ISO/IEC 5962:2021

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 5962
First edition
2021-08
Information technology — SPDX®
Specification V2.2.1
Technologies de l'information — Spécification SPDX® V2.2.1
Reference number
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Contents
Foreword . xiii
Introduction . xiii
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Conformance . 3
4.1 SPDX Current and Previous Versions . 3
4.2 Obsolete features . 3
4.3 Alternate notation for some conformance requirements . 3
4.4 Standard data format requirements . 4
4.5 Trademark Compliance . 5
4.6 The SPDX Lite profile . 5
5 Composition of an SPDX document . 6
5.1 What this specification covers . 6
5.2 Sections . 7
5.2.1 SPDX document creation information section . 7
5.2.2 Package information section . 7
5.2.3 File information section . 8
5.2.4 Snippet information section . 8
5.2.5 Other licensing information detected section . 9
5.2.6 Relationships between SPDX elements information section . 9
5.2.7 Annotations information section . 9
5.2.8 Review information section . 9
5.3 What this specification does not cover . 10
6 SPDX document creation information section . 10
6.1 SPDX version field . 10
6.1.1 Description . 10
6.1.2 Intent . 10
6.1.3 Examples . 10
6.2 Data license field . 11
6.2.1 Description . 11
6.2.2 Intent . 11
6.2.3 Examples . 11
6.3 SPDX identifier field . 12
6.3.1 Description . 12
6.3.2 Intent . 12
6.3.3 Examples . 12
6.4 Document name field . 12
6.4.1 Description . 12
6.4.2 Intent . 13
6.4.3 Examples . 13
6.5 SPDX document namespace field . 13
6.5.1 Description . 13
6.5.2 Intent . 14
6.5.3 Examples . 15
6.6 External document references field . 15
6.6.1 Description . 15
6.6.2 Intent . 15
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6.6.3 Examples .16
6.7 License list version field .16
6.7.1 Description .16
6.7.2 Intent .17
6.7.3 Examples .17
6.8 Creator field .17
6.8.1 Description .17
6.8.2 Intent .18
6.8.3 Examples .18
6.9 Created field .18
6.9.1 Description .18
6.9.2 Intent .19
6.9.3 Examples .19
6.10 Creator comment field.19
6.10.1 Description .19
6.10.2 Intent .20
6.10.3 Examples .20
6.11 Document comment field .20
6.11.1 Description .20
6.11.2 Intent .21
6.11.3 Examples .21
7 Package information section .21
7.1 Package name field .21
7.1.1 Description .21
7.1.2 Intent .21
7.1.3 Examples .21
7.2 Package SPDX identifier field .22
7.2.1 Description .22
7.2.2 Intent .22
7.2.3 Examples .22
7.3 Package version field .23
7.3.1 Description .23
7.3.2 Intent .23
7.3.3 Examples .23
7.4 Package file name field .23
7.4.1 Description .23
7.4.2 Intent .24
7.4.3 Examples .24
7.5 Package supplier field .24
7.5.1 Description .24
7.5.2 Intent .25
7.5.3 Examples .25
7.6 Package originator field .25
7.6.1 Description .25
7.6.2 Intent .26
7.6.3 Examples .26
7.7 Package download location field .27
7.7.1 Description .27
7.7.2 Intent .28
7.7.3 Examples .28
7.8 Files analyzed field .32
7.8.1 Description .32
7.8.2 Intent .32
7.8.3 Examples .33
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7.9 Package verification code field . 33
7.9.1 Description . 33
7.9.2 Intent . 34
7.9.3 Examples . 34
7.10 Package checksum field . 35
7.10.1 Description . 35
7.10.2 Intent . 35
7.10.3 Examples . 35
7.11 Package home page field . 36
7.11.1 Description . 36
7.11.2 Intent . 37
7.11.3 Examples . 37
7.12 Source information field . 37
7.12.1 Description . 37
7.12.2 Intent . 38
7.12.3 Examples . 38
7.13 Concluded license field . 38
7.13.1 Description . 38
7.13.2 Intent . 39
7.13.3 Examples . 39
7.14 All licenses information from files field . 40
7.14.1 Description . 40
7.14.2 Intent . 40
7.14.3 Examples . 41
7.15 Declared license field . 41
7.15.1 Description . 41
7.15.2 Intent . 42
7.15.3 Examples . 42
7.16 Comments on license field . 43
7.16.1 Description . 43
7.16.2 Intent . 43
7.16.3 Examples . 43
7.17 Copyright text field. 44
7.17.1 Description . 44
7.17.2 Intent . 44
7.17.3 Examples . 44
7.18 Package summary description field . 45
7.18.1 Description . 45
7.18.2 Intent . 45
7.18.3 Examples . 45
7.19 Package detailed description field . 45
7.19.1 Description . 45
7.19.2 Intent . 46
7.19.3 Examples . 46
7.20 Package comment field . 46
7.20.1 Description . 46
7.20.2 Intent . 47
7.20.3 Examples . 47
7.21 External reference field . 47
7.21.1 Description . 47
7.21.2 Intent . 48
7.21.3 Examples . 48
7.22 External reference comment field . 49
7.22.1 Description . 49
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7.22.2 Intent .49
7.22.3 Examples .50
7.23 Package attribution text field .50
7.23.1 Description .50
7.23.2 Intent .51
7.23.3 Examples .51
8 File information section .51
8.1 File name field .51
8.1.1 Description .51
8.1.2 Intent .52
8.1.3 Examples .52
8.2 File SPDX identifier field .52
8.2.1 Description .52
8.2.2 Intent .52
8.2.3 Examples .52
8.3 File type field .53
8.3.1 Description .53
8.3.2 Intent .54
8.3.3 Examples .54
8.4 File checksum field .54
8.4.1 Description .54
8.4.2 Intent .55
8.4.3 Examples .55
8.5 Concluded license field .56
8.5.1 Description .56
8.5.2 Intent .56
8.5.3 Examples .56
8.6 License information in file field .57
8.6.1 Description .57
8.6.2 Intent .58
8.6.3 Examples .58
8.7 Comments on license field .58
8.7.1 Description .58
8.7.2 Intent .59
8.7.3 Examples .59
8.8 Copyright text field .59
8.8.1 Description .59
8.8.2 Intent .60
8.8.3 Examples .60
8.9 Artifact of project name field (deprecated) .60
8.9.1 Description .60
8.9.2 Intent .61
8.9.3 Examples .61
8.10 Artifact of project homepage field (deprecated) .61
8.10.1 Description .61
8.10.2 Intent .61
8.10.3 Examples .61
8.11 Artifact of project uniform resource identifier field (deprecated) .62
8.11.1 Description .62
8.11.2 Intent .62
8.11.3 Examples .62
8.12 File comment field .63
8.12.1 Description .63
8.12.2 Intent .63
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8.12.3 Examples . 63
8.13 File notice field . 63
8.13.1 Description . 63
8.13.2 Intent . 64
8.13.3 Examples . 64
8.14 File contributor field . 64
8.14.1 Description . 64
8.14.2 Intent . 64
8.14.3 Examples . 65
8.15 File attribution text field . 65
8.15.1 Description . 65
8.15.2 Intent . 65
8.15.3 Examples . 66
8.16 File dependencies field (deprecated) . 66
8.16.1 Description . 66
8.16.2 Intent . 66
8.16.3 Examples . 67
9 Snippet information section . 67
9.1 Snippet SPDX identifier field . 67
9.1.1 Description . 67
9.1.2 Intent . 68
9.1.3 Examples . 68
9.2 Snippet from file SPDX identifier field . 68
9.2.1 Description . 68
9.2.2 Intent . 69
9.2.3 Examples . 69
9.3 Snippet byte range field . 70
9.3.1 Description . 70
9.3.2 Intent . 70
9.3.3 Examples . 70
9.4 Snippet line range field . 71
9.4.1 Description . 71
9.4.2 Intent . 71
9.4.3 Examples . 71
9.5 Snippet concluded license field . 72
9.5.1 Description . 72
9.5.2 Intent . 73
9.5.3 Examples . 73
9.6 License information in snippet field . 74
9.6.1 Description . 74
9.6.2 Intent . 75
9.6.3 Examples . 75
9.7 Snippet comments on license field . 75
9.7.1 Description . 75
9.7.2 Intent . 75
9.7.3 Examples . 75
9.8 Snippet copyright text field . 76
9.8.1 Description . 76
9.8.2 Intent . 76
9.8.3 Examples . 76
9.9 Snippet comment field . 77
9.9.1 Description . 77
9.9.2 Intent . 77
9.9.3 Examples . 77
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9.10 Snippet name field .78
9.10.1 Description .78
9.10.2 Intent .78
9.10.3 Examples .78
9.11 Snippet attribution text field .78
9.11.1 Description .78
9.11.2 Intent .
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