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The System Package Data Exchange™ (SPDX®)

An open standard capable of representing systems with software components in as SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials) and other AI, data and security references supporting a range of risk management use cases.

The SPDX specification is a freely available international open standard (ISO/IEC 5962:2021).

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Learn

Learn more about the structure of SPDX and how to participate.

ABOUT SPDX

Use

Explore the ways that you can engage with SPDX.

USE SPDX

Tools

SPDX workgroup tools and others you can use.

SPDX TOOLS

Areas of Interest

SPDX is organized in areas of interest or profiles focused on specific user needs.

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Latest SPDX News

SPDX Articles in Journal of Innovation

Bob Martin did a great job getting two articles into the August 2026 Journal of Innovation that explore how SPDX can help make supply-chain information…

Cool New Whitepaper

Recently Bob Martin and a colleague published the paper "Leveraging SBOMs Throughout the Enterprise SDLC" that examines how enterprises can leverage SBOMs throughout the full…

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