diff --git a/src/examples/datalad-dataset-version-schema/MonolithicDataladDatasetVersion-draft.yaml b/src/examples/datalad-dataset-version-schema/MonolithicDataladDatasetVersion-draft.yaml
index 1272a77..75133c5 100644
--- a/src/examples/datalad-dataset-version-schema/MonolithicDataladDatasetVersion-draft.yaml
+++ b/src/examples/datalad-dataset-version-schema/MonolithicDataladDatasetVersion-draft.yaml
@@ -3,15 +3,18 @@ is_version_of:
 has_annex_remote:
   annex:7e0bf3e7-7d46-4093-813e-b4009826c3bf:
     uuid: 7e0bf3e7-7d46-4093-813e-b4009826c3bf
+has_part:
+  gitsha:b94ef1797f7bfc1ac979be122e1b538bbb0d1d58:
+    meta_type: dlco:AnnexedFile
+    gitsha: b94ef1797f7bfc1ac979be122e1b538bbb0d1d58
+    distribution:
+      byte_size: 3425
+      checksum:
+        algorithm: md5
+        digest: 32a617360d10e3dcbfdd0885e8d64ab8
+      qualified_access:
+        access_id: MD5E-s3425--32a617360d10e3dcbfdd0885e8d64ab8.txt
+        relation: annex:7e0bf3e7-7d46-4093-813e-b4009826c3bf
 qualified_part:
   - at_location: README.txt
-    relation:
-      meta_type: dlco:AnnexedFile
-      distribution:
-        byte_size: 3425
-        checksum:
-          algorithm: md5
-          digest: 32a617360d10e3dcbfdd0885e8d64ab8
-        qualified_access:
-          access_id: MD5E-s3425--32a617360d10e3dcbfdd0885e8d64ab8.txt
-          relation: annex:7e0bf3e7-7d46-4093-813e-b4009826c3bf
+    #    relation: gitsha:b94ef1797f7bfc1ac979be122e1b538bbb0d1d58
diff --git a/src/linkml/datalad-dataset-version-schema.yaml b/src/linkml/datalad-dataset-version-schema.yaml
index 348da88..0b8a584 100644
--- a/src/linkml/datalad-dataset-version-schema.yaml
+++ b/src/linkml/datalad-dataset-version-schema.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ prefixes:
   DCAT: http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#
   dct: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
   dlco: https://concepts.datalad.org/ontology/
+  gitsha: https://concepts.datalad.org/namespace/gitsha/
   prov: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#
   spdx: http://spdx.org/rdf/terms#
 imports:
@@ -35,8 +36,18 @@ classes:
       has_annex_remote:
         multivalued: true
         inlined: true
+      has_part:
+        range: FileInGit
+        multivalued: true
+        inlined: true
+        inlined_as_list: true
       is_version_of:
         inlined: true
+      qualified_part:
+        range: QualifiedGitTrackedPart
+        multivalued: true
+        inlined: true
+        inlined_as_list: true
     comments:
       - The property `has_annex_remote` is for defining all remotes inline
         with a meta_id index key, such that they can be referenced in a
diff --git a/src/linkml/datasets.yaml b/src/linkml/datasets.yaml
index 6732467..083c5f9 100644
--- a/src/linkml/datasets.yaml
+++ b/src/linkml/datasets.yaml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ classes:
     slot_usage:
       has_part:
         range: Resource
+        multivalued: true
       qualified_part:
         multivalued: true
         inlined: true
diff --git a/src/linkml/git-annex.yaml b/src/linkml/git-annex.yaml
index 3a7e00a..eaa11df 100644
--- a/src/linkml/git-annex.yaml
+++ b/src/linkml/git-annex.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ prefixes:
   dlco: https://concepts.datalad.org/ontology/
 imports:
   - datasets
+  - git
   - properties
 default_prefix: dlco
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ classes:
         range: AnnexRemote
 
   AnnexedFile:
-    is_a: File
+    is_a: FileInGit
     description: >-
       A file in a Git repository that is managed by git-annex.
     slot_usage:
diff --git a/src/linkml/git.yaml b/src/linkml/git.yaml
index ae568ab..1cae778 100644
--- a/src/linkml/git.yaml
+++ b/src/linkml/git.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ prefixes:
   gitsha: https://concepts.datalad.org/namespace/gitsha/
   dlco: https://concepts.datalad.org/ontology/
 imports:
+  - datasets
   - meta_utils
   - types
 default_prefix: dlco
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ classes:
       - gitsha
       - meta_id
     slot_usage:
+      gitsha:
+        required: true
       meta_id:
         description: >-
           SHA1 based identifier in the form of a CURIE with an explicit
@@ -39,3 +42,19 @@ classes:
       - Because there can only be a single main `identifier`, this mixin
         cannot be used on classes that already have or inherited another
         property declared as `identifier:true`.
+
+  QualifiedGitTrackedPart:
+    is_a: QualifiedPart
+    description: >-
+      TODO we may need this to make relation point to resources with a
+      (Git) identifier only, such that we could reference by key
+    slot_usage:
+      relation:
+        range: FileInGit
+
+  FileInGit:
+    is_a: File
+    mixins:
+      - GitTracked
+    description: >-
+      A `File` that is tracked with Git.