TM Forum · Schema

Category

TelecommunicationsBSSOSSOpen APIsStandardsTM Forum

Properties

Name Type Description
description string Description of the category
isRoot boolean If true, this Boolean indicates that the category is a root of categories
parent object
productOffering array List of product offerings that are referred to by the category
subCategory array The category resource is used to group product offerings, service and resource candidates in logical containers. Categories can contain other (sub-)categories and/or product offerings.
validFor object
version string Category version
lastUpdate string Date and time of the last update
lifecycleStatus string Used to indicate the current lifecycle status
name string Name of the category
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JSON Schema

tm-forum-category-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/Category",
  "title": "Category",
  "allOf": [
    {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Entity"
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The category resource is used to group product offerings, service and resource candidates in logical containers. Categories can contain other categories and/or product offerings, resource or service candidates.",
      "properties": {
        "description": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Description of the category"
        },
        "isRoot": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "If true, this Boolean indicates that the category is a root of categories"
        },
        "parent": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CategoryRef"
        },
        "productOffering": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProductOfferingRef"
          },
          "description": "List of product offerings that are referred to by the category"
        },
        "subCategory": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CategoryRef"
          },
          "description": "The category resource is used to group product offerings, service and resource candidates in logical containers. Categories can contain other (sub-)categories and/or product offerings."
        },
        "validFor": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TimePeriod"
        },
        "version": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Category version"
        },
        "lastUpdate": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time",
          "description": "Date and time of the last update"
        },
        "lifecycleStatus": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Used to indicate the current lifecycle status"
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Name of the category"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "discriminator": {
    "propertyName": "@type",
    "mapping": {
      "Category": "#/components/schemas/Category"
    }
  }
}

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