diff --git a/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json b/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json
index 10ee8912a..8c73c1074 100644
--- a/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json
+++ b/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json
@@ -142,10 +142,6 @@
             ],
             "type": "string"
         },
-        "Info": {
-            "description": "Placeholder to allow the Beacon to return any additional information that is necessary or could be of interest in relation to the query or the entry returned. It is recommended to encapsulate additional informations in this attribute instead of directly adding attributes at the same level than the others in order to avoid collision in the names of attributes in future versions of the specification.",
-            "type": "object"
-        },
         "Limit": {
             "default": 10,
             "description": "Size of the page. Use `0` to return all the results or the maximum allowed by the Beacon, if there is any.",
diff --git a/framework/json/common/info.json b/framework/json/common/info.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69826f5ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/json/common/info.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+    "description": "Placeholder to allow the Beacon to return any additional information that is necessary or could be of interest in relation to the query or the entry returned. It is recommended to encapsulate additional informations in this attribute instead of directly adding attributes at the same level than the others in order to avoid collision in the names of attributes in future versions of the specification.",
+    "title": "Info",
+    "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/framework/json/responses/beaconBooleanResponse.json b/framework/json/responses/beaconBooleanResponse.json
index 8491ca4bd..dc36a6ddb 100644
--- a/framework/json/responses/beaconBooleanResponse.json
+++ b/framework/json/responses/beaconBooleanResponse.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             "description": "List of handovers that apply to the whole response, not to any resultset or result in particular."
         },
         "info": {
-            "$ref": "../common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info",
+            "$ref": "../common/info.json",
             "description": "Additional details that could be of interest. Provided to clearly enclose any attribute that is not part of the Beacon specification."
         },
         "meta": {
diff --git a/framework/json/responses/beaconCollectionsResponse.json b/framework/json/responses/beaconCollectionsResponse.json
index 6728e3342..ca8cdb726 100644
--- a/framework/json/responses/beaconCollectionsResponse.json
+++ b/framework/json/responses/beaconCollectionsResponse.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             "description": "List of handovers that apply to the whole response, not to any resultset or result in particular."
         },
         "info": {
-            "$ref": "../common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info",
+            "$ref": "../common/info.json",
             "description": "Additional details that could be of interest. Provided to clearly enclose any attribute that is not part of the Beacon specification."
         },
         "meta": {
diff --git a/framework/json/responses/beaconCountResponse.json b/framework/json/responses/beaconCountResponse.json
index 9222ae90d..acf4ffcc7 100644
--- a/framework/json/responses/beaconCountResponse.json
+++ b/framework/json/responses/beaconCountResponse.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             "description": "List of handovers that apply to the whole response, not to any resultset or result in particular."
         },
         "info": {
-            "$ref": "../common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info",
+            "$ref": "../common/info.json",
             "description": "Additional details that could be of interest. Provided to clearly enclose any attribute that is not part of the Beacon specification."
         },
         "meta": {
diff --git a/framework/json/responses/beaconResultsetsResponse.json b/framework/json/responses/beaconResultsetsResponse.json
index 8efe9617a..094ed57a6 100644
--- a/framework/json/responses/beaconResultsetsResponse.json
+++ b/framework/json/responses/beaconResultsetsResponse.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             "description": "List of handovers that apply to the whole response, not to any resultset or result in particular."
         },
         "info": {
-            "$ref": "../common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info",
+            "$ref": "../common/info.json",
             "description": "Additional details that could be of interest. Provided to clearly enclose any attribute that is not part of the Beacon specification."
         },
         "meta": {
diff --git a/framework/json/responses/sections/beaconInfoResults.json b/framework/json/responses/sections/beaconInfoResults.json
index f795b2dbe..0773b1dba 100644
--- a/framework/json/responses/sections/beaconInfoResults.json
+++ b/framework/json/responses/sections/beaconInfoResults.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                     "type": "string"
                 },
                 "info": {
-                    "$ref": "../../common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info",
+                    "$ref": "../../common/info.json",
                     "description": "Additional unspecified metadata about the host Organization."
                 },
                 "logoUrl": {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             "$ref": "../../common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/BeaconId"
         },
         "info": {
-            "$ref": "../../common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info",
+            "$ref": "../../common/info.json",
             "description": "Additional unspecified metadata about the Beacon service."
         },
         "name": {
diff --git a/framework/src/common/beaconCommonComponents.yaml b/framework/src/common/beaconCommonComponents.yaml
index b77fab3ce..8af76d1a9 100644
--- a/framework/src/common/beaconCommonComponents.yaml
+++ b/framework/src/common/beaconCommonComponents.yaml
@@ -212,16 +212,6 @@ $defs:
     minimum: 0
     examples:
       - 123
-  Info:
-    description: >-
-      Placeholder to allow the Beacon to return any additional information that
-      is necessary or could be of interest in relation to the query or the entry
-      returned.
-      It is recommended to encapsulate additional informations in this attribute
-      instead of directly adding attributes at the same level than the others in
-      order to avoid collision in the names of attributes in future versions of
-      the specification.
-    type: object
   ListOfHandovers:
     description: Set of handovers to be added in one section the response.
     type: array
diff --git a/framework/src/common/info.yaml b/framework/src/common/info.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b29ef3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/src/common/info.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+$schema: https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema
+title: Info
+description: >-
+  Placeholder to allow the Beacon to return any additional information that
+  is necessary or could be of interest in relation to the query or the entry
+  returned.
+  It is recommended to encapsulate additional informations in this attribute
+  instead of directly adding attributes at the same level than the others in
+  order to avoid collision in the names of attributes in future versions of
+  the specification.
+type: object
diff --git a/framework/src/responses/beaconBooleanResponse.yaml b/framework/src/responses/beaconBooleanResponse.yaml
index 97811e09c..b68dc849d 100644
--- a/framework/src/responses/beaconBooleanResponse.yaml
+++ b/framework/src/responses/beaconBooleanResponse.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ properties:
     description: >-
       Additional details that could be of interest. Provided to clearly
       enclose any attribute that is not part of the Beacon specification.
-    $ref: ../common/beaconCommonComponents.yaml#/$defs/Info
+    $ref: ../common/info.yaml
   beaconHandovers:
     description: >-
       List of handovers that apply to the whole response, not to any resultset
diff --git a/framework/src/responses/beaconCollectionsResponse.yaml b/framework/src/responses/beaconCollectionsResponse.yaml
index 8b895ce6f..93a35702c 100644
--- a/framework/src/responses/beaconCollectionsResponse.yaml
+++ b/framework/src/responses/beaconCollectionsResponse.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ properties:
     description: >-
       Additional details that could be of interest. Provided to clearly
       enclose any attribute that is not part of the Beacon specification.
-    $ref: ../common/beaconCommonComponents.yaml#/$defs/Info
+    $ref: ../common/info.yaml
   beaconHandovers:
     description: List of handovers that apply to the whole response, not to any resultset
       or result in particular.
diff --git a/framework/src/responses/beaconCountResponse.yaml b/framework/src/responses/beaconCountResponse.yaml
index f083849bd..27d1dddbf 100644
--- a/framework/src/responses/beaconCountResponse.yaml
+++ b/framework/src/responses/beaconCountResponse.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ properties:
     description: >-
       Additional details that could be of interest. Provided to clearly
       enclose any attribute that is not part of the Beacon specification.
-    $ref: ../common/beaconCommonComponents.yaml#/$defs/Info
+    $ref: ../common/info.yaml
   beaconHandovers:
     description: >-
       List of handovers that apply to the whole response, not to any resultset
diff --git a/framework/src/responses/beaconResultsetsResponse.yaml b/framework/src/responses/beaconResultsetsResponse.yaml
index 11e8b732c..39601cbda 100644
--- a/framework/src/responses/beaconResultsetsResponse.yaml
+++ b/framework/src/responses/beaconResultsetsResponse.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ properties:
     description: >-
       Additional details that could be of interest. Provided to clearly
       enclose any attribute that is not part of the Beacon specification.
-    $ref: ../common/beaconCommonComponents.yaml#/$defs/Info
+    $ref: ../common/info.yaml
   beaconHandovers:
     description: >-
       List of handovers that apply to the whole response, not to any resultset
diff --git a/framework/src/responses/sections/beaconInfoResults.yaml b/framework/src/responses/sections/beaconInfoResults.yaml
index 2127e4a1f..3c5cbaebc 100644
--- a/framework/src/responses/sections/beaconInfoResults.yaml
+++ b/framework/src/responses/sections/beaconInfoResults.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ properties:
   info:
     description: >-
       Additional unspecified metadata about the Beacon service.
-    $ref: ../../common/beaconCommonComponents.yaml#/$defs/Info
+    $ref: ../../common/info.yaml
 $defs:
   BeaconOrganization:
     description: >-
@@ -109,5 +109,5 @@ $defs:
           3986 format).
       info:
         description: Additional unspecified metadata about the host Organization.
-        $ref: ../../common/beaconCommonComponents.yaml#/$defs/Info
+        $ref: ../../common/info.yaml
 additionalProperties: true
diff --git a/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/analyses/defaultSchema.json b/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/analyses/defaultSchema.json
index a082caa73..7def347a9 100644
--- a/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/analyses/defaultSchema.json
+++ b/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/analyses/defaultSchema.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             "type": "string"
         },
         "info": {
-            "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh-beacon/beacon-v2/main/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info"
+            "$ref": "../common/info.json"
         },
         "pipelineName": {
             "description": "Analysis pipeline and version if a standardized pipeline was used",
diff --git a/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/biosamples/defaultSchema.json b/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/biosamples/defaultSchema.json
index 392f5988a..e6eca7082 100644
--- a/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/biosamples/defaultSchema.json
+++ b/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/biosamples/defaultSchema.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
             "type": "string"
         },
         "info": {
-            "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh-beacon/beacon-v2/main/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info"
+            "$ref": "../common/info.json"
         },
         "measurements": {
             "description": "List of measurements of the sample.",
diff --git a/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/datasets/defaultSchema.json b/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/datasets/defaultSchema.json
index 3efa64e7d..51e28141c 100644
--- a/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/datasets/defaultSchema.json
+++ b/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/datasets/defaultSchema.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
             "type": "string"
         },
         "info": {
-            "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh-beacon/beacon-v2/main/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info"
+            "$ref": "../common/info.json"
         },
         "name": {
             "description": "Name of the dataset",
diff --git a/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/individuals/defaultSchema.json b/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/individuals/defaultSchema.json
index e5b6876a6..c916b09bd 100644
--- a/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/individuals/defaultSchema.json
+++ b/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/individuals/defaultSchema.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             "type": "string"
         },
         "info": {
-            "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh-beacon/beacon-v2/main/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info"
+            "$ref": "../common/info.json"
         },
         "interventionsOrProcedures": {
             "items": {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         },
         "sex": {
             "$ref": "../common/commonDefinitions.json#/$defs/Sex",
-            "description": "Sex of the individual. Value from NCIT General Qualifier (NCIT:C27993): 'unknown' (not assessed or not available) (NCIT:C17998), 'female' (NCIT:C16576), or 'male', (NCIT:C20197)."
+            "description": "Sex of the individual. Value from NCIT General Qualifier `NCIT:C27993`:    * `unknown`: not assessed or not availablel `NCIT:C17998` * `female`: `NCIT:C16576` * `male`: `NCIT:C20197`"
         },
         "treatments": {
             "items": {
diff --git a/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/runs/defaultSchema.json b/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/runs/defaultSchema.json
index 61d090df2..e3f4040d9 100644
--- a/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/runs/defaultSchema.json
+++ b/models/json/beacon-v2-default-model/runs/defaultSchema.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
             "type": "string"
         },
         "info": {
-            "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh-beacon/beacon-v2/main/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info"
+            "$ref": "../common/info.json"
         },
         "libraryLayout": {
             "description": "Ontology value for the library layout e.g \"PAIRED\", \"SINGLE\" #todo add Ontology name?",
diff --git a/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/analyses/defaultSchema.yaml b/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/analyses/defaultSchema.yaml
index 5c454121a..3022bb09f 100644
--- a/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/analyses/defaultSchema.yaml
+++ b/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/analyses/defaultSchema.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ properties:
     examples:
       - GATK4.0
   info:
-    $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh-beacon/beacon-v2/main/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info
+    $ref: ../common/info.yaml
 required:
   - id
   - analysisDate
diff --git a/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/biosamples/defaultSchema.yaml b/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/biosamples/defaultSchema.yaml
index 008c4575b..c90eda4d0 100644
--- a/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/biosamples/defaultSchema.yaml
+++ b/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/biosamples/defaultSchema.yaml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ properties:
     $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh-beacon/beacon-v2/main/framework/json/common/ontologyTerm.json
     example: {}
   info:
-    $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh-beacon/beacon-v2/main/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info
+    $ref: ../common/info.yaml
 required:
   - id
   - biosampleStatus
diff --git a/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/datasets/defaultSchema.yaml b/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/datasets/defaultSchema.yaml
index 7741c5707..1747613c6 100644
--- a/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/datasets/defaultSchema.yaml
+++ b/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/datasets/defaultSchema.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ properties:
     examples:
       - https://example.org/wiki/Main_Page
   info:
-    $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh-beacon/beacon-v2/main/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info
+    $ref: ../common/info.yaml
   dataUseConditions:
     description: Data use conditions applying to this dataset.
     $ref: ../common/dataUseConditions.yaml
diff --git a/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/individuals/defaultSchema.yaml b/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/individuals/defaultSchema.yaml
index adc28d3e3..ede6165f2 100644
--- a/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/individuals/defaultSchema.yaml
+++ b/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/individuals/defaultSchema.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ properties:
     type: string
     example: P0001
   sex:
-    description: "Sex of the individual. Value from NCIT General Qualifier (NCIT:C27993):\
-      \ 'unknown' (not assessed or not available) (NCIT:C17998), 'female' (NCIT:C16576),\
-      \ or 'male', (NCIT:C20197)."
+    description: >-
+      Sex of the individual. Value from NCIT General Qualifier `NCIT:C27993`:   
+      * `unknown`: not assessed or not availablel `NCIT:C17998`
+      * `female`: `NCIT:C16576`
+      * `male`: `NCIT:C20197`
     $ref: ../common/commonDefinitions.yaml#/$defs/Sex
   karyotypicSex:
     description: The chromosomal sex of an individual represented from a selection
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ properties:
     items:
       $ref: ../common/exposure.yaml
   info:
-    $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh-beacon/beacon-v2/main/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info
+    $ref: ../common/info.yaml
 required:
   - id
   - sex
diff --git a/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/runs/defaultSchema.yaml b/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/runs/defaultSchema.yaml
index 1ba08836f..fc7efff95 100644
--- a/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/runs/defaultSchema.yaml
+++ b/models/src/beacon-v2-default-model/runs/defaultSchema.yaml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ properties:
       - id: EFO:0010938
         label: large-insert clone DNA microarray
   info:
-    $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh-beacon/beacon-v2/main/framework/json/common/beaconCommonComponents.json#/$defs/Info
+    $ref: ../common/info.yaml
 required:
   - id
   - biosampleId