On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 7:15 AM Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> wrote: > > So can you tell me where in that specification this "flat text file" format > is actually described? The specification is not on the page that includes > this quote. The text does not link to the place in the spec where this > format is described. The site's search page (because it's reasonable for a > spec to require a server-side search engine in order for users to be able to > find information in it...) doesn't return any results for the string > 'tag:value', and a search for 'tag value' points first to > https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/file-tags/ which > describes embedding tags in a source file, not constructing a tag:value > file. > > Frankly, the fact that the SPDX spec itself is as bad as it is should be > disqualifying for using any file format specified within. But I would still > be willing to give it a fair shake, if I could actually find it.
E.g. here under examples? https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/document-creation-information/ Cheers, Stephan
