diff --git a/api/client/v1alpha1/common_types.go b/api/client/v1alpha1/common_types.go
index 0209d530..9cfdc5d3 100644
--- a/api/client/v1alpha1/common_types.go
+++ b/api/client/v1alpha1/common_types.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package v1alpha1
 
 // TypeMeta contains type metadata.
+// This structure is equivalent to k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1.TypeMeta
 type TypeMeta struct {
 	Kind       string `json:"kind,omitempty"`
 	APIVersion string `json:"apiVersion,omitempty"`
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a0a2eabb..77b56272 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1
 	github.com/emporous/collection-spec v0.0.0-20230112181029-9df787e68bce
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.3.0
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/nsf/jsondiff v0.0.0-20210926074059-1e845ec5d249
 	github.com/sigstore/cosign v1.13.1
 )
@@ -176,7 +177,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.11.3 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.2 // indirect
diff --git a/nodes/descriptor/properties.go b/nodes/descriptor/properties.go
index 955cfb6b..9a752735 100644
--- a/nodes/descriptor/properties.go
+++ b/nodes/descriptor/properties.go
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/buger/jsonparser"
 	empspec "github.com/emporous/collection-spec/specs-go/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 
 	"github.com/emporous/emporous-go/attributes"
 	"github.com/emporous/emporous-go/model"
-	"github.com/emporous/emporous-go/util/errlist"
 )
 
 var _ model.AttributeSet = &Properties{}
@@ -207,41 +207,43 @@ func Parse(in map[string]json.RawMessage) (*Properties, error) {
 	var out Properties
 	other := map[string]model.AttributeSet{}
 
+	var result *multierror.Error
+
 	var errs []error
 	for key, prop := range in {
 		switch key {
 		case TypeLink:
 			var l empspec.LinkAttributes
 			if err := json.Unmarshal(prop, &l); err != nil {
-				errs = append(errs, ParseError{Key: key, Err: err})
+				multierror.Append(result, ParseError{Key: key, Err: err})
 				continue
 			}
 			out.Link = &l
 		case TypeDescriptor:
 			var d empspec.DescriptorAttributes
 			if err := json.Unmarshal(prop, &d); err != nil {
-				errs = append(errs, ParseError{Key: key, Err: err})
+				multierror.Append(result, ParseError{Key: key, Err: err})
 				continue
 			}
 			out.Descriptor = &d
 		case TypeSchema:
 			var s empspec.SchemaAttributes
 			if err := json.Unmarshal(prop, &s); err != nil {
-				errs = append(errs, ParseError{Key: key, Err: err})
+				multierror.Append(result, ParseError{Key: key, Err: err})
 				continue
 			}
 			out.Schema = &s
 		case TypeRuntime:
 			var r ocispec.ImageConfig
 			if err := json.Unmarshal(prop, &r); err != nil {
-				errs = append(errs, ParseError{Key: key, Err: err})
+				multierror.Append(result, ParseError{Key: key, Err: err})
 				continue
 			}
 			out.Runtime = &r
 		case TypeFile:
 			var f empspec.File
 			if err := json.Unmarshal(prop, &f); err != nil {
-				errs = append(errs, ParseError{Key: key, Err: err})
+				multierror.Append(result, ParseError{Key: key, Err: err})
 				continue
 			}
 			out.File = &f
@@ -285,5 +287,5 @@ func Parse(in map[string]json.RawMessage) (*Properties, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	out.Others = other
-	return &out, errlist.NewErrList(errs)
+	return &out, result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
diff --git a/util/errlist/errlist.go b/util/errlist/errlist.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6740f037..00000000
--- a/util/errlist/errlist.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-package errlist
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-// Separator is used to separate error messages when calling Error on a list.
-const Separator = ", "
-
-// ErrList defines methods for lists of type error.
-type ErrList interface {
-	error
-	Errors() []error
-	Is(error) bool
-}
-
-// NewErrList returns a new ErrList based on a given list of
-func NewErrList(list []error) ErrList {
-	if len(list) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	// In case of input error list contains nil
-	var errs []error
-	for _, e := range list {
-		if e != nil {
-			errs = append(errs, e)
-		}
-	}
-	if len(errs) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return errList(errs)
-}
-
-type errList []error
-
-// visitErrFunc is a function that defines input and
-// outputs when an error is visited.
-type visitErrFunc func(error) bool
-
-func (el errList) Error() string {
-	if len(el) == 0 {
-		return ""
-	}
-	if len(el) == 1 {
-		return el[0].Error()
-	}
-	seenErrs := map[string]struct{}{}
-	result := strings.Builder{}
-	el.visitErr(func(err error) bool {
-		msg := err.Error()
-		if _, has := seenErrs[msg]; has {
-			return false
-		}
-		seenErrs[msg] = struct{}{}
-		if len(seenErrs) > 1 {
-			result.WriteString(Separator)
-		}
-		result.WriteString(msg)
-		return false
-	})
-	if len(seenErrs) == 1 {
-		return result.String()
-	}
-	return "[" + result.String() + "]"
-}
-
-func (el errList) Is(target error) bool {
-	return el.visitErr(func(err error) bool {
-		return errors.Is(err, target)
-	})
-}
-
-// visitsErr visits each error and stops if a match is found.
-func (el errList) visitErr(f visitErrFunc) bool {
-	for _, err := range el {
-		switch err := err.(type) {
-		case errList:
-			if match := err.visitErr(f); match {
-				return match
-			}
-		case ErrList:
-			for _, nestedErr := range err.Errors() {
-				if match := f(nestedErr); match {
-					return match
-				}
-			}
-		default:
-			if match := f(err); match {
-				return match
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
-func (el errList) Errors() []error {
-	return el
-}