diff --git a/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ServerAPI.cs b/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ServerAPI.cs
index e1f5cbe7..d005c815 100644
--- a/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ServerAPI.cs
+++ b/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ServerAPI.cs
@@ -893,22 +893,57 @@ namespace IEC61850
             [DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
             static extern void DataAttribute_setValue(IntPtr self, IntPtr mmsValue);
 
-            private DataAttributeType daType;
+            [DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+            static extern int DataAttribute_getType(IntPtr self);
+
+            [DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+            static extern byte DataAttribute_getTrgOps(IntPtr self);
+
+            [DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+            static extern int DataAttribute_getFC(IntPtr self);
 
             internal DataAttribute(IntPtr self, ModelNode parent) : base(self)
             {
                 this.parent = parent;
             }
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Create a new data attribute and add it to a parent model node
+            /// </summary>
+            /// The parent model node has to be of type DataObject or DataAttribute
+            /// <param name="name">the name of the data attribute (e.g. "stVal")</param>
+            /// <param name="parent">the parent model node (of type DataObject or DataAttribute)</param>
+            /// <param name="type">the type of the data attribute (CONSTRUCTED if the type contains sub data attributes)</param>
+            /// <param name="fc">the functional constraint (FC) of the data attribute</param>
+            /// <param name="trgOps">the trigger options (dupd, dchg, qchg) that cause an event notification</param>
+            /// <param name="arrayElements">the number of array elements if the data attribute is an array or 0</param>
+            /// <param name="sAddr">an optional short address (deprecated)</param>
             public DataAttribute (string name, ModelNode parent, DataAttributeType type, FunctionalConstraint fc, TriggerOptions trgOps,
                 int arrayElements, UInt32 sAddr)
             {
                 this.parent = parent;
-                this.daType = type;
 
                 self = DataAttribute_create (name, parent.self, (int)type, (int)fc, (byte)trgOps, arrayElements, sAddr);
             }
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Create a new data attribute and add it to a parent model node
+            /// </summary>
+            /// The parent model node has to be of type DataObject or DataAttribute
+            /// <param name="name">the name of the data attribute (e.g. "stVal")</param>
+            /// <param name="parent">the parent model node (of type DataObject or DataAttribute)</param>
+            /// <param name="type">the type of the data attribute (CONSTRUCTED if the type contains sub data attributes)</param>
+            /// <param name="fc">the functional constraint (FC) of the data attribute</param>
+            /// <param name="trgOps">the trigger options (dupd, dchg, qchg) that cause an event notification</param>
+            /// <param name="arrayElements">the number of array elements if the data attribute is an array or 0</param>
+            public DataAttribute(string name, ModelNode parent, DataAttributeType type, FunctionalConstraint fc, TriggerOptions trgOps,
+                int arrayElements)
+            {
+                this.parent = parent;
+
+                self = DataAttribute_create(name, parent.self, (int)type, (int)fc, (byte)trgOps, arrayElements, 0);
+            }
+
             /// <summary>
             /// Get IEC 61850 data attribute type of the data attribute
             /// </summary>
@@ -916,7 +951,29 @@ namespace IEC61850
             {
                 get
                 {
-                    return daType;
+                    return (DataAttributeType)DataAttribute_getType(self);
+                }
+            }
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The trigger options (dchg, qchg, dupd) of the data attribute
+            /// </summary>
+            public TriggerOptions TrgOps
+            {
+                get
+                {
+                    return (TriggerOptions)DataAttribute_getTrgOps(self);
+                }
+            }
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The functional constraint (FC) of the data attribute
+            /// </summary>
+            public FunctionalConstraint FC
+            {
+                get
+                {
+                    return (FunctionalConstraint)DataAttribute_getFC(self);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_dynamic_model.h b/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_dynamic_model.h
index 872ee425..e28ac506 100644
--- a/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_dynamic_model.h
+++ b/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_dynamic_model.h
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ DataObject_create(const char* name, ModelNode* parent, int arrayElements);
 /**
  * \brief create a new data attribute and add it to a parent model node
  *
- * The parent model node has to be of type LogicalNode or DataObject
+ * The parent model node has to be of type DataObject or DataAttribute
  *
  * \param name the name of the data attribute (e.g. "stVal")
  * \param parent the parent model node
  * \param type the type of the data attribute (CONSTRUCTED if the type contains sub data attributes)
- * \param fc the functional constraint (FC) of the data attribte
+ * \param fc the functional constraint (FC) of the data attribute
  * \param triggerOptions the trigger options (dupd, dchg, qchg) that cause an event notification
  * \param arrayElements the number of array elements if the data attribute is an array or 0
  * \param sAddr an optional short address
@@ -137,6 +137,36 @@ LIB61850_API DataAttribute*
 DataAttribute_create(const char* name, ModelNode* parent, DataAttributeType type, FunctionalConstraint fc,
         uint8_t triggerOptions, int arrayElements, uint32_t sAddr);
 
+/**
+ * \brief Get the data type of the data attribute
+ *
+ * \param self the data attribute instance
+ *
+ * \return the data attribute type
+ */
+LIB61850_API DataAttributeType
+DataAttribute_getType(DataAttribute* self);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Get the functional constraint (FC) of the data attribute
+ *
+ * \param self the data attribute instance
+ *
+ * \return the functional constraint (FC) of the data attribute
+ */
+LIB61850_API FunctionalConstraint
+DataAttribute_getFC(DataAttribute* self);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Get the trigger options of the data attribute
+ *
+ * \param self the data attribute instance
+ *
+ * \return the trigger options (dupd, dchg, qchg) that cause an event notification
+ */
+LIB61850_API uint8_t
+DataAttribute_getTrgOps(DataAttribute* self);
+
 /**
  * \brief Set the value of the data attribute (can be used to set default values before server is created)
  * 
diff --git a/src/iec61850/server/model/dynamic_model.c b/src/iec61850/server/model/dynamic_model.c
index ea68d36d..33e79ef0 100644
--- a/src/iec61850/server/model/dynamic_model.c
+++ b/src/iec61850/server/model/dynamic_model.c
@@ -607,6 +607,30 @@ DataAttribute_create(const char* name, ModelNode* parent, DataAttributeType type
     return self;
 }
 
+const char*
+DataAttribute_getName(DataAttribute* self)
+{
+    return self->name;
+}
+
+DataAttributeType
+DataAttribute_getType(DataAttribute* self)
+{
+    return self->type;
+}
+
+FunctionalConstraint
+DataAttribute_getFC(DataAttribute* self)
+{
+    return self->fc;
+}
+
+uint8_t
+DataAttribute_getTrgOps(DataAttribute* self)
+{
+    return self->triggerOptions;
+}
+
 void
 DataAttribute_setValue(DataAttribute* self, MmsValue* value)
 {