https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160
Bug #: 1160
Summary: Proposal for including lists within the SPDX
spreadsheet columns
Product: SPDX
Version: 1.1
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: Pretty Printer
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
The contributors, file dependencies, and artifactOf columns in the per file
sheet must support more than one value in spreadsheet cell. In some of these
cells, a separator character may exist within the string itself, so some form
of quoting or escaping must be used. For the artifactOf compatibility,
unquoted single values should be allowed.
Proposal:
For multiple values, a CSV formatted string with commas as the seperator and
double quotes ('"') as the quoting char will be used.
If the cell does not start with the separator, it is assumed to be a single
value.
Any pre-existing use of lists prior to version 1.2 of the spreadsheet would
remain unchanged for compatibility reasons (e.g. License Info from Files in the
Package Info sheet).
Examples:
- To represent a single contributor Joe Smith the cell would only contain 'Joe
Smith'
- To represent two contributors, Joe Smith and Jane Smith, the cell would
contain '"Joe Smith","Jane Smith"'
- If a contributor happens to have double quotes (Joe "the code god" Smith and
Jane "the design god" Smith, it would be escaped with two double quotes per CSV
'"Joe """the code god""" Smith", Jane """the design god""" Smith"'
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