10. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions: to interpret a table definition language fragment, wherein the table definition fragment comprises attributes, functionalities, or both that differ from attributes, functionalities, or both defined in a first table definition language, to define a second table definition language; and to generate the second table definition language with the subsequent modifications based at least upon applying attributes, functionalities, or both in the first table definition language that are not in the attributes, functionalities, or both in the table definition language fragment to the attributes, functionalities, or both of the table definition language fragment, without altering the first table definition language; wherein the second table definition language is generated at a time before a desired modification is to be applied from the second table definition language to an electrical utility meter.
10. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions: to interpret a table definition language fragment, wherein the table definition fragment comprises attributes, functionalities, or both that differ from attributes, functionalities, or both defined in a first table definition language, to define a second table definition language; and to generate the second table definition language with the subsequent modifications based at least upon applying attributes, functionalities, or both in the first table definition language that are not in the attributes, functionalities, or both in the table definition language fragment to the attributes, functionalities, or both of the table definition language fragment, without altering the first table definition language; wherein the second table definition language is generated at a time before a desired modification is to be applied from the second table definition language to an electrical utility meter. 12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , comprising instructions to store and/or publish the second table definition language.