diff --git a/packages/core/utils/package.json b/packages/core/utils/package.json
index a5ca5afa1d..5d9a57b035 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/utils/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "@medusajs/types": "^1.11.16",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.17",
     "cross-env": "^5.2.1",
+    "expect-type": "^0.19.0",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "jest": "^29.6.3",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/base_relationship.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/base_relationship.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e2773bbce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/base_relationship.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { TextSchema } from "../schema/text"
+import { BaseRelationship } from "../relations/base"
+
+describe("Base relationship", () => {
+  test("define a custom relationship", () => {
+    class HasOne<T> extends BaseRelationship<T> {
+      protected relationshipType: "hasOne" | "hasMany" | "manyToMany" = "hasOne"
+    }
+
+    const user = {
+      username: new TextSchema(),
+    }
+
+    const entityRef = () => user
+    const relationship = new HasOne(entityRef, {
+      foreignKey: "user_id",
+    })
+
+    expectTypeOf(relationship["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<() => typeof user>()
+    expect(relationship.parse("user")).toEqual({
+      name: "user",
+      type: "hasOne",
+      entity: entityRef,
+      options: {
+        foreignKey: "user_id",
+      },
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/base_schema.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/base_schema.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bede8522a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/base_schema.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { BaseSchema } from "../schema/base"
+import { SchemaMetadata } from "../types"
+
+describe("Base schema", () => {
+  test("create a schema type from base schema", () => {
+    class StringSchema extends BaseSchema<string> {
+      protected dataType: SchemaMetadata["dataType"] = {
+        name: "string",
+      }
+    }
+
+    const schema = new StringSchema()
+
+    expectTypeOf(schema["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<string>()
+    expect(schema.parse("username")).toEqual({
+      fieldName: "username",
+      dataType: {
+        name: "string",
+      },
+      nullable: false,
+      optional: false,
+      indexes: [],
+      relationships: [],
+    })
+  })
+
+  test("apply nullable modifier", () => {
+    class StringSchema extends BaseSchema<string> {
+      protected dataType: SchemaMetadata["dataType"] = {
+        name: "string",
+      }
+    }
+
+    const schema = new StringSchema().nullable()
+
+    expectTypeOf(schema["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<string | null>()
+    expect(schema.parse("username")).toEqual({
+      fieldName: "username",
+      dataType: {
+        name: "string",
+      },
+      nullable: true,
+      optional: false,
+      indexes: [],
+      relationships: [],
+    })
+  })
+
+  test("apply optional modifier", () => {
+    class StringSchema extends BaseSchema<string> {
+      protected dataType: SchemaMetadata["dataType"] = {
+        name: "string",
+      }
+    }
+
+    const schema = new StringSchema().optional()
+
+    expectTypeOf(schema["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<string | undefined>()
+    expect(schema.parse("username")).toEqual({
+      fieldName: "username",
+      dataType: {
+        name: "string",
+      },
+      nullable: false,
+      optional: true,
+      indexes: [],
+      relationships: [],
+    })
+  })
+
+  test("apply optional + nullable modifier", () => {
+    class StringSchema extends BaseSchema<string> {
+      protected dataType: SchemaMetadata["dataType"] = {
+        name: "string",
+      }
+    }
+
+    const schema = new StringSchema().optional().nullable()
+
+    expectTypeOf(schema["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<string | undefined | null>()
+    expect(schema.parse("username")).toEqual({
+      fieldName: "username",
+      dataType: {
+        name: "string",
+      },
+      nullable: true,
+      optional: true,
+      indexes: [],
+      relationships: [],
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/boolean_schema.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/boolean_schema.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab1ff798e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/boolean_schema.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { BooleanSchema } from "../schema/boolean"
+
+describe("Boolean schema", () => {
+  test("create boolean schema type", () => {
+    const schema = new BooleanSchema()
+
+    expectTypeOf(schema["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<boolean>()
+    expect(schema.parse("isAdmin")).toEqual({
+      fieldName: "isAdmin",
+      dataType: {
+        name: "boolean",
+      },
+      nullable: false,
+      optional: false,
+      indexes: [],
+      relationships: [],
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/date_time_schema.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/date_time_schema.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cebfad687a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/date_time_schema.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { DateTimeSchema } from "../schema/date_time"
+
+describe("DateTime schema", () => {
+  test("create datetime schema type", () => {
+    const schema = new DateTimeSchema()
+
+    expectTypeOf(schema["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<Date>()
+    expect(schema.parse("created_at")).toEqual({
+      fieldName: "created_at",
+      dataType: {
+        name: "dateTime",
+      },
+      nullable: false,
+      optional: false,
+      indexes: [],
+      relationships: [],
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/entity_builder.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/entity_builder.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8de832eeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/entity_builder.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { Infer, MikroORMEntity } from "../types"
+import { EntityBuilder } from "../entity_builder"
+
+describe("Entity builder", () => {
+  test("define an entity", () => {
+    const model = new EntityBuilder()
+    const user = model.define("user", {
+      id: model.number(),
+      username: model.text(),
+      email: model.text(),
+    })
+
+    expectTypeOf<InstanceType<Infer<typeof user>>>().toMatchTypeOf<{
+      id: number
+      username: string
+      email: string
+    }>()
+  })
+
+  test("define an entity with relationships", () => {
+    const model = new EntityBuilder()
+    const email = model.define("email", {
+      email: model.text(),
+      isVerified: model.boolean(),
+    })
+
+    const user = model.define("user", {
+      id: model.number(),
+      username: model.text(),
+      emails: model.hasMany(() => email),
+    })
+
+    expectTypeOf<InstanceType<Infer<typeof user>>>().toEqualTypeOf<{
+      id: number
+      username: string
+      emails: MikroORMEntity<{ email: string; isVerified: boolean }>
+    }>()
+  })
+
+  test("define an entity with recursive relationships", () => {
+    const model = new EntityBuilder()
+    const order = model.define("order", {
+      amount: model.number(),
+      user: model.hasOne(() => user),
+    })
+
+    const user = model.define("user", {
+      id: model.number(),
+      username: model.text(),
+      orders: model.hasMany(() => order),
+    })
+
+    expectTypeOf<InstanceType<Infer<typeof user>>>().toMatchTypeOf<{
+      id: number
+      username: string
+      orders: MikroORMEntity<{
+        amount: number
+        user: MikroORMEntity<{
+          id: number
+          username: string
+        }>
+      }>
+    }>()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/enum_schema.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/enum_schema.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4649a8496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/enum_schema.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { EnumSchema } from "../schema/enum"
+
+describe("Enum schema", () => {
+  test("create enum schema type", () => {
+    const schema = new EnumSchema(["admin", "moderator", "editor"])
+    expectTypeOf(schema["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<
+      "admin" | "moderator" | "editor"
+    >()
+
+    expect(schema.parse("role")).toEqual({
+      fieldName: "role",
+      dataType: {
+        name: "enum",
+        options: {
+          choices: ["admin", "moderator", "editor"],
+        },
+      },
+      nullable: false,
+      optional: false,
+      indexes: [],
+      relationships: [],
+    })
+  })
+
+  test("apply nullable and optional modifiers", () => {
+    const schema = new EnumSchema(["admin", "moderator", "editor"])
+      .nullable()
+      .optional()
+
+    expectTypeOf(schema["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<
+      "admin" | "moderator" | "editor" | null | undefined
+    >()
+
+    expect(schema.parse("role")).toEqual({
+      fieldName: "role",
+      dataType: {
+        name: "enum",
+        options: {
+          choices: ["admin", "moderator", "editor"],
+        },
+      },
+      nullable: true,
+      optional: true,
+      indexes: [],
+      relationships: [],
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/has_many_relationship.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/has_many_relationship.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c3129337c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/has_many_relationship.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { HasMany } from "../relations/has_many"
+import { TextSchema } from "../schema/text"
+
+describe("HasMany relationship", () => {
+  test("define hasMany relationship", () => {
+    const user = {
+      username: new TextSchema(),
+    }
+
+    const entityRef = () => user
+    const relationship = new HasMany(entityRef, {})
+
+    expectTypeOf(relationship["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<() => typeof user>()
+    expect(relationship.parse("user")).toEqual({
+      name: "user",
+      type: "hasMany",
+      entity: entityRef,
+      options: {},
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/has_one_relationship.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/has_one_relationship.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d592f01aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/has_one_relationship.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { HasOne } from "../relations/has_one"
+import { TextSchema } from "../schema/text"
+
+describe("HasOne relationship", () => {
+  test("define hasOne relationship", () => {
+    const user = {
+      username: new TextSchema(),
+    }
+
+    const entityRef = () => user
+    const relationship = new HasOne(entityRef, {})
+
+    expectTypeOf(relationship["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<() => typeof user>()
+    expect(relationship.parse("user")).toEqual({
+      name: "user",
+      type: "hasOne",
+      entity: entityRef,
+      options: {},
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/json_schema.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/json_schema.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a56b753c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/json_schema.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { JSONSchema } from "../schema/json"
+
+describe("JSON schema", () => {
+  test("create json schema type", () => {
+    const schema = new JSONSchema()
+
+    expectTypeOf(schema["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<string>()
+    expect(schema.parse("coordinates")).toEqual({
+      fieldName: "coordinates",
+      dataType: {
+        name: "json",
+      },
+      nullable: false,
+      optional: false,
+      indexes: [],
+      relationships: [],
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/many_to_many.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/many_to_many.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..685650e4e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/many_to_many.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { TextSchema } from "../schema/text"
+import { ManyToMany } from "../relations/many_to_many"
+
+describe("ManyToMany relationship", () => {
+  test("define manyToMany relationship", () => {
+    const user = {
+      username: new TextSchema(),
+    }
+
+    const entityRef = () => user
+    const relationship = new ManyToMany(entityRef, {})
+
+    expectTypeOf(relationship["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<() => typeof user>()
+    expect(relationship.parse("user")).toEqual({
+      name: "user",
+      type: "manyToMany",
+      entity: entityRef,
+      options: {},
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/number_schema.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/number_schema.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f2909aa86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/number_schema.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { NumberSchema } from "../schema/number"
+
+describe("Number schema", () => {
+  test("create number schema type", () => {
+    const schema = new NumberSchema()
+
+    expectTypeOf(schema["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<number>()
+    expect(schema.parse("age")).toEqual({
+      fieldName: "age",
+      dataType: {
+        name: "number",
+      },
+      nullable: false,
+      optional: false,
+      indexes: [],
+      relationships: [],
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/text_schema.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/text_schema.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef1b7b27f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/text_schema.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type"
+import { TextSchema } from "../schema/text"
+
+describe("String schema", () => {
+  test("create string schema type", () => {
+    const schema = new TextSchema()
+
+    expectTypeOf(schema["$dataType"]).toEqualTypeOf<string>()
+    expect(schema.parse("username")).toEqual({
+      fieldName: "username",
+      dataType: {
+        name: "string",
+      },
+      nullable: false,
+      optional: false,
+      indexes: [],
+      relationships: [],
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/entity.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/entity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6957bffa36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { RelationshipType, SchemaType } from "./types"
+
+export class DmlEntity<
+  Schema extends Record<string, SchemaType<any> | RelationshipType<any>>
+> {
+  #name: string
+  #schema: Schema
+
+  constructor(name: string, schema: Schema) {
+    this.#name = name
+    this.#schema = schema
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/entity_builder.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/entity_builder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad11ae5597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/entity_builder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { DmlEntity } from "./entity"
+import { TextSchema } from "./schema/text"
+import { JSONSchema } from "./schema/json"
+import { HasOne } from "./relations/has_one"
+import { HasMany } from "./relations/has_many"
+import { NumberSchema } from "./schema/number"
+import { BooleanSchema } from "./schema/boolean"
+import { DateTimeSchema } from "./schema/date_time"
+import { ManyToMany } from "./relations/many_to_many"
+import { RelationshipType, SchemaType } from "./types"
+
+export class EntityBuilder {
+  define<
+    Schema extends Record<string, SchemaType<any> | RelationshipType<any>>
+  >(name: string, schema: Schema) {
+    return new DmlEntity(name, schema)
+  }
+
+  text() {
+    return new TextSchema()
+  }
+
+  boolean() {
+    return new BooleanSchema()
+  }
+
+  number() {
+    return new NumberSchema()
+  }
+
+  dateTime() {
+    return new DateTimeSchema()
+  }
+
+  json() {
+    return new JSONSchema()
+  }
+
+  hasOne<T>(entityBuilder: T, options?: Record<string, any>) {
+    return new HasOne<T>(entityBuilder, options || {})
+  }
+
+  hasMany<T>(entityBuilder: T, options?: Record<string, any>) {
+    return new HasMany<T>(entityBuilder, options || {})
+  }
+
+  manyToMany<T>(entityBuilder: T, options?: Record<string, any>) {
+    return new ManyToMany<T>(entityBuilder, options || {})
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/modifiers/nullable.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/modifiers/nullable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2390c635b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/modifiers/nullable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { SchemaType } from "../types"
+import { OptionalModifier } from "./optional"
+
+export class NullableModifier<T> {
+  /**
+   * A type-only property to infer the JavScript data-type
+   * of the schema property
+   */
+  declare $dataType: T | null
+
+  /**
+   * The parent schema on which the nullable modifier is
+   * applied
+   */
+  #schema: SchemaType<T>
+
+  constructor(schema: SchemaType<T>) {
+    this.#schema = schema
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Apply optional modifier on the schema
+   */
+  optional() {
+    return new OptionalModifier<T | null>(this)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the serialized metadata
+   */
+  parse(fieldName: string) {
+    const schema = this.#schema.parse(fieldName)
+    schema.nullable = true
+    return schema
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/modifiers/optional.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/modifiers/optional.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fcb3cec38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/modifiers/optional.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { SchemaType } from "../types"
+import { NullableModifier } from "./nullable"
+
+export class OptionalModifier<T> {
+  /**
+   * A type-only property to infer the JavScript data-type
+   * of the schema property
+   */
+  declare $dataType: T | undefined
+
+  /**
+   * The parent schema on which the nullable modifier is
+   * applied
+   */
+  #schema: SchemaType<T>
+
+  constructor(schema: SchemaType<T>) {
+    this.#schema = schema
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Apply nullable modifier on the schema
+   */
+  nullable() {
+    return new NullableModifier<T | undefined>(this)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the serialized metadata
+   */
+  parse(fieldName: string) {
+    const schema = this.#schema.parse(fieldName)
+    schema.optional = true
+    return schema
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/base.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/base.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3a724dd56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/base.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { RelationshipMetadata, RelationshipType } from "../types"
+
+/**
+ * The BaseRelationship encapsulates the repetitive parts of defining
+ * a relationship
+ */
+export abstract class BaseRelationship<T> implements RelationshipType<T> {
+  #referencedEntity: T
+  #options: Record<string, any>
+
+  /**
+   * The relationship type.
+   */
+  protected abstract relationshipType: RelationshipMetadata["type"]
+
+  /**
+   * A type-only property to infer the JavScript data-type
+   * of the relationship property
+   */
+  declare $dataType: T
+
+  constructor(referencedEntity: T, options: Record<string, any>) {
+    this.#referencedEntity = referencedEntity
+    this.#options = options
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the parsed copy of the relationship
+   */
+  parse(relationshipName: string): RelationshipMetadata {
+    return {
+      name: relationshipName,
+      entity: this.#referencedEntity,
+      options: this.#options,
+      type: this.relationshipType,
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/has_many.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/has_many.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f774c4086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/has_many.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { BaseRelationship } from "./base"
+import { RelationshipMetadata } from "../types"
+
+export class HasMany<T> extends BaseRelationship<T> {
+  protected relationshipType: RelationshipMetadata["type"] = "hasMany"
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/has_one.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/has_one.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2825d8ce21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/has_one.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { BaseRelationship } from "./base"
+import { RelationshipMetadata } from "../types"
+
+export class HasOne<T> extends BaseRelationship<T> {
+  protected relationshipType: RelationshipMetadata["type"] = "hasOne"
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/many_to_many.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/many_to_many.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85b6c1eb87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/relations/many_to_many.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { BaseRelationship } from "./base"
+import { RelationshipMetadata } from "../types"
+
+export class ManyToMany<T> extends BaseRelationship<T> {
+  protected relationshipType: RelationshipMetadata["type"] = "manyToMany"
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/base.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/base.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..387220d700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/base.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { SchemaMetadata, SchemaType } from "../types"
+import { NullableModifier } from "../modifiers/nullable"
+import { OptionalModifier } from "../modifiers/optional"
+
+/**
+ * The base schema class offers shared affordances to define
+ * schema classes
+ */
+export abstract class BaseSchema<T> implements SchemaType<T> {
+  #indexes: SchemaMetadata["indexes"] = []
+  #relationships: SchemaMetadata["relationships"] = []
+
+  /**
+   * The runtime dataType for the schema. It is not the same as
+   * the "$dataType".
+   */
+  protected abstract dataType: SchemaMetadata["dataType"]
+
+  /**
+   * A type-only property to infer the JavScript data-type
+   * of the schema property
+   */
+  declare $dataType: T
+
+  /**
+   * Apply nullable modifier on the schema
+   */
+  nullable() {
+    return new NullableModifier<T>(this)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Apply optional modifier on the schema
+   */
+  optional() {
+    return new OptionalModifier<T>(this)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the serialized metadata
+   */
+  parse(fieldName: string): SchemaMetadata {
+    return {
+      fieldName,
+      dataType: this.dataType,
+      nullable: false,
+      optional: false,
+      indexes: this.#indexes,
+      relationships: this.#relationships,
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/boolean.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/boolean.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..530f42317f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/boolean.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { SchemaMetadata } from "../types"
+import { BaseSchema } from "./base"
+
+export class BooleanSchema extends BaseSchema<boolean> {
+  protected dataType: SchemaMetadata["dataType"] = {
+    name: "boolean",
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/date_time.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/date_time.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb46fc435f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/date_time.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { SchemaMetadata } from "../types"
+import { BaseSchema } from "./base"
+
+export class DateTimeSchema extends BaseSchema<Date> {
+  protected dataType: SchemaMetadata["dataType"] = {
+    name: "dateTime",
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/enum.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/enum.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbe2ccbd8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/enum.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { SchemaMetadata } from "../types"
+import { BaseSchema } from "./base"
+
+export class EnumSchema<
+  const Values extends unknown
+> extends BaseSchema<Values> {
+  protected dataType: SchemaMetadata["dataType"] = {
+    name: "enum",
+  }
+
+  constructor(values: Values[]) {
+    super()
+    this.dataType.options = { choices: values }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/json.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/json.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ed61039c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/json.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { SchemaMetadata } from "../types"
+import { BaseSchema } from "./base"
+
+export class JSONSchema extends BaseSchema<string> {
+  protected dataType: SchemaMetadata["dataType"] = {
+    name: "json",
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/number.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/number.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdff8a0032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/number.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { SchemaMetadata } from "../types"
+import { BaseSchema } from "./base"
+
+export class NumberSchema extends BaseSchema<number> {
+  protected dataType: SchemaMetadata["dataType"] = {
+    name: "number",
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/text.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/text.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a04b4f5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/schema/text.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { SchemaMetadata } from "../types"
+import { BaseSchema } from "./base"
+
+export class TextSchema extends BaseSchema<string> {
+  protected dataType: SchemaMetadata["dataType"] = {
+    name: "string",
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/symbols.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/symbols.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e540cfd9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/symbols.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const MIKRO_ORM_ENTITY_GENERATOR = Symbol.for(
+  "generate_mikro_orm_entity"
+)
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/types.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bdf78e52c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { DmlEntity } from "./entity"
+
+/**
+ * The supported data types
+ */
+export type KnownDataTypes =
+  | "string"
+  | "boolean"
+  | "enum"
+  | "number"
+  | "dateTime"
+  | "json"
+  | "any"
+
+/**
+ * The meta-data returned by the relationship parse
+ * method
+ */
+export type RelationshipMetadata = {
+  name: string
+  type: "hasOne" | "hasMany" | "manyToMany"
+  entity: unknown
+  options: Record<string, any>
+}
+
+/**
+ * The meta-data returned by the schema parse method
+ */
+export type SchemaMetadata = {
+  nullable: boolean
+  optional: boolean
+  fieldName: string
+  dataType: {
+    name: KnownDataTypes
+    options?: Record<string, any>
+  }
+  indexes: {
+    name: string
+    type: string
+  }[]
+  relationships: RelationshipMetadata[]
+}
+
+/**
+ * Definition of a schema type. It should have a parse
+ * method to get the metadata and a type-only property
+ * to get its static type
+ */
+export type SchemaType<T> = {
+  $dataType: T
+  parse(fieldName: string): SchemaMetadata
+}
+
+/**
+ * Definition of a relationship type. It should have a parse
+ * method to get the metadata and a type-only property
+ * to get its static type
+ */
+export type RelationshipType<T> = {
+  $dataType: T
+  parse(relationshipName: string): RelationshipMetadata
+}
+
+/**
+ * A type-only representation of a MikroORM entity. Since we generate
+ * entities on the fly, we need a way to represent a type-safe
+ * constructor and its instance properties.
+ */
+export interface MikroORMEntity<Props> extends Function {
+  new (): Props
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper to infer the schema type of a DmlEntity
+ */
+export type Infer<T> = T extends DmlEntity<infer Schema>
+  ? MikroORMEntity<{
+      [K in keyof Schema]: Schema[K]["$dataType"] extends () => infer R
+        ? Infer<R>
+        : Schema[K]["$dataType"]
+    }>
+  : never
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 989dab6f89..b0edc3d6de 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5826,6 +5826,7 @@ __metadata:
     bignumber.js: ^9.1.2
     cross-env: ^5.2.1
     dotenv: ^16.4.5
+    expect-type: ^0.19.0
     express: ^4.18.2
     jest: ^29.6.3
     jsonwebtoken: ^9.0.2
@@ -17233,6 +17234,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"expect-type@npm:^0.19.0":
+  version: 0.19.0
+  resolution: "expect-type@npm:0.19.0"
+  checksum: 0a7305021c3e37bf024ce01f0a141de109435ac4225457c35fbd649a0d8cdc19b9078185fd9aaa9ebb136a88c5065d27a60883ab0f961ddc281c11851ed18097
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "expect@npm:^25.5.0":
   version: 25.5.0
   resolution: "expect@npm:25.5.0"