Terms and definitions

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:

• ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/

profile

A scope of usage for SPDX targeting support for particular use cases and scenarios (e.g., software, licensing, security, etc.). A profile identifies which particular SPDX namespaces, classes, and properties it leverages, along with any custom constraints unique to its use.