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SoftwareSupport

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Software Support

Operating system and firmware support information including update periods, security patch availability, and end-of-support dates. Critical for electronics lifecycle and repairability assessments per ESPR delegated acts. Designed following ISO/IEC 12207 (software lifecycle) and ISO/IEC 14764 (software maintenance) patterns as a potential contribution to UNTP v1.0+.

URI:https://ref.openepcis.io/extensions/eu/electronics/SoftwareSupport

Upstream alignment

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GS12 termsSEMICeu1 termSchema.org4 termsDPP Keystone1 termBatteryPass SAMM1 term

Properties (8)

DescriptionDomainRangeVocabularies
featureUpdateEndDate
Feature Update End Date
Date until which feature/OS updates will be provided.euelec:SoftwareSupportxsd:date Public—
firmwareVersion
Firmware Version
Current version of the device firmware.euelec:SoftwareSupportxsd:string Public—
hasFeatureSupportYears
Feature Support Years
Number of years of feature update support. Use gs1:QuantitativeValue with unitCode 'ANN'.euelec:SoftwareSupportgs1:QuantitativeValue Public—
hasSecuritySupportYears
Security Support Years
Number of years of security update support. Use gs1:QuantitativeValue with unitCode 'ANN'.euelec:SoftwareSupportgs1:QuantitativeValue Public—
latestUpdateDate
Latest Update Date
Date of the most recent software/firmware update.euelec:SoftwareSupportxsd:date Public
BatteryPass SAMM
osVersion
OS Version
Current version of the operating system.euelec:SoftwareSupportxsd:string Public—
securityUpdateEndDate
Security Update End Date
Date until which security updates will be provided.euelec:SoftwareSupportxsd:date Public—
updateChannel
Update Channel
URL or method for obtaining software updates (OTA, website, etc.).euelec:SoftwareSupportxsd:anyURI Public—

Vocabulary alignment

Broader · upstream
DPP Keystonedppk:softwareUpdatePolicy · QA 60%

QA % is the verifier panel's confidence. Curated mappings graded by openai/gpt-oss-20b, verified by local QA panels per round (claude-opus-4-8 / qwen3.5-27b / qwen3-32b).

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Used as Range (1)

hasSoftwareSupport

Where used

Referenced by other terms (9)

In SHACL shapes (2)

  • SoftwareSupportShapetargets
  • ElectronicDeviceShapeclass-of

In example documents (9)

Master data & product examples
EPCIS 2.0 events

References

JSON-LD Example 

{
  "@context": "https://ref.openepcis.io/extensions/eu/electronics/electronics-context.jsonld",
  "type": "SoftwareSupport",
  "featureUpdateEndDate": "...",
  "firmwareVersion": "...",
  "hasFeatureSupportYears": "..."
}