Issue History

Issue Number Approval Date Issue Editor Changes
Issue 1 September 2005
  • Jeff Bernstein, 2Wire
  • Christele Bouchat, Alcatel
  • Tim Spets, Westell
  • Original
Amendment 1 November 2006
  • Jeff Bernstein, 2Wire
  • John Blackford, 2Wire
  • Mike Digdon, SupportSoft
  • Heather Kirksey, Motive
  • William Lupton, 2Wire
  • Anton Okmianski, Cisco
  • Clarification of original document
Amendment 2 November 2008
  • William Lupton, 2Wire
  • Håkan Westin, Tilgin
  • Addition of data model definition XML Schema and normative XML common object and component definitions
Amendment 3 September 2009
  • William Lupton, 2Wire
  • Håkan Westin, Tilgin
  • Addition of device type XML Schema
Amendment 4 February 2010
  • William Lupton, 2Wire
  • Paul Sigurdson, Broadband Forum
  • Moved data model definitions to TR-181 Issue 1
Amendment 5 November 2010
  • Paul Sigurdson, Broadband Forum
  • Replaced definitions of named data types such as IPAddress with references to normative XML
  • Minor changes to DM Schema (v1.3) and DT Schema (v1.1)
Amendment 6 July 2011
  • Sarah Banks, Cisco
  • Andrea Colmegna, FASTWEB
  • Tim Spets, Motorola Mobility
  • Removed definition of proxying, now defined in TR-069
  • Removed Common objects
  • Alias Parameter Requirements added
Amendment 7 September 2013
  • William Lupton, Cisco
  • Added descriptions of new features in DM Schema (v1.4 & v1.5) and DT Schema (v1.2 & v1.3)
  • Added Annex defining additional requirements for BBF standard data models
Amendment 7+ September 2014
  • Support file updates; document not updated
Amendment 8 May 2018
  • Jean-Didier Ott, Orange
  • William Lupton, Broadband Forum
  • Added support of USP (mountable objects)
  • Removed references to obsolete data models
  • Moved device requirements to TR-069
Amendment 9 September 2019
  • Document not updated
Amendment 10 November 2020
  • William Lupton, Broadband Forum
  • Converted document to markdown
  • Various editorial improvements
Amendment 11 January 2022
  • William Lupton, Broadband Forum
  • Clarified forcedEnabled and forceDefaultEnabled for USP
  • Clarified impact of deprecating or obsoleting profile items
  • Documented new description templates
  • Documented new secured attribute
Amendment 12 June 2023
  • William Lupton, Broadband Forum
  • Updated the Mountable Object and Mount Point descriptions to indicate that all top-level objects (other than mount points) are mountable
  • Updated path scoping rules to indicate that a path that starts with a period (.) is relative to its mount point (if mounted) or to the Root or Service Object (otherwise)
  • Updated the hidden and secured attributes to clarify that they can’t both be set to true, and that for CWMP secured means the same as hidden
  • Tightened the version attribute definition. It can only be used when the version is later than the parent version, except that it always has to be specified for Objects and Profiles. Also added a new section on the use of the version attribute
  • Clarified that defaults defined in components will be “promoted” to parameter defaults when used in command or event arguments
  • Fixed the rules governing modifications of existing models. The basic rule is that the value space can only be expanded, never contracted
  • Added a new section on the DMR (Data Model Report) Schema
Amendment 13 January 2024
  • Clarified the requirements regarding vendor-specific prefixes
Amendment 14 July 2024
  • Added access type guidance
  • Documented the dmr:noNameCheck attribute
  • Documented the decimal datatype
  • Documented the list value defaults
  • Documented markdown syntax (and switch from MediaWiki)
  • Cosmetic changes
Amendment 15 April 2025
  • Document not updated
Amendment 16 November 2025
  • Document not updated
Amendment 16 Corrigendum 1 November 2025
  • Document not updated
Amendment 17 June 2026
  • Clarify the usage of list parameters as unique keys.
  • Add the write-once-read-only access type description for parameters.
  • Add naming requirements to data model item (acronyms, lists, multi-instance objects, etc.).
  • Add description of the dmr:noVersionCheck attribute.
  • Clarify the usage of microseconds for unknown time formatting.
Amendment 18 November 2026
  • Update some macro definitions and template descriptions

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