diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord/cord.yaml b/xos/configurations/cord/cord.yaml
index a35454b..2a61cf9 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/cord/cord.yaml
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord/cord.yaml
@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@
               node: mysite_vbng
               relationship: tosca.relationships.ConnectsToSlice
 
+    Private-Direct:
+      type: tosca.nodes.NetworkTemplate
+      properties:
+          access: direct
+
+    Private-Indirect:
+      type: tosca.nodes.NetworkTemplate
+      properties:
+          access: indirect
+
     subscriber_network:
       type: tosca.nodes.network.Network
       properties:
diff --git a/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.m4 b/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.m4
index a806327..907d54c 100644
--- a/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.m4
+++ b/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.m4
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@
                 type: string
                 required: false
                 description: Indicates the type of controller that the network is connected to.
+            access:
+                type: string
+                required: false
+                description: The type of access semantics for this network
 
     tosca.nodes.network.Network.XOS:
           # Due to bug? in implementation, we have to copy everything from
diff --git a/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml b/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml
index 3339fdf..60968a5 100644
--- a/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml
+++ b/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml
@@ -494,6 +494,10 @@
                 type: string
                 required: false
                 description: Indicates the type of controller that the network is connected to.
+            access:
+                type: string
+                required: false
+                description: The type of access semantics for this network
 
     tosca.nodes.network.Network.XOS:
           # Due to bug? in implementation, we have to copy everything from
diff --git a/xos/tosca/resources/networktemplate.py b/xos/tosca/resources/networktemplate.py
index 557964e..3a5ce59 100644
--- a/xos/tosca/resources/networktemplate.py
+++ b/xos/tosca/resources/networktemplate.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 class XOSNetworkTemplate(XOSResource):
     provides = "tosca.nodes.NetworkTemplate"
     xos_model = NetworkTemplate
-    copyin_props = ["visibility", "translation", "shared_network_name", "shared_network_id", "toplogy_kind", "controller_kind"]
+    copyin_props = ["visibility", "translation", "shared_network_name", "shared_network_id", "toplogy_kind", "controller_kind", "access"]
 
     def get_xos_args(self):
         args = super(XOSNetworkTemplate, self).get_xos_args()