FYI - NIST to release public guidance on “minimum elements” for a cryptographic 
bill of materials (CBoM) within 270 days per new Presidential Order: NSPM-12.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/securing-the-nation-against-advanced-cryptographic-attacks<https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/securing-the-nation-against-advanced-cryptographic-attacks/?utm_source=wh_social_share_button>/

Bob

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Date: Monday, June 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Subject: [EXT] [spdx-tech] Request for a slot in the tech-team meeting, from 
the Cryptography Team

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Hello Kate and Alexios,

At the Cryptography Team we are facing two challenges where we welcome SPDX
Tech team input.

We request a slot on any of the coming Tech Team meetings to describe them and
collect your feedback.

## Parameters description

There are two proposals on the table to describe cryptographic algorithm
parameters (vs properties). Each one of the two apply a different solution to
the same challenge due to applying two different approaches:
* On one side, we have a proposal that established a general syntax for
expressing parameters, applied to each one of the algorithms (.yaml files).
* On the other, a proposal that describes a common syntax on a single file and
applies to every algorithm.

Both has merits and present challenges. Before taking a decision on which way
to go, we would like to present them and collect your opinion about it.

You can find a detailed description of both approaches here:

https://urldefense.us/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_spdx_cryptographic-2Dalgorithm-2Dlist_issues_39&d=DwIFAw&c=Al8V6E3U0yBSSEuVtdZbGtsvjPA49U3WmtZAsdW0D_Q&r=yyf_tMRBY80wjAUP82gpfmv0fTJk5mALsolNn8pXnYc&m=dIpewX7umCURzeL9EVLRRM9LzjtRKdeOcIG8HomZw0p2UDm7Tf8zy-Uq1FL1HI4U&s=uMrFhs-g53A6Y2JMhRinUd4yx8wQyJOZsDftaT7K5go&e=

## Attendance to the meetings

The Cryptography group moved from a period with low attendance during its
inception, to one with an increasing participation and, again, as our work
becomes more detailed and complex, a decreased on the participation.

In addition, we are reaching a point where we are suffering from the lack of
cryptographers attending on regular basis. When they have actively
participated, the efficiency of our work has increased noticeably.

Once we leave the parameters discussion and implementation behind, we will
face the structuring of the Quantum Readiness properties description. We think
that, given the impact of the topic, this is will be a great opportunity to
revert the current situation. We will need help to make it happen.

Best Regards
--
Agustin Benito Bethencourt
Toscalix Consulting
https://urldefense.us/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.toscalix.com_about&d=DwIFAw&c=Al8V6E3U0yBSSEuVtdZbGtsvjPA49U3WmtZAsdW0D_Q&r=yyf_tMRBY80wjAUP82gpfmv0fTJk5mALsolNn8pXnYc&m=dIpewX7umCURzeL9EVLRRM9LzjtRKdeOcIG8HomZw0p2UDm7Tf8zy-Uq1FL1HI4U&s=l0WxWku15p-7rJbmZZ7fMpj2ugkudNE7Xp6ukIZzDqc&e=










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