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# SPDX 3 model

The Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX®)
is a standard format for communicating information
about components associated with software packages.
It has wide industry adoption
as a standardized Software Bill of Materials.
It is also an ISO standard, ISO/IEC 5962:2021.
The System Package Data Exchange® (SPDX®)is a standard format for communicating information about components associated with systems.
Components can include software, AI/ML models, and data today. More component types that make up modern systems are planned to be included in subsequent releases.
The prior version of this format was focused on Software, is an ISO/IEC standard (ISO/IEC 5962:2021) and has wide industry adoption
as a standardized Software Bill of Materials (SBOM). All use cases supported by the prior version, are supported here as well.

This repository holds the model for the information captured
on the (upcoming) SPDX version 3 standard.
This repository holds the model for the information captured in SPDX version 3 standard.

## Branches and Formats

The editable files are written in a constrained subset of Markdown
and are stored in the `main` branch.
The editable files are written in a constrained subset of Markdown and are stored in the `main` branch.

These files are automatically processed into the following formats available at https://spdx.github.io/spdx-3-model/:

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