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+{
+    "PELs":
+    [
+        {
+            "Name": "xyz.openbmc_project.Power.Fault",
+            "Subsystem": "power_supply",
+            "Severity": "unrecoverable",
+            "ActionFlags": ["service_action", "report"],
+
+            "SRC":
+            {
+                "ReasonCode": "0x2030",
+                "SymptomIDFields": ["SRCWord3", "SRCWord6"],
+                "Words6To9":
+                {
+                    "6":
+                    {
+                        "Description": "Failing unit number",
+                        "AdditionalDataPropSource": "PS_NUM"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+
+            "Documentation":
+            {
+                "Description": "A PGOOD Fault",
+                "Message": "PS %1 had a PGOOD Fault",
+                "MessageArgSources":
+                [
+                    "SRCWord6"
+                ],
+                "Notes": [
+                    "In the UserData section there is a JSON",
+                    "dump that provides debug information."
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/registry/schema/schema.json b/extensions/openpower-pels/registry/schema/schema.json
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+{
+    "title": "PEL message registry schema",
+    "$id": "http://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-logging/extensions/openpower-pels/registry/schema/schema.json",
+    "description": "This schema describes JSON used for creating PELs from OpenBMC event logs.",
+    "type": "object",
+
+    "properties":
+    {
+        "PELs":
+        {
+            "title": "This is an array of entries that specify PEL fields for event logs",
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/pels"
+        }
+    },
+
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "minItems": 1,
+    "uniqueItems": true,
+
+    "definitions":
+    {
+        "pels":
+        {
+            "description": "Each entry in this array is for converting an event log to a PEL",
+            "type": "array",
+            "items":
+            {
+                "description": "The schema for a single event log registry entry",
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties":
+                {
+                    "Name": {"$ref": "#/definitions/errorName" },
+
+                    "SRC": {"$ref": "#/definitions/src" },
+
+                    "Subsystem": {"$ref": "#/definitions/subsystem" },
+
+                    "Severity": {"$ref": "#/definitions/severity" },
+
+                    "MfgSeverity": {"$ref": "#/definitions/mfgSeverity" },
+
+                    "EventScope": {"$ref": "#/definitions/eventScope" },
+
+                    "EventType": {"$ref": "#/definitions/eventType" },
+
+                    "ActionFlags": {"$ref": "#/definitions/actionFlags" },
+
+                    "MfgActionFlags": {"$ref": "#/definitions/mfgActionFlags" },
+
+                    "Documentation": {"$ref": "#/definitions/documentation" },
+
+                    "ComponentID": {"$ref": "#/definitions/componentID" }
+                },
+
+                "required": ["Name", "SRC", "Subsystem", "Documentation",
+                             "ActionFlags"],
+                "additionalProperties": false
+            }
+        },
+
+        "errorName":
+        {
+            "description": "The 'Message' property of an OpenBMC event log",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+
+        "componentID":
+        {
+            "description": "The component ID of the PEL creator, in the form 0xYY00.  For BD SRCs, this is optional and if not present the component ID will be taken from the upper byte of the reason code.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^0x[0-9a-fA-F]{2}00$"
+        },
+
+        "src":
+        {
+            "description": "Contains fields describing the primary SRC embedded in the PEL",
+            "type": "object",
+
+            "properties":
+            {
+                "Type": {"$ref": "#/definitions/srcType" },
+
+                "ReasonCode": {"$ref": "#/definitions/reasonCode" },
+
+                "SymptomIDFields": {"$ref": "#/definitions/symptomID" },
+
+                "Words6To9": {"$ref": "#/definitions/srcWords6To9" },
+
+                "PowerFault": {"$ref": "#/definitions/powerFault" }
+            },
+
+            "required": ["ReasonCode", "Words6To9"],
+            "additionalProperties": false
+        },
+
+        "documentation":
+        {
+            "description": "This contains event documentation that will be used by tools and parsers.",
+            "type": "object",
+
+            "properties":
+            {
+                "Message": {"$ref": "#/definitions/docMessage" },
+
+                "MessageArgSources": {"$ref": "#/definitions/docMessageArgSources" },
+
+                "Description": {"$ref": "#/definitions/docDescription" },
+
+                "Notes": {"$ref": "#/definitions/docNotes" }
+
+            },
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "required": ["Message", "Description"]
+        },
+
+        "srcType":
+        {
+            "description": "The first byte of the SRC ASCII string. Optional and defaults to BD.  The '11' SRC is only to be used for events related to power.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["BD", "11"]
+        },
+
+        "docNotes":
+        {
+            "description": "Any notes/comments about the error. An array of strings for manual line wrapping. Optional.",
+            "type": "array",
+            "items":
+            {
+                "description": "Notes",
+                "type": "string"
+            }
+        },
+
+        "reasonCode":
+        {
+            "description": "String representation of the 2 byte reason code, like 0xABCD.  The reason code is the 2nd half of the 8 character SRC ASCII String field, such as B1FFABCD.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^0x[0-9a-fA-F]{4}$",
+
+            "examples": [
+                "0x3355"
+            ]
+        },
+
+        "subsystem":
+        {
+            "description": "PEL subsystem enumeration.  See the PEL spec for more detailed definitions.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["processor", "processor_fru", "processor_chip",
+                     "processor_unit", "processor_bus",
+
+                     "memory", "memory_ctlr", "memory_bus", "memory_dimm",
+                     "memory_fru", "external_cache",
+
+                     "io", "io_hub", "io_bridge", "io_bus", "io_processor",
+                     "io_hub_other", "phb",
+
+                     "io_adapter", "io_adapter_comm", "io_device",
+                     "io_device_dasd", "io_external_general",
+                     "io_external_workstation", "io_storage_mezz",
+
+                     "cec_hardware", "cec_sp_a", "cec_sp_b",
+                     "cec_node_controller", "cec_vpd",
+                     "cec_i2c", "cec_chip_iface", "cec_clocks", "cec_op_panel",
+                     "cec_tod", "cec_storage_device", "cec_sp_hyp_iface",
+                     "cec_service_network", "cec_sp_hostboot_iface",
+
+                     "power", "power_supply", "power_control_hw", "power_fans",
+                     "power_sequencer",
+
+                     "others", "other_hmc", "other_test_tool", "other_media",
+                     "other_multiple_subsystems", "other_na", "other_info_src",
+
+                     "surv_hyp_lost_sp", "surv_sp_lost_hyp", "surv_sp_lost_hmc",
+                     "surv_hmc_lost_lpar", "surv_hmc_lost_bpa",
+                     "surv_hmc_lost_hmc",
+
+                     "platform_firmware", "bmc_firmware", "hyp_firmware",
+                     "partition_firmware", "slic_firmware", "spcn_firmware",
+                     "bulk_power_firmware_side_a", "hmc_code_firmware",
+                     "bulk_power_firmware_side_b", "virtual_sp", "hostboot",
+                     "occ",
+
+                     "software", "os_software", "xpf_software", "app_software",
+
+                     "ext_env", "input_power_source", "ambient_temp",
+                     "user_error", "corrosion"]
+        },
+
+        "severity":
+        {
+            "description": "PEL severity enumeration.  Optional.  If not provided, will use the event log severity.  See the PEL spec for more detailed definitions.",
+            "type": "string",
+
+            "enum": ["non_error",
+
+                     "recovered",
+
+                     "predictive", "predictive_degraded_perf",
+                     "predictive_reboot", "predictive_reboot_degraded",
+                     "predictive_redundancy_loss",
+
+                     "unrecoverable", "unrecoverable_degraded_perf",
+                     "unrecoverable_redundancy_loss",
+                     "unrecoverable_redundancy_loss_perf",
+                     "unrecoverable_loss_of_function",
+
+                     "critical", "critical_system_term",
+                     "critical_imminent_failure",
+                     "critical_partition_term",
+                     "critical_partition_imminent_failure",
+
+                     "diagnostic_error", "diagnostic_error_incorrect_results",
+
+                     "symptom_recovered", "symptom_predictive",
+                     "symptom_unrecoverable", "symptom_critical",
+                     "symptom_diag_err"]
+        },
+
+        "mfgSeverity":
+        {
+            "description": "The PEL severity to use in manufacturing reporting mode",
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/severity"
+        },
+
+        "eventScope":
+        {
+            "description": "The event scope PEL field. Optional and defaults to entire_platform",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["entire_platform", "single_partition", "multiple_partitions",
+                     "possibly_multiple_partitions"]
+        },
+
+        "eventType":
+        {
+            "description": "The event type PEL field. Optional and defaults to na",
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["na", "misc_information_only", "tracing_event",
+                     "dump_notification"]
+        },
+
+        "powerFault":
+        {
+            "description": "The Power Fault SRC field (bit 6 in byte 1 of header). Optional and defaults to false",
+            "type": "boolean"
+        },
+
+        "actionFlags":
+        {
+            "description": "The action flags Private Header PEL field",
+            "type": "array",
+            "items":
+            {
+                "description": "List of action flags",
+                "type": "string",
+                "enum": ["service_action", "hidden", "report", "dont_report",
+                         "call_home", "isolation_incomplete", "termination"]
+            }
+        },
+
+        "mfgActionFlags":
+        {
+            "description": "The PEL action flags to use in manufacturing reporting mode",
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/actionFlags"
+        },
+
+        "docDescription":
+        {
+            "description": "This is a higher level description of the error.  It is required by the Redfish schema to generate a Redfish message entry, but is not used in Redfish or PEL output.",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+
+        "docMessage":
+        {
+            "description": "The error message.  This will show up in parsed PELs, and in the Redfish event logs.  It can contain placeholders for numeric values using %1, %2, etc, that come from the SRC words 6-9 as defined by the MessageArgSources property.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+                {"Message": "The code update from level %1 to %2 failed" }
+            ]
+        },
+
+        "docMessageArgSources":
+        {
+            "description": "The SRC word 6-9 to use as the source of the numeric arguments that will be substituted into any placeholder in the Message field.  Only required if there are arguments to substitute.",
+            "type": "array",
+            "items":
+            {
+                "type": "string",
+                "enum": ["SRCWord6", "SRCWord7", "SRCWord8", "SRCWord9"]
+            },
+            "additionalItems": false
+        },
+
+        "symptomID":
+        {
+            "description": "Defines a custom Symptom ID, to be appended to the ASCII string word and separated by underscores.  The maximum size of the Symptom ID field is 80 characters.  The default is ASCIISTRING_SRCWord3 (e.g. B1103500_12345678).",
+            "type": "array",
+            "items":
+            {
+                "type": "string",
+                "enum": ["SRCWord3", "SRCWord4", "SRCWord5", "SRCWord6",
+                         "SRCWord7", "SRCWord8", "SRCWord9"]
+            },
+            "minItems": 1,
+            "maxItems": 8,
+            "uniqueItems": true,
+
+            "examples": [
+                ["SRCWord3", "SRCWord6"]
+            ]
+        },
+
+        "srcWords6To9":
+        {
+            "description": "This details what the user defined SRC hex words (6-9) mean, and which AdditionalData properties to get them from.  These will be shown in the PEL parser output.  Must be present, but can be empty.",
+            "type": "object",
+            "patternProperties":
+            {
+                "^[6-9]$":
+                {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "properties":
+                    {
+                        "Description":
+                        {
+                            "description": "What the value in the field represents.",
+                            "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "AdditionalDataPropSource":
+                        {
+                            "description": "Which AdditionalData property key to get the data from.",
+                            "type": "string"
+                        }
+                    },
+
+                    "additionalProperties": false
+                },
+
+                "examples":
+                {
+                    "SRCWords6To9":
+                    {
+                        "6":
+                        {
+                            "Description": "Failing PSU number",
+                            "AdditionalDataPropSource": "PSU_NUM"
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties": false
+        }
+
+    }
+}