diff --git a/format/Message.fbs b/format/Message.fbs
index 3f688c156e3e..2928207db8cc 100644
--- a/format/Message.fbs
+++ b/format/Message.fbs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-namespace apache.arrow.flatbuf;
+namespace org.apache.arrow.flatbuf;
 
 /// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 /// Logical types and their metadata (if any)
 ///
 /// These are stored in the flatbuffer in the Type union below
 
+table Null {
+}
+
 /// A Tuple in the flatbuffer metadata is the same as an Arrow Struct
 /// (according to the physical memory layout). We used Tuple here as Struct is
 /// a reserved word in Flatbuffers
@@ -45,10 +48,22 @@ table Decimal {
   scale: int;
 }
 
+table Date {
+}
+
+table Time {
+}
+
 table Timestamp {
   timezone: string;
 }
 
+table IntervalDay {
+}
+
+table IntervalYear {
+}
+
 table JSONScalar {
   dense:bool=true;
 }
@@ -58,13 +73,18 @@ table JSONScalar {
 /// add new logical types to Type without breaking backwards compatibility
 
 union Type {
+  Null,
   Int,
   FloatingPoint,
   Binary,
   Utf8,
   Bool,
   Decimal,
+  Date,
+  Time,
   Timestamp,
+  IntervalDay,
+  IntervalYear,
   List,
   Tuple,
   Union,
diff --git a/header b/header
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70665d1a2629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/header
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
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