diff --git a/src/SOL005/NSLifecycleManagement/definitions/SOL005NSLifecycleManagement_def.yaml b/src/SOL005/NSLifecycleManagement/definitions/SOL005NSLifecycleManagement_def.yaml
index 6951c3d4fa4c3b41c1000d34f148a2e5db9a9ca5..c2ea84ead6cc9e77f193e36dd351b1585bf7aaa6 100644
--- a/src/SOL005/NSLifecycleManagement/definitions/SOL005NSLifecycleManagement_def.yaml
+++ b/src/SOL005/NSLifecycleManagement/definitions/SOL005NSLifecycleManagement_def.yaml
@@ -315,32 +315,7 @@ definitions:
             type: array
             minItems: 1
             items:
-              type: object
-              required:
-                - id
-                - cpdId
-              properties:
-                id:
-                  description: >
-                    Identifier of the external CP instance and the related information instance.
-                  $ref: "SOL005_def.yaml#/definitions/IdentifierInVnf"
-                cpdId:
-                  description: >
-                    Identifier of the external CPD, VnfExtCpd, in the VNFD.
-                  $ref: "SOL005_def.yaml#/definitions/IdentifierInVnfd"
-                cpProtocolInfo:
-                  description: >
-                    Network protocol information for this CP.
-                  type: array
-                  items:
-                    $ref: "#/definitions/CpProtocolInfo"
-                extLinkPortId:
-                  description: >
-                    Identifier of the "extLinkPortInfo" structure inside the  the
-                    "extVirtualLinkInfo" structure. Shall be present if the CP is
-                    associated to a link port.
-                  $ref: "SOL005_def.yaml#/definitions/Identifier"
-
+              $ref: "#/definitions/VnfExtCpInfo"
           extVirtualLinkInfo:
             description: >
               Information about the external VLs the VNF instance is connected to.
@@ -355,10 +330,12 @@ definitions:
               $ref: "#/definitions/ExtManagedVirtualLinkInfo"
           monitoringParameters:
             description: >
-              Active monitoring parameters.
+              Performance metrics tracked by the VNFM (e.g. for 
+              auto-scaling purposes) as identified by the VNF 
+              provider in the VNFD.
             type: array
             items:
-              $ref: "#/definitions/MonitoringParameter"
+              $ref: "#/definitions/VnfMonitoringParameter"
           localizationLanguage:
             description: >
               Information about localization language of the VNF (includes e.g.