b37384c 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
     :property-value-placeholder property-value-placeholder}))
 
 (def DB
-  "Malli schema for entities from schema/schema-for-db-based-graph. In order to
+  "Malli schema for entities from db-schema/schema. In order to
   thoroughly validate properties, the entities and this schema should be
   prepared with update-properties-in-ents and update-properties-in-schema
   respectively"
diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/rules.cljc b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/rules.cljc
index 13b118d72f..121f66c262 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/rules.cljc
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/rules.cljc
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 (ns ^:bb-compatible logseq.db.frontend.rules
-  "Datalog rules for use with logseq.db.frontend.schema")
+  "Datalog rules mostly for DB graphs. `rules`
+   is the only var also used by file graphs"
+    (:require [logseq.db.file-based.rules :as file-rules]))
 
 (def ^:large-vars/data-var rules
-  "Rules used mainly in frontend.db.model"
+  "Rules used mainly in frontend.db.model for both DB and file graphs"
   ;; rule "parent" is optimized for parent node -> child node nesting queries
-  {:namespace
-   '[[(namespace ?p ?c)
-      [?c :block/namespace ?p]]
-     [(namespace ?p ?c)
-      [?t :block/namespace ?p]
-      (namespace ?t ?c)]]
-
-   :parent
+  {:parent
    '[[(parent ?p ?c)
       [?c :logseq.property/parent ?p]]
      [(parent ?p ?c)
@@ -67,96 +62,13 @@
 ;;            (not-join [?e ?v]
 ;;                      [?e ?a ?v]))]
 
-(def ^:large-vars/data-var query-dsl-rules
-  "Rules used by frontend.db.query-dsl for file graphs. The symbols ?b and ?p
-  respectively refer to block and page. Do not alter them as they are
-  programmatically built by the query-dsl ns"
-  {:page-property
-   '[(page-property ?p ?key ?val)
-     [?p :block/name]
-     [?p :block/properties ?prop]
-     [(get ?prop ?key) ?v]
-     (or [(= ?v ?val)] [(contains? ?v ?val)])]
-
-   :has-page-property
-   '[(has-page-property ?p ?key)
-     [?p :block/name]
-     [?p :block/properties ?prop]
-     [(get ?prop ?key)]]
-
-   :task
-   '[(task ?b ?markers)
-     [?b :block/marker ?marker]
-     [(contains? ?markers ?marker)]]
-
-   :priority
-   '[(priority ?b ?priorities)
-     [?b :block/priority ?priority]
-     [(contains? ?priorities ?priority)]]
-
-   :page-tags
-   '[(page-tags ?p ?tags)
-     [?p :block/tags ?t]
-     [?t :block/name ?tag]
-     [(contains? ?tags ?tag)]]
-
-   :all-page-tags
-   '[(all-page-tags ?p)
-     [_ :block/tags ?p]]
-
-   :between
-   '[(between ?b ?start ?end)
-     [?b :block/page ?p]
-     [?p :block/type "journal"]
-     [?p :block/journal-day ?d]
-     [(>= ?d ?start)]
-     [(<= ?d ?end)]]
-
-   :has-property
-   '[(has-property ?b ?prop)
-     [?b :block/properties ?bp]
-     [(missing? $ ?b :block/name)]
-     [(get ?bp ?prop)]]
-
-   :block-content
-   '[(block-content ?b ?query)
-     [?b :block/title ?content]
-     [(clojure.string/includes? ?content ?query)]]
-
-   :page
-   '[(page ?b ?page-name)
-     [?b :block/page ?bp]
-     [?bp :block/name ?page-name]]
-
-   :namespace
-   '[(namespace ?p ?namespace)
-     [?p :block/namespace ?parent]
-     [?parent :block/name ?namespace]]
-
-   :property
-   '[(property ?b ?key ?val)
-     [?b :block/properties ?prop]
-     [(missing? $ ?b :block/name)]
-     [(get ?prop ?key) ?v]
-     [(str ?val) ?str-val]
-     (or [(= ?v ?val)]
-         [(contains? ?v ?val)]
-         ;; For integer pages that aren't strings
-         [(contains? ?v ?str-val)])]
-
-   :page-ref
-   '[(page-ref ?b ?page-name)
-     [?b :block/path-refs ?br]
-     [?br :block/name ?page-name]]})
-
 (def ^:large-vars/data-var db-query-dsl-rules
-  "Rules used by frontend.query.dsl for db graphs"
+  "Rules used by frontend.query.dsl for DB graphs"
   (merge
-   (dissoc query-dsl-rules :namespace
+   (dissoc file-rules/query-dsl-rules :namespace
            :page-property :has-page-property
            :page-tags :all-page-tags)
-
-   (dissoc rules :namespace)
+   rules
 
    {:between
     '[(between ?b ?start ?end)
diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/schema.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/schema.cljs
index bc03a0c943..7c7b1ad6c0 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/schema.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/schema.cljs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 (ns logseq.db.frontend.schema
-  "Main datascript schemas for the Logseq app"
+  "Schema related fns for DB and file graphs"
   (:require [clojure.set :as set]
-            [clojure.string :as string]))
+            [clojure.string :as string]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.schema :as file-schema]))
 
 (def schema-version? (every-pred map? :major))
 
@@ -59,137 +60,18 @@
       (str (:major schema-version)))
     :else (throw (ex-info "Not a schema-version" {:data schema-version}))))
 
-;; A page is a special block, a page can corresponds to multiple files with the same ":block/name".
-(def ^:large-vars/data-var schema
-  {:db/ident        {:db/unique :db.unique/identity}
-   :kv/value       {}
-   :recent/pages {}
-
-   ;; :block/type is a string type of the current block
-   ;; "whiteboard" for whiteboards
-   ;; "property" for property blocks
-   ;; "class" for structured page
-   :block/type {:db/index true}
-   :block/uuid {:db/unique :db.unique/identity}
-   :block/parent {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
-                  :db/index true}
-   :block/order {:db/index true}
-   :block/collapsed? {}
-
-   ;; :markdown, :org
-   :block/format {}
-
-   ;; belongs to which page
-   :block/page {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
-                :db/index true}
-   ;; reference blocks
-   :block/refs {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
-                :db/cardinality :db.cardinality/many}
-   ;; referenced pages inherited from the parents
-   :block/path-refs {:db/valueType   :db.type/ref
-                     :db/cardinality :db.cardinality/many}
-
-   ;; tags are structured classes
-   :block/tags {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
-                :db/cardinality :db.cardinality/many}
-
-   ;; which block this block links to, used for tag, embeds
-   :block/link {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
-                :db/index true}
-
-   ;; page's namespace
-   :block/namespace {:db/valueType :db.type/ref}
-
-   ;; for pages
-   :block/alias {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
-                 :db/cardinality :db.cardinality/many}
-
-   ;; todo keywords, e.g. "TODO", "DOING", "DONE"
-   :block/marker {}
-
-   ;; "A", "B", "C"
-   :block/priority {}
-
-   ;; map, key -> set of refs in property value or full text if none are found
-   :block/properties {}
-   ;; vector
-   :block/properties-order {}
-   ;; map, key -> original property value's content
-   :block/properties-text-values {}
-
-   ;; first block that's not a heading or unordered list
-   :block/pre-block? {}
-
-   ;; scheduled day
-   :block/scheduled {}
-
-   ;; deadline day
-   :block/deadline {}
-
-   ;; whether blocks is a repeated block (usually a task)
-   :block/repeated? {}
-
-   :block/created-at {:db/index true}
-   :block/updated-at {:db/index true}
-
-   ;; page additional attributes
-   ;; page's name, lowercase
-   :block/name {:db/unique :db.unique/identity}
-
-   ;; page's original name
-   :block/title {:db/index true}
-
-   ;; page's journal day
-   :block/journal-day {:db/index true}
-
-   ;; macros in block
-   :block/macros {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
-                  :db/cardinality :db.cardinality/many}
-
-   ;; block's file
-   :block/file {:db/valueType :db.type/ref}
-
-   ;; latest tx that affected the block
-   :block/tx-id {}
-
-   ;; file
-   :file/path {:db/unique :db.unique/identity}
-   :file/content {}
-   :file/created-at {}
-   :file/last-modified-at {}
-   :file/size {}})
-
-(def schema-for-db-based-graph
+(def schema
+  "Schema for DB graphs"
   (merge
-   (dissoc schema
-           :block/namespace :block/properties-text-values :block/pre-block? :recent/pages :block/file
-           :block/properties :block/properties-order :block/repeated? :block/deadline :block/scheduled :block/priority
-           :block/marker :block/macros
-           :block/type :block/format)
+   (apply dissoc file-schema/schema file-schema/file-only-attributes)
    {:block/name {:db/index true}        ; remove db/unique for :block/name
     ;; closed value
     :block/closed-value-property {:db/valueType :db.type/ref
                                   :db/cardinality :db.cardinality/many}}))
 
-(def retract-attributes
-  #{:block/refs
-    :block/tags
-    :block/alias
-    :block/marker
-    :block/priority
-    :block/scheduled
-    :block/deadline
-    :block/repeated?
-    :block/pre-block?
-    :block/properties
-    :block/properties-order
-    :block/properties-text-values
-    :block/macros
-    :block/invalid-properties
-    :block/warning})
-
 ;; If only block/title changes
-(def db-version-retract-attributes
+(def retract-attributes
+  "Retract attributes for DB graphs"
   #{:block/refs
     :block/warning})
 
@@ -200,14 +82,14 @@
         (keep (fn [[attr-name attr-body-map]]
                 (when (= :db.type/ref (:db/valueType attr-body-map))
                   attr-name)))
-        schema-for-db-based-graph))
+        schema))
 
 (def card-many-attributes
   (into #{}
         (keep (fn [[attr-name attr-body-map]]
                 (when (= :db.cardinality/many (:db/cardinality attr-body-map))
                   attr-name)))
-        schema-for-db-based-graph))
+        schema))
 
 (def card-many-ref-type-attributes
   (set/intersection card-many-attributes ref-type-attributes))
@@ -216,7 +98,7 @@
   (set/difference ref-type-attributes card-many-attributes))
 
 (def db-non-ref-attributes
-  (->> schema-for-db-based-graph
+  (->> schema
        (keep (fn [[k v]]
                (when (not (:db/valueType v))
                  k)))
diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/sqlite/cli.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/sqlite/cli.cljs
index 2a25b7acc0..7b0f2788da 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/sqlite/cli.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/sqlite/cli.cljs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (ns ^:node-only logseq.db.sqlite.cli
-  "Primary ns to interact with DB graphs with node.js based CLIs"
+  "Primary ns to interact with DB files for DB and file graphs with node.js based CLIs"
   (:require ["better-sqlite3" :as sqlite3]
             [logseq.db.sqlite.common-db :as sqlite-common-db]
             ;; FIXME: datascript.core has to come before datascript.storage or else nbb fails
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
             [datascript.core :as d]
             [datascript.storage :refer [IStorage]]
             [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.schema :as file-schema]
             [logseq.db.sqlite.util :as sqlite-util]
             [cljs-bean.core :as bean]
             ["fs" :as fs]
@@ -91,8 +92,8 @@
         db (new sqlite db-full-path nil)
         ;; For both desktop and CLI, only file graphs have db-name that indicate their db type
         schema (if (sqlite-util/local-file-based-graph? db-name)
-                 db-schema/schema
-                 db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph)]
+                 file-schema/schema
+                 db-schema/schema)]
     (sqlite-common-db/create-kvs-table! db)
     (let [storage (new-sqlite-storage db)
           conn (sqlite-common-db/get-storage-conn storage schema)]
diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/sqlite/util.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/sqlite/util.cljs
index dc888556d8..d9d17a5a76 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/sqlite/util.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/sqlite/util.cljs
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
             [logseq.db.common.order :as db-order]
             [logseq.db.frontend.property :as db-property]
             [logseq.db.frontend.property.type :as db-property-type]
-            [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]))
+            [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.schema :as file-schema]))
 
 (defonce db-version-prefix "logseq_db_")
 (defonce file-version-prefix "logseq_local_")
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@
   "Returns schema for given repo"
   [repo]
   (if (db-based-graph? repo)
-    db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph
-    db-schema/schema))
+    db-schema/schema
+    file-schema/schema))
 
 (def block-with-timestamps common-util/block-with-timestamps)
 
diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/test/helper.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/test/helper.cljs
index b607d03bfb..76d3c88ea3 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/test/helper.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/test/helper.cljs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 (defn create-conn
   "Create a conn for a DB graph seeded with initial data"
   []
-  (let [conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph)
+  (let [conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema)
         _ (d/transact! conn (sqlite-create-graph/build-db-initial-data "{}"))]
     (entity-plus/reset-immutable-entities-cache!)
     conn))
diff --git a/deps/db/test/logseq/db/frontend/inputs_test.cljs b/deps/db/test/logseq/db/frontend/inputs_test.cljs
index a5024086b9..c836faba61 100644
--- a/deps/db/test/logseq/db/frontend/inputs_test.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/test/logseq/db/frontend/inputs_test.cljs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
          (map first))))
 
 (deftest resolve-input-for-page-and-block-inputs
-  (let [conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph)
+  (let [conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema)
         _ (d/transact! conn [{:db/ident :logseq.class/Page}])
         _ (sqlite-build/create-blocks
            conn
diff --git a/deps/db/test/logseq/db/sqlite/create_graph_test.cljs b/deps/db/test/logseq/db/sqlite/create_graph_test.cljs
index a4e2f4b511..2ff3d5365f 100644
--- a/deps/db/test/logseq/db/sqlite/create_graph_test.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/test/logseq/db/sqlite/create_graph_test.cljs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         "New graph has no validation errors")))
 
 (deftest property-types
-  (let [conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph)
+  (let [conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema)
         _ (d/transact! conn (sqlite-create-graph/build-db-initial-data
                              (pr-str {:macros {"docs-base-url" "https://docs.logseq.com/#/page/$1"}})))]
 
diff --git a/deps/db/test/logseq/db_test.cljs b/deps/db/test/logseq/db_test.cljs
index b8bf19ae60..7a5911746a 100644
--- a/deps/db/test/logseq/db_test.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/test/logseq/db_test.cljs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   (:require [cljs.test :refer [deftest is]]
             [datascript.core :as d]
             [logseq.db :as ldb]
-            [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]
-            [logseq.db.test.helper :as db-test]))
+            [logseq.db.test.helper :as db-test]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.schema :as file-schema]))
 
 ;;; datoms
 ;;; - 1 <----+
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     :block/parent 2}])
 
 (deftest get-block-children-ids-on-bad-outliner-data
-  (let [db (d/db-with (d/empty-db db-schema/schema)
+  (let [db (d/db-with (d/empty-db file-schema/schema)
                       broken-outliner-data-with-cycle)]
     (is (= "bad outliner data, need to re-index to fix"
            (try (ldb/get-block-children-ids db #uuid "e538d319-48d4-4a6d-ae70-c03bb55b6fe4")
diff --git a/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser.cljs b/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser.cljs
index bb9bb37963..99f6fee6f8 100644
--- a/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser.cljs
+++ b/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser.cljs
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   (:require [clojure.set :as set]
             [clojure.string :as string]
             [datascript.core :as d]
-            [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]
             [logseq.graph-parser.extract :as extract]
             [logseq.common.util :as common-util]
             [logseq.common.config :as common-config]
-            [logseq.db :as ldb]))
+            [logseq.db :as ldb]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.schema :as file-schema]))
 
 (defn- retract-blocks-tx
   [blocks retain-uuids]
   (mapcat (fn [{uuid' :block/uuid eid :db/id}]
             (if (and uuid' (contains? retain-uuids uuid'))
-              (map (fn [attr] [:db.fn/retractAttribute eid attr]) db-schema/retract-attributes)
+              (map (fn [attr] [:db.fn/retractAttribute eid attr]) file-schema/retract-attributes)
               (when eid [[:db.fn/retractEntity eid]])))
           blocks))
 
diff --git a/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/db.cljs b/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/db.cljs
index 0445f25ac4..7eebb2f04a 100644
--- a/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/db.cljs
+++ b/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/db.cljs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
             [clojure.set :as set]
             [clojure.string :as string]
             [logseq.common.util :as common-util]
-            [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]
-            [logseq.db :as ldb]))
+            [logseq.db :as ldb]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.schema :as file-schema]))
 
 (defonce built-in-markers
   ["NOW" "LATER" "DOING" "DONE" "CANCELED" "CANCELLED" "IN-PROGRESS" "TODO" "WAIT" "WAITING"])
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 (defn start-conn
   "Create datascript conn with schema and default data"
   []
-  (let [db-conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema)]
+  (let [db-conn (d/create-conn file-schema/schema)]
     (create-default-pages! db-conn)
     db-conn))
 
diff --git a/deps/graph-parser/test/logseq/graph_parser/extract_test.cljs b/deps/graph-parser/test/logseq/graph_parser/extract_test.cljs
index 0eb2f2e3a9..e20566d203 100644
--- a/deps/graph-parser/test/logseq/graph_parser/extract_test.cljs
+++ b/deps/graph-parser/test/logseq/graph_parser/extract_test.cljs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   (:require [cljs.test :refer [deftest is are]]
             [logseq.graph-parser.extract :as extract]
             [datascript.core :as d]
-            [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]))
+            [logseq.db.file-based.schema :as file-schema]))
 
 ;; This is a copy of frontend.util.fs/multiplatform-reserved-chars for reserved chars testing
 (def multiplatform-reserved-chars ":\\*\\?\"<>|\\#\\\\")
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 (defn- extract [file content & [options]]
   (extract/extract file
                    content
-                   (merge {:block-pattern "-" :db (d/empty-db db-schema/schema)
+                   (merge {:block-pattern "-" :db (d/empty-db file-schema/schema)
                            :verbose false}
                           options)))
 
diff --git a/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/core.cljs b/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/core.cljs
index c83aeb1817..f09786c6ca 100644
--- a/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/core.cljs
+++ b/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/core.cljs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
             [logseq.db :as ldb]
             [logseq.db.common.order :as db-order]
             [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.schema :as file-schema]
             [logseq.db.sqlite.create-graph :as sqlite-create-graph]
             [logseq.db.sqlite.util :as sqlite-util]
             [logseq.graph-parser.block :as gp-block]
@@ -283,8 +284,8 @@
                   (seq retract-attributes))
           (let [retract-attributes (concat
                                     (if db-based?
-                                      db-schema/db-version-retract-attributes
-                                      db-schema/retract-attributes)
+                                      db-schema/retract-attributes
+                                      file-schema/retract-attributes)
                                     retract-attributes)]
             (swap! txs-state (fn [txs]
                                (vec
diff --git a/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/property.cljs b/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/property.cljs
index b6759021b8..03eaf9be31 100644
--- a/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/property.cljs
+++ b/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/property.cljs
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
   (let [block-eid (->eid block-eid)
         _ (assert (qualified-keyword? property-id) "property-id should be a keyword")
         block (d/entity @conn block-eid)
-        db-attribute? (some? (db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph property-id))]
+        db-attribute? (some? (db-schema/schema property-id))]
     (when (= property-id :block/tags)
       (outliner-validate/validate-tags-property @conn [block-eid] v))
     (when (= property-id :logseq.property/parent)
diff --git a/deps/outliner/test/logseq/outliner/pipeline_test.cljs b/deps/outliner/test/logseq/outliner/pipeline_test.cljs
index f3ca5fb8a0..6d9d345282 100644
--- a/deps/outliner/test/logseq/outliner/pipeline_test.cljs
+++ b/deps/outliner/test/logseq/outliner/pipeline_test.cljs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 (deftest compute-block-path-refs-tx
   (testing "when a block's :refs change, descendants of block have correct :block/path-refs"
-    (let [conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph)
+    (let [conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema)
           ;; needed in order for path-refs to be setup correctly with init data
           _ (db-pipeline/add-listener conn)
           _ (d/transact! conn (sqlite-create-graph/build-db-initial-data "{}"))
diff --git a/scripts/src/logseq/tasks/dev/db_and_file_graphs.clj b/scripts/src/logseq/tasks/dev/db_and_file_graphs.clj
index 3225e5f20a..b4542e19cc 100644
--- a/scripts/src/logseq/tasks/dev/db_and_file_graphs.clj
+++ b/scripts/src/logseq/tasks/dev/db_and_file_graphs.clj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 (def db-graph-ns
   "Namespaces or parent namespaces _only_ for DB graphs. Use a '.' at end of a namespace for parent namespaces"
   (mapv escape-shell-regex
-        ["logseq.db.sqlite." "logseq.db.frontend.property" "logseq.db.frontend.malli-schema"
+        ["logseq.db.sqlite." "logseq.db.frontend."
          "electron.db"
          "frontend.handler.db-based."
          "frontend.worker.handler.page.db-based"
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
                    "git grep -E" (str "(" (string/join "|" file-concepts) ")")
                    db-graph-paths)
         invalid-lines (when (= 0 (:exit res))
-                        (remove #(->> (string/split % #":\s+") second string/trim (contains? allowed-exceptions))
+                        (remove #(some->> (string/split % #":\s+") second string/trim (contains? allowed-exceptions))
                                 (string/split-lines (:out res))))]
     (when (> (:exit res) 1) (System/exit 1))
     (when (and (= 0 (:exit res)) (seq invalid-lines))
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/db/conn.cljs b/src/main/frontend/db/conn.cljs
index 5e6615b3d3..0cd01ce3af 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/db/conn.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/db/conn.cljs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   ([repo {:keys [listen-handler]}]
    (let [db-name (db-conn-state/get-repo-path repo)
          db-conn (if (config/db-based-graph? repo)
-                   (d/create-conn db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph)
+                   (d/create-conn db-schema/schema)
                    (gp-db/start-conn))]
      (swap! conns assoc db-name db-conn)
      (when listen-handler
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/db/query_custom.cljs b/src/main/frontend/db/query_custom.cljs
index 031ca64d61..0d40e957f6 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/db/query_custom.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/db/query_custom.cljs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
             [logseq.db.frontend.rules :as rules]
             [frontend.util.datalog :as datalog-util]
             [clojure.walk :as walk]
-            [frontend.config :as config]))
+            [frontend.config :as config]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.rules :as file-rules]))
 
 ;; FIXME: what if users want to query other attributes than block-attrs?
 (defn- replace-star-with-block-attrs!
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
   "Searches query's :where for rules and adds them to query if used"
   [{:keys [query] :as query-m} {:keys [db-graph?]}]
   (let [{:keys [where in]} (datalog-util/query-vec->map query)
-        query-dsl-rules (if db-graph? rules/db-query-dsl-rules rules/query-dsl-rules)
+        query-dsl-rules (if db-graph? rules/db-query-dsl-rules file-rules/query-dsl-rules)
         rules-found (datalog-util/find-rules-in-where where (-> query-dsl-rules keys set))]
     (if (seq rules-found)
       (if (and (= '% (last in)) (vector? (last (:inputs query-m))))
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/db/query_dsl.cljs b/src/main/frontend/db/query_dsl.cljs
index 63d262d2a9..ca28540a4d 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/db/query_dsl.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/db/query_dsl.cljs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
             [logseq.common.util.date-time :as date-time-util]
             [logseq.common.util.page-ref :as page-ref]
             [logseq.db.frontend.rules :as rules]
-            [logseq.graph-parser.text :as text]))
+            [logseq.graph-parser.text :as text]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.rules :as file-rules]))
 
 ;; Query fields:
 
@@ -696,7 +697,7 @@ Some bindings in this fn:
       {:query result'
        :rules (if db-graph?
                 (rules/extract-rules rules/db-query-dsl-rules rules {:deps rules/rules-dependencies})
-                (mapv rules/query-dsl-rules rules))
+                (mapv file-rules/query-dsl-rules rules))
        :sort-by @sort-by
        :blocks? (boolean @blocks?)
        :sample sample})))
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
index 0db5d35cdb..6c17d02147 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
             [logseq.common.util.block-ref :as block-ref]
             [logseq.common.util.page-ref :as page-ref]
             [logseq.db :as ldb]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.schema :as file-schema]
             [logseq.db.frontend.entity-plus :as entity-plus]
             [logseq.db.frontend.property :as db-property]
-            [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]
             [logseq.graph-parser.block :as gp-block]
             [logseq.graph-parser.mldoc :as gp-mldoc]
             [logseq.graph-parser.property :as gp-property]
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
         selection-end (util/get-selection-end input)
         [fst-block-text snd-block-text] (compute-fst-snd-block-text value selection-start selection-end)
         current-block (assoc block :block/title fst-block-text)
-        current-block (apply dissoc current-block db-schema/retract-attributes)
+        current-block (apply dissoc current-block file-schema/retract-attributes)
         new-m {:block/uuid (db/new-block-id)
                :block/title snd-block-text}
         next-block (-> (merge (select-keys block [:block/parent :block/format :block/page])
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/file_based/editor.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/file_based/editor.cljs
index a4e2dbe3ea..ec099560e8 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/file_based/editor.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/file_based/editor.cljs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
             [logseq.common.util :as common-util]
             [logseq.common.util.block-ref :as block-ref]
             [logseq.db :as ldb]
-            [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]))
+            [logseq.db.file-based.schema :as file-schema]))
 
 (defn- remove-non-existed-refs!
   [refs]
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         block (assoc block
                      :block/title content'
                      :block/format format)
-        block (apply dissoc block (remove #{:block/pre-block?} db-schema/retract-attributes))
+        block (apply dissoc block (remove #{:block/pre-block?} file-schema/retract-attributes))
         block (block/parse-block block)
         block (if (and first-block? (:block/pre-block? block))
                 block
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs b/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs
index 0e743b325e..ee81b0ccec 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
   "Persistent-sorted-set has been broken, used addresses can't be found"
   [datascript-conn sqlite-db import-type]
   (let [datoms (get-all-datoms-from-sqlite-db sqlite-db)
-        db (d/init-db [] db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph
+        db (d/init-db [] db-schema/schema
                       {:storage (storage/storage @datascript-conn)})
         db (d/db-with db
                       (map (fn [d]
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/worker/rtc/full_upload_download_graph.cljs b/src/main/frontend/worker/rtc/full_upload_download_graph.cljs
index de2075492a..b51876e851 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/worker/rtc/full_upload_download_graph.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/worker/rtc/full_upload_download_graph.cljs
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
 (defn- create-graph-for-rtc-test
   "it's complex to setup db-worker related stuff, when I only want to test rtc related logic"
   [repo init-tx-data other-tx-data]
-  (let [conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph)
+  (let [conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema)
         db-initial-data (sqlite-create-graph/build-db-initial-data "")]
     (swap! worker-state/*datascript-conns assoc repo conn)
     (d/transact! conn db-initial-data {:initial-db? true
diff --git a/src/test/frontend/test/fixtures.cljs b/src/test/frontend/test/fixtures.cljs
index 8f0564c42f..23620e0efb 100644
--- a/src/test/frontend/test/fixtures.cljs
+++ b/src/test/frontend/test/fixtures.cljs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 (ns frontend.test.fixtures
   (:require [datascript.core :as d]
-            [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]
             [frontend.db.conn :as conn]
             [frontend.db.react :as react]
             [frontend.state :as state]
-            [frontend.test.helper :as test-helper]))
+            [frontend.test.helper :as test-helper]
+            [logseq.db.file-based.schema :as file-schema]))
 
 (defn react-components
   [f]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 (defn- reset-datascript
   [repo]
   (let [db-name (conn/get-repo-path repo)
-        db-conn (d/create-conn db-schema/schema)]
+        db-conn (d/create-conn file-schema/schema)]
     (state/set-current-repo! repo)
     (swap! conn/conns assoc db-name db-conn)))
 
diff --git a/src/test/frontend/util/datalog_test.cljs b/src/test/frontend/util/datalog_test.cljs
index a57ba75aa9..be59c069a2 100644
--- a/src/test/frontend/util/datalog_test.cljs
+++ b/src/test/frontend/util/datalog_test.cljs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (ns frontend.util.datalog-test
   (:require [cljs.test :refer [deftest is]]
             [frontend.util.datalog :as datalog-util]
-            [logseq.db.frontend.rules :as rules]))
+            [logseq.db.file-based.rules :as file-rules]))
 
 (deftest add-to-end-of-query-in
   (is (= '[:find ?b
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@
          (datalog-util/find-rules-in-where
           ['(page-property ?b :foo "bar")
            '(page-property ?b :bar "baz")]
-          (-> rules/query-dsl-rules keys set)))))
+          (-> file-rules/query-dsl-rules keys set)))))
diff --git a/src/test/frontend/worker/rtc/client_test.cljs b/src/test/frontend/worker/rtc/client_test.cljs
index fb779b40df..088bd73e81 100644
--- a/src/test/frontend/worker/rtc/client_test.cljs
+++ b/src/test/frontend/worker/rtc/client_test.cljs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    [logseq.db :as ldb]
    [logseq.db.frontend.schema :as db-schema]))
 
-(def empty-db (d/empty-db db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph))
+(def empty-db (d/empty-db db-schema/schema))
 
 (deftest local-block-ops->remote-ops-test
   (testing "user.class/yyy creation"
diff --git a/src/test/frontend/worker/rtc/remote_update_test.cljs b/src/test/frontend/worker/rtc/remote_update_test.cljs
index cca2a10e21..bc65b108b8 100644
--- a/src/test/frontend/worker/rtc/remote_update_test.cljs
+++ b/src/test/frontend/worker/rtc/remote_update_test.cljs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 (deftest remote-op-value->tx-data-test
   (let [[block-uuid ref-uuid1 ref-uuid2] (repeatedly random-uuid)
-        db (d/db-with (d/empty-db db-schema/schema-for-db-based-graph)
+        db (d/db-with (d/empty-db db-schema/schema)
                       (sqlite-create-graph/build-db-initial-data "{}" {}))]
     (testing ":block/title"
       (let [db (d/db-with db [{:block/uuid block-uuid