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The Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX®) [https://spdx.org/specifications specification] is a standard format for communicating the components, licenses and copyrights associated with a software package. This wiki site is one of the workspaces for SPDX Teams, along with our [https://github.com/spdx/ organisation on GitHub] and [https://lists.spdx.org/ mailing lists]. Please see [http://spdx.org spdx.org] for general information, the current specification, license list, etc.

'''Documents'''
* [[Documents|Working with SPDX Documents and the License List]]
* [[SPDXReports | SPDX Reports]]
'''Team Work Areas'''
* [[General Meeting]]
* [[Outreach Team | Outreach Team]]
* [[Legal Team]]
* [[Technical Team]]
** [[Canonicalisation Committee]]
* [[Old|Older Information]]
'''Other'''
* [[Business_Team/Tool_Link_Request | Tool Link Request and Process]]
* [[GSOC | Google Summer of Code]]
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Main Page

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The Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX®) [https://spdx.org/specifications specification] is a standard format for communicating the components, licenses and copyrights associated with a software package. This wiki site is the workspace for SPDX Teams. Please see [http://spdx.org spdx.org] for general information, the current specification, license list, etc.

'''Documents'''
* [[Documents|Working with SPDX Documents and the License List]]
* [[SPDXReports | SPDX Reports]]
'''Team Work Areas'''
* [[General Meeting]]
* [[Outreach Team | Outreach Team]]
* [[Legal Team]]
* [[Technical Team]]
** [[Canonicalisation Committee]]
* [[Old|Older Information]]
'''Other'''
* [[Business_Team/Tool_Link_Request | Tool Link Request and Process]]
* [[GSOC | Google Summer of Code]]
<br />
This is a media wiki. See [[Getting started with the SPDX wiki]]. Note that you need an account on the wiki to edit. See the Getting started page to request one.

Canonicalisation Committee

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The Canonicalisation Committee is a group within SPDX dedicated to creating a canonical serialisation format for the upcoming SPDX 3.0 specification, enabling SPDX data to be shared and combined whilst ensuring data integrity.

There are several key opportunities for SPDX 3.0: the ability to verify the integrity of individual Elements independent of a containing document, multiple equivalent serialisation formats
capable of round-trip conversion, and a clearly demarcated split between SPDX's information model and data models.

All of these opportunities hinge on having a canonical serialisation format: a representation of SPDX data that is never ambiguous and is unaffected by stylistic or platform-specific concerns.
As such, the SPDX Canonicalisation Committee will be dedicated to:

* Writing a specification for a canonical serialisation format for SPDX 3.0 data.

* Determining processes for Element-level integrity and signing.

* Making recommendations to the [[Technical_Team | SPDX Tech Team]] about potential ambiguities found in the information model that might inhibit canonicalisation.

The Canonicalisation Committee's discussions are currently held on the [https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-tech SPDX Tech Team mailing list] (send an email to <code>spdx-tech+subscribe@lists.spdx.org</code> to subscribe).