diff --git a/src/notes/note-authorship.dto.ts b/src/notes/note-authorship.dto.ts
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+import { IsDate, IsNumber, IsString, Min } from 'class-validator';
+import { UserInfoDto } from '../users/user-info.dto';
+
+export class NoteAuthorshipDto {
+  @IsString()
+  userName: UserInfoDto['userName'];
+  @IsNumber()
+  @Min(0)
+  startPos: number;
+  @IsNumber()
+  @Min(0)
+  endPos: number;
+  @IsDate()
+  createdAt: Date;
+  @IsDate()
+  updatedAt: Date;
+}
diff --git a/src/notes/note.dto.ts b/src/notes/note.dto.ts
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+import { IsArray, IsString, ValidateNested } from 'class-validator';
+import { NoteAuthorshipDto } from './note-authorship.dto';
+import { NoteMetadataDto } from './note-metadata.dto';
+
+export class NoteDto {
+  @IsString()
+  content: string;
+
+  @ValidateNested()
+  metdata: NoteMetadataDto;
+
+  @IsArray()
+  @ValidateNested({ each: true })
+  editedByAtPosition: NoteAuthorshipDto[];
+}