diff --git a/System/json_schema/ec32/ecschema-format.schema.json b/System/json_schema/ec32/ecschema-format.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..895e5af87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/System/json_schema/ec32/ecschema-format.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-06/schema#",
+  "$id": "https://dev.bentley.com/json_schemas/ec/32/format",
+  "title": "Format",
+  "description": "An EC3.2 Json representation of a Format SchemaItem",
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": ["name", "precision", "type"],
+  "allOf": [
+    {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "name": { "$ref": "https://dev.bentley.com/json_schemas/ec/32/schemaitem#/definitions/ecname" },
+        "description": { "type": "string" },
+        "displayLabel": { "type": "string" }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "type": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": ["decimal", "fractional", "station", "scientific"]
+        },
+        "precision": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "// TODO Update pattern": ""
+        },
+        "roundFactor": {
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "minWidth": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "minimum": 0
+        },
+        "showSignOption": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": ["noSign", "onlyNegative", "signAlways", "negativeParentheses"]
+        },
+        "formatTraits": {
+          "oneOf": [
+            {
+              "type": "string",
+              "pattern": "(trailZeroes|keepSingleZero|zeroEmpty|keepDecimalPoint|applyRounding|fractionDash|showUnitLabel|prependUnitLabel|use1000Separator|exponentOnlyNegative|[,|;])+"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "array",
+              "uniqueItems": true,
+              "items": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "enum": ["trailZeroes", "keepSingleZero", "zeroEmpty", "keepDecimalPoint", "applyRounding", "fractionDash", "showUnitLabel", "prependUnitLabel", "use1000Separator", "exponentOnlyNegative"]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "decimalSeparator": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "maxLength": 1
+        },
+        "thousandSeparator": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "maxLength": 1
+        },
+        "uomSeparator": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "maxLength": 1
+        },
+        "scientificType": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": ["normalized", "zeroNormalized"]
+        },
+        "stationOffsetSize": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "minimum": 0
+        },
+        "stationSeparator": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "maxLength": 1
+        },
+        "composite": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "properties": {
+            "spacer": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "includeZero": {
+              "type": "boolean"
+            },
+            "units": {
+              "type": "array",
+              "minItems": 1,
+              "maxItems": 4,
+              "items": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "name": { "$ref": "https://dev.bentley.com/json_schemas/ec/32/schemaitem#/definitions/ecname" },
+                  "label": { "type": "string" }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/System/json_schema/ec32/ecschema-item.schema.json b/System/json_schema/ec32/ecschema-item.schema.json
index 4a0eaee8c..5428e662c 100644
--- a/System/json_schema/ec32/ecschema-item.schema.json
+++ b/System/json_schema/ec32/ecschema-item.schema.json
@@ -394,127 +394,6 @@
       ]
     },
     "UnitSystem": { "$ref": "#/definitions/schemaItemProperties"},
-    "Format": {
-      "type": "object",
-      "required": [
-        "precision",
-        "type"
-      ],
-      "allOf": [
-        { "$ref": "#/definitions/schemaItemProperties" },
-        {
-          "type":"object",
-          "properties": {
-            "type": {
-              "type": "string",
-              "enum": [
-                "decimal",
-                "fractional",
-                "station",
-                "scientific"
-              ]
-            },
-            "precision": {
-              "type": "number",
-              "// TODO Update pattern": ""
-            },
-            "roundFactor": {
-              "type":"number"
-            },
-            "minWidth": {
-              "type":"integer",
-              "minimum": 0
-            },
-            "showSignOption": {
-              "type": "string",
-              "enum": [
-                "noSign",
-                "onlyNegative",
-                "signAlways",
-                "negativeParentheses"
-              ]
-            },
-            "formatTraits": {
-              "oneOf": [
-                {
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "pattern": "(trailZeroes|keepSingleZero|zeroEmpty|keepDecimalPoint|applyRounding|fractionDash|showUnitLabel|prependUnitLabel|use1000Separator|exponentOnlyNegative|[,|;])+"
-                },
-                {
-                  "type": "array",
-                  "uniqueItems": true,
-                  "items": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "enum": [
-                      "trailZeroes",
-                      "keepSingleZero",
-                      "zeroEmpty",
-                      "keepDecimalPoint",
-                      "applyRounding",
-                      "fractionDash",
-                      "showUnitLabel",
-                      "prependUnitLabel",
-                      "use1000Separator",
-                      "exponentOnlyNegative"
-                    ]
-                  }
-                }
-              ]
-            },
-            "decimalSeparator": {
-              "type": "string",
-              "maxLength": 1
-            },
-            "thousandSeparator": {
-              "type": "string",
-              "maxLength": 1
-            },
-            "uomSeparator": {
-              "type": "string",
-              "maxLength": 1
-            },
-            "scientificType": {
-              "type": "string",
-              "enum": [
-                "normalized",
-                "zeroNormalized"
-              ]
-            },
-            "stationOffsetSize": {
-              "type": "number",
-              "minimum": 0
-            },
-            "stationSeparator": {
-              "type": "string",
-              "maxLength": 1
-            },
-            "composite": {
-              "type": "object",
-              "properties": {
-                "spacer": {
-                  "type": "string"
-                },
-                "includeZero": {
-                  "type": "boolean"
-                },
-                "units": {
-                  "type": "array",
-                  "minItems": 1,
-                  "maxItems": 4,
-                  "items": {
-                    "type": "object",
-                    "properties": {
-                      "name": { "$ref": "#/definitions/ecname" },
-                      "label": { "type": "string" }
-                    }
-                  }
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      ]
-    },
     "primitiveTypes": {
       "type": "string",
       "enum": [
@@ -646,6 +525,6 @@
     {"$ref": "#/definitions/Constant"},
     {"$ref": "#/definitions/Phenomenon"},
     {"$ref": "#/definitions/UnitSystem"},
-    {"$ref": "#/definitions/Format"}
+    {"$ref": "https://dev.bentley.com/json_schemas/ec/32/format#"}
   ]
 }
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