diff --git a/encode_test.go b/encode_test.go
index 55e77c7..986ed23 100644
--- a/encode_test.go
+++ b/encode_test.go
@@ -166,13 +166,13 @@ func TestEncoder_Encode(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}}}, false},
 		{"withAnimations", args{&Document{Animations: []*Animation{
-			{Extras: 8.0, Name: "an_1", Channels: []*Channel{
-				{Extras: 8.0, Sampler: Index(1), Target: ChannelTarget{Extras: 8.0, Node: Index(10), Path: TRSRotation}},
-				{Extras: 8.0, Sampler: Index(2), Target: ChannelTarget{Extras: 8.0, Node: Index(10), Path: TRSScale}},
+			{Extras: 8.0, Name: "an_1", Channels: []*AnimationChannel{
+				{Extras: 8.0, Sampler: 1, Target: AnimationChannelTarget{Extras: 8.0, Node: Index(10), Path: TRSRotation}},
+				{Extras: 8.0, Sampler: 2, Target: AnimationChannelTarget{Extras: 8.0, Node: Index(10), Path: TRSScale}},
 			}},
-			{Extras: 8.0, Name: "an_2", Channels: []*Channel{
-				{Extras: 8.0, Sampler: Index(1), Target: ChannelTarget{Extras: 8.0, Node: Index(3), Path: TRSWeights}},
-				{Extras: 8.0, Sampler: Index(2), Target: ChannelTarget{Extras: 8.0, Node: Index(5), Path: TRSTranslation}},
+			{Extras: 8.0, Name: "an_2", Channels: []*AnimationChannel{
+				{Extras: 8.0, Sampler: 1, Target: AnimationChannelTarget{Extras: 8.0, Node: Index(3), Path: TRSWeights}},
+				{Extras: 8.0, Sampler: 2, Target: AnimationChannelTarget{Extras: 8.0, Node: Index(5), Path: TRSTranslation}},
 			}},
 			{Extras: 8.0, Name: "an_3", Samplers: []*AnimationSampler{
 				{Extras: 8.0, Input: 1, Output: 1, Interpolation: InterpolationCubicSpline},
diff --git a/gltf.go b/gltf.go
index 6639c8e..532a3ae 100644
--- a/gltf.go
+++ b/gltf.go
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ type Animation struct {
 	Extensions Extensions          `json:"extensions,omitempty"`
 	Extras     any                 `json:"extras,omitempty"`
 	Name       string              `json:"name,omitempty"`
-	Channels   []*Channel          `json:"channels" validate:"required,gt=0,dive"`
+	Channels   []*AnimationChannel `json:"channels" validate:"required,gt=0,dive"`
 	Samplers   []*AnimationSampler `json:"samplers" validate:"required,gt=0,dive"`
 }
 
@@ -439,20 +439,20 @@ type AnimationSampler struct {
 	Output        uint32        `json:"output"` // The index of an accessor containing keyframe output values.
 }
 
-// The Channel targets an animation's sampler at a node's property.
-type Channel struct {
-	Extensions Extensions    `json:"extensions,omitempty"`
-	Extras     any           `json:"extras,omitempty"`
-	Sampler    *uint32       `json:"sampler,omitempty"`
-	Target     ChannelTarget `json:"target"`
+// The AnimationChannel targets an animation's sampler at a node's property.
+type AnimationChannel struct {
+	Extensions Extensions             `json:"extensions,omitempty"`
+	Extras     any                    `json:"extras,omitempty"`
+	Sampler    uint32                 `json:"sampler"`
+	Target     AnimationChannelTarget `json:"target"`
 }
 
-// ChannelTarget describes the index of the node and TRS property that an animation channel targets.
+// AnimationChannelTarget describes the index of the node and TRS property that an animation channel targets.
 // The Path represents the name of the node's TRS property to modify, or the "weights" of the Morph Targets it instantiates.
 // For the "translation" property, the values that are provided by the sampler are the translation along the x, y, and z axes.
 // For the "rotation" property, the values are a quaternion in the order (x, y, z, w), where w is the scalar.
 // For the "scale" property, the values are the scaling factors along the x, y, and z axes.
-type ChannelTarget struct {
+type AnimationChannelTarget struct {
 	Extensions Extensions  `json:"extensions,omitempty"`
 	Extras     any         `json:"extras,omitempty"`
 	Node       *uint32     `json:"node,omitempty"`