diff --git a/data/json/bool_attr.json b/data/json/bool_attr.json
index 6d4d24d..ff092b9 100644
--- a/data/json/bool_attr.json
+++ b/data/json/bool_attr.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                             "class": "H5T_INTEGER"
                         },
                         "class": "H5T_ENUM",
-                        "mapping": [
+                        "members": [
                             {
                                 "name": "FALSE",
                                 "value": 0
diff --git a/data/json/bool_dset.json b/data/json/bool_dset.json
index 11f19e0..29e46d8 100644
--- a/data/json/bool_dset.json
+++ b/data/json/bool_dset.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                     "class": "H5T_INTEGER"
                 },
                 "class": "H5T_ENUM",
-                "mapping": [
+                "members": [
                     {
                         "name": "FALSE",
                         "value": 0
diff --git a/data/json/enum_attr.json b/data/json/enum_attr.json
index e39425e..9e9d94a 100644
--- a/data/json/enum_attr.json
+++ b/data/json/enum_attr.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
                             "class": "H5T_INTEGER"
                         },
                         "class": "H5T_ENUM",
-                        "mapping": [
+                        "members": [
                             {
                                 "name": "GAS",
                                 "value": 2
diff --git a/data/json/enum_dset.json b/data/json/enum_dset.json
index 0829169..d2afcd4 100644
--- a/data/json/enum_dset.json
+++ b/data/json/enum_dset.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                     "class": "H5T_INTEGER"
                 },
                 "class": "H5T_ENUM",
-                "mapping": [
+                "members": [
                     {
                         "name": "GAS",
                         "value": 2
diff --git a/src/h5json/hdf5db.py b/src/h5json/hdf5db.py
index 112fb86..db48eda 100644
--- a/src/h5json/hdf5db.py
+++ b/src/h5json/hdf5db.py
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ def getObjByPath(self, path):
     def getObjectByUuid(self, col_type, obj_uuid):
         # col_type should be either "datasets", "groups", or "datatypes"
         if col_type not in ("datasets", "groups", "datatypes"):
-            msg = "Unexpectd error, invalid col_type: [" + col_type + "]"
+            msg = "Unexpected error, invalid col_type: [" + col_type + "]"
             self.log.error(msg)
             raise IOError(errno.EIO, msg)
         if col_type == "groups" and obj_uuid == self.dbGrp.attrs["rootUUID"]:
diff --git a/src/h5json/hdf5dtype.py b/src/h5json/hdf5dtype.py
index fecf38f..9c565ce 100644
--- a/src/h5json/hdf5dtype.py
+++ b/src/h5json/hdf5dtype.py
@@ -735,9 +735,13 @@ def createBaseDataType(typeItem):
         if base_json["class"] != "H5T_INTEGER":
             msg = "Only integer base types can be used with enum type"
             raise TypeError(msg)
-        if "mapping" not in typeItem:
+        if "mapping" in typeItem:
+            mapping = typeItem["mapping"]
+        elif "members" in typeItem:
+            mapping = typeItem["members"]  # backward-compatibility for hdf5-json
+        else:
             raise KeyError("'mapping' not provided for enum type")
-        mapping = typeItem["mapping"]
+
         if len(mapping) == 0:
             raise KeyError("empty enum map")