diff --git a/mixin/lib/civimix-schema/src/CiviMixSchema.php b/mixin/lib/civimix-schema/src/CiviMixSchema.php
index 72223e701104..6d0a350ae652 100644
--- a/mixin/lib/civimix-schema/src/CiviMixSchema.php
+++ b/mixin/lib/civimix-schema/src/CiviMixSchema.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    * @var string
    *   Regular expression. Note the 2 groupings. $m[1] identifies a per-extension namespace. $m[2] identifies the actual class.
    */
-  private $regex = ';^CiviMix\\\Schema\\\(\w+)\\\(AutomaticUpgrader)$;';
+  private $regex = ';^CiviMix\\\Schema\\\(\w+)\\\(AutomaticUpgrader|DAO)$;';
 
   /**
    * If someone requests a class like:
diff --git a/mixin/lib/civimix-schema/src/DAO.php b/mixin/lib/civimix-schema/src/DAO.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..727ac8ce57b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mixin/lib/civimix-schema/src/DAO.php
@@ -0,0 +1,350 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace CiviMix\Schema;
+
+/**
+ * To simplify backport considerations, `DAO` does not have formal name.
+ * It is accessed via aliases like "CiviMix\Schema\*\DAO".
+ *
+ * Target: TBD (5.38+? 5.51+)
+ */
+return new class() extends \CRM_Core_DAO {
+
+  public function __construct() {
+    if (strpos(static::class, '@') !== FALSE) {
+      // Template instance. Fake news!
+      return;
+    }
+    parent::__construct();
+    // Historically a generated DAO would have one class variable per field.
+    // To prevent undefined property warnings, this dynamic DAO mimics that by
+    // initializing the object with a property for each field.
+    foreach (static::getEntityDefinition()['getFields']() as $name => $field) {
+      $this->$name = NULL;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  public function keys(): array {
+    $keys = [];
+    foreach (static::getEntityDefinition()['getFields']() as $name => $field) {
+      if (!empty($field['primary_key'])) {
+        $keys[] = $name;
+      }
+    }
+    return $keys;
+  }
+
+  public static function getEntityTitle($plural = FALSE) {
+    $info = static::getEntityInfo();
+    return ($plural && isset($info['title_plural'])) ? $info['title_plural'] : $info['title'];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  public static function getEntityPaths(): array {
+    $definition = static::getEntityDefinition();
+    if (isset($definition['getPaths'])) {
+      return $definition['getPaths']();
+    }
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  public static function getLabelField(): ?string {
+    return static::getEntityInfo()['label_field'] ?? NULL;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  public static function getEntityDescription(): ?string {
+    return static::getEntityInfo()['description'] ?? NULL;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  public static function getTableName() {
+    return static::getEntityDefinition()['table'];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  public function getLog(): bool {
+    return static::getEntityInfo()['log'] ?? FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  public static function getEntityIcon(string $entityName, int $entityId = NULL): ?string {
+    return static::getEntityInfo()['icon'] ?? NULL;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  protected static function getTableAddVersion(): string {
+    return static::getEntityInfo()['add'] ?? '1.0';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  public static function getExtensionName(): ?string {
+    return static::getEntityDefinition()['module'];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  public static function &fields() {
+    $fields = [];
+    foreach (static::getSchemaFields() as $field) {
+      $key = $field['uniqueName'] ?? $field['name'];
+      unset($field['uniqueName']);
+      $fields[$key] = $field;
+    }
+    return $fields;
+  }
+
+  private static function getSchemaFields(): array {
+    if (!isset(\Civi::$statics[static::class]['fields'])) {
+      \Civi::$statics[static::class]['fields'] = static::loadSchemaFields();
+    }
+    return \Civi::$statics[static::class]['fields'];
+  }
+
+  private static function loadSchemaFields(): array {
+    $fields = [];
+    $entityDef = static::getEntityDefinition();
+    $baoName = \CRM_Core_DAO_AllCoreTables::getBAOClassName(static::class);
+
+    foreach ($entityDef['getFields']() as $fieldName => $fieldSpec) {
+      $field = [
+        'name' => $fieldName,
+        'type' => !empty($fieldSpec['data_type']) ? \CRM_Utils_Type::getValidTypes()[$fieldSpec['data_type']] : static::getCrmTypeFromSqlType($fieldSpec['sql_type']),
+        'title' => $fieldSpec['title'],
+        'description' => $fieldSpec['description'] ?? NULL,
+      ];
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['required'])) {
+        $field['required'] = TRUE;
+      }
+      if (strpos($fieldSpec['sql_type'], 'decimal(') === 0) {
+        $precision = self::getFieldLength($fieldSpec['sql_type']);
+        $field['precision'] = array_map('intval', explode(',', $precision));
+      }
+      foreach (['maxlength', 'size', 'rows', 'cols'] as $attr) {
+        if (isset($fieldSpec['input_attrs'][$attr])) {
+          $field[$attr] = $fieldSpec['input_attrs'][$attr];
+          unset($fieldSpec['input_attrs'][$attr]);
+        }
+      }
+      if (strpos($fieldSpec['sql_type'], 'char(') !== FALSE) {
+        $length = self::getFieldLength($fieldSpec['sql_type']);
+        if (!isset($field['size'])) {
+          $field['size'] = constant(static::getDefaultSize($length));
+        }
+        if (!isset($field['maxlength'])) {
+          $field['maxlength'] = $length;
+        }
+      }
+      $usage = $fieldSpec['usage'] ?? [];
+      $field['usage'] = [
+        'import' => in_array('import', $usage),
+        'export' => in_array('export', $usage),
+        'duplicate_matching' => in_array('duplicate_matching', $usage),
+        'token' => in_array('token', $usage),
+      ];
+      if ($field['usage']['import']) {
+        $field['import'] = TRUE;
+      }
+      $field['where'] = $entityDef['table'] . '.' . $field['name'];
+      if ($field['usage']['export'] || (!$field['usage']['export'] && $field['usage']['import'])) {
+        $field['export'] = $field['usage']['export'];
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['contact_type'])) {
+        $field['contactType'] = $fieldSpec['contact_type'];
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['permission'])) {
+        $field['permission'] = $fieldSpec['permission'];
+      }
+      if (array_key_exists('default', $fieldSpec)) {
+        $field['default'] = isset($fieldSpec['default']) ? (string) $fieldSpec['default'] : NULL;
+        if (is_bool($fieldSpec['default'])) {
+          $field['default'] = $fieldSpec['default'] ? '1' : '0';
+        }
+      }
+      $field['table_name'] = $entityDef['table'];
+      $field['entity'] = $entityDef['name'];
+      $field['bao'] = $baoName;
+      $field['localizable'] = intval($fieldSpec['localizable'] ?? 0);
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['localize_context'])) {
+        $field['localize_context'] = (string) $fieldSpec['localize_context'];
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['entity_reference'])) {
+        if (!empty($fieldSpec['entity_reference']['entity'])) {
+          $field['FKClassName'] = static::getDAONameForEntity($fieldSpec['entity_reference']['entity']);
+        }
+        if (!empty($fieldSpec['entity_reference']['dynamic_entity'])) {
+          $field['DFKEntityColumn'] = $fieldSpec['entity_reference']['dynamic_entity'];
+        }
+        $field['FKColumnName'] = $fieldSpec['entity_reference']['key'] ?? 'id';
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['component'])) {
+        $field['component'] = $fieldSpec['component'];
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['serialize'])) {
+        $field['serialize'] = $fieldSpec['serialize'];
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['unique_name'])) {
+        $field['uniqueName'] = $fieldSpec['unique_name'];
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['unique_title'])) {
+        $field['unique_title'] = $fieldSpec['unique_title'];
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['deprecated'])) {
+        $field['deprecated'] = TRUE;
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['input_attrs'])) {
+        $field['html'] = \CRM_Utils_Array::rekey($fieldSpec['input_attrs'], function($str) {
+           return \CRM_Utils_String::convertStringToCamel($str, FALSE);
+        });
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['input_type'])) {
+        $field['html']['type'] = $fieldSpec['input_type'];
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['pseudoconstant'])) {
+        $field['pseudoconstant'] = \CRM_Utils_Array::rekey($fieldSpec['pseudoconstant'], function($str) {
+           return \CRM_Utils_String::convertStringToCamel($str, FALSE);
+        });
+        if (!isset($field['pseudoconstant']['optionEditPath']) && !empty($field['pseudoconstant']['optionGroupName'])) {
+          $field['pseudoconstant']['optionEditPath'] = 'civicrm/admin/options/' . $field['pseudoconstant']['optionGroupName'];
+        }
+      }
+      if (!empty($fieldSpec['primary_key']) || !empty($fieldSpec['readonly'])) {
+        $field['readonly'] = TRUE;
+      }
+      $field['add'] = $fieldSpec['add'] ?? NULL;
+      $fields[$fieldName] = $field;
+    }
+    \CRM_Core_DAO_AllCoreTables::invoke(static::class, 'fields_callback', $fields);
+    return $fields;
+  }
+
+  private static function getFieldLength($sqlType): ?string {
+    $open = strpos($sqlType, '(');
+    if ($open) {
+      return substr($sqlType, $open + 1, -1);
+    }
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  public static function indices(bool $localize = TRUE): array {
+    $definition = static::getEntityDefinition();
+    $indices = [];
+    if (isset($definition['getIndices'])) {
+      $fields = $definition['getFields']();
+      foreach ($definition['getIndices']() as $name => $info) {
+        $index = [
+          'name' => $name,
+          'field' => [],
+          'localizable' => FALSE,
+        ];
+        foreach ($info['fields'] as $fieldName => $length) {
+          if (!empty($fields[$fieldName]['localizable'])) {
+            $index['localizable'] = TRUE;
+          }
+          if (is_int($length)) {
+            $fieldName .= "($length)";
+          }
+          $index['field'][] = $fieldName;
+        }
+        if (!empty($info['unique'])) {
+          $index['unique'] = TRUE;
+        }
+        $index['sig'] = ($definition['table']) . '::' . intval($info['unique'] ?? 0) . '::' . implode('::', $index['field']);
+        $indices[$name] = $index;
+      }
+    }
+    return ($localize && $indices) ? \CRM_Core_DAO_AllCoreTables::multilingualize(static::class, $indices) : $indices;
+  }
+
+  public static function getEntityDefinition(): array {
+    if (!isset(\Civi::$statics[static::class]['definition'])) {
+      $class = new \ReflectionClass(static::class);
+      $file = substr(basename($class->getFileName()), 0, -4) . '.entityType.php';
+      $folder = dirname($class->getFileName(), 4) . '/schema/';
+      $path = $folder . $file;
+      \Civi::$statics[static::class]['definition'] = include $path;
+    }
+    return \Civi::$statics[static::class]['definition'];
+  }
+
+  private static function getEntityInfo(): array {
+    return static::getEntityDefinition()['getInfo']();
+  }
+
+  private static function getDefaultSize($length) {
+    // Infer from <length> tag if <size> was not explicitly set or was invalid
+    // This map is slightly different from CRM_Core_Form_Renderer::$_sizeMapper
+    // Because we usually want fields to render as smaller than their maxlength
+    $sizes = [
+      2 => 'TWO',
+      4 => 'FOUR',
+      6 => 'SIX',
+      8 => 'EIGHT',
+      16 => 'TWELVE',
+      32 => 'MEDIUM',
+      64 => 'BIG',
+    ];
+    foreach ($sizes as $size => $name) {
+      if ($length <= $size) {
+        return "CRM_Utils_Type::$name";
+      }
+    }
+    return 'CRM_Utils_Type::HUGE';
+  }
+
+  private static function getCrmTypeFromSqlType(string $sqlType): int {
+    [$type] = explode('(', $sqlType);
+    switch ($type) {
+      case 'varchar':
+      case 'char':
+        return \CRM_Utils_Type::T_STRING;
+
+      case 'datetime':
+        return \CRM_Utils_Type::T_DATE + \CRM_Utils_Type::T_TIME;
+
+      case 'decimal':
+        return \CRM_Utils_Type::T_MONEY;
+
+      case 'double':
+        return \CRM_Utils_Type::T_FLOAT;
+
+      case 'int unsigned':
+      case 'tinyint':
+        return \CRM_Utils_Type::T_INT;
+
+      default:
+        return constant('CRM_Utils_Type::T_' . strtoupper($type));
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static function getDAONameForEntity($entity) {
+    if (is_callable(['CRM_Core_DAO_AllCoreTables', 'getDAONameForEntity'])) {
+      return \CRM_Core_DAO_AllCoreTables::getDAONameForEntity($entity);
+    }
+    else {
+      return \CRM_Core_DAO_AllCoreTables::getFullName($entity);
+    }
+  }
+
+};