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+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+    "$defs": {
+        "FirmwareInfoDef": {
+            "description": "This indicates the properties which apply to all firmwares",
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "VendorIANA": {
+                    "description": "The IANA Enterprise Id of the hardware vendor",
+                    "type": "number"
+                },
+                "CompatibleHardware": {
+                    "description": "The compatible hardware with name format com.<vendor>.Hardware.<XXX> specified by vendor in phosphor-dbus-interfaces",
+                    "type": "string"
+                }
+            },
+            "required": ["VendorIANA", "CompatibleName"]
+        }
+    }
+}