Element

Summary

Base domain class from which all other SPDX 3 domain classes derive.

Description

An Element is a representation of a fundamental concept either directly inherent to the Bill of Materials (BOM) domain or indirectly related to the BOM domain and necessary for contextually characterizing BOM concepts and relationships.

Within the SPDX 3 structure, this is the base class that acts as a consistent, unifying, and interoperable foundation for all explicit and inter-relatable content objects.

An Element may have one or more names. If a primary name is specified, it shall be recorded using the name property. Any additional names shall be recorded using the additionalName property.

Metadata

https://spdx.org/rdf/3/terms/Core/Element

Name	Element
Instantiability	Abstract

Class hierarchy

/Core/Element

Direct subclasses

• /Build/Build
• /Core/Agent
• /Core/Annotation
• /Core/Artifact
• /Core/ElementCollection
• /Core/IndividualElement
• /Core/Location
• /Core/Relationship
• /Core/Requirement
• /Core/Role
• /Core/Tool
• /ExpandedLicensing/LicenseAddition
• /FunctionalSafety/Assumption
• /FunctionalSafety/EvaluationResult
• /FunctionalSafety/RequirementVerification
• /SimpleLicensing/AnyLicenseInfo
• /SimpleLicensing/SimpleLicensingText
• /Software/AbstractPackage

Properties

Property	Type	minCount	maxCount
additionalName	xsd:string	0	*
comment	xsd:string	0	1
creationInfo	CreationInfo	1	1
description	xsd:string	0	1
extension	/Extension/Extension	0	*
externalIdentifier	ExternalIdentifier	0	*
externalRef	ExternalRef	0	*
name	xsd:string	0	1
spdxId	xsd:anyURI	1	1
summary	xsd:string	0	1
verifiedUsing	IntegrityMethod	0	*

All properties

Property	Type	minCount	maxCount
additionalName	xsd:string	0	*
comment	xsd:string	0	1
creationInfo	CreationInfo	1	1
description	xsd:string	0	1
extension	Extension	0	*
externalIdentifier	ExternalIdentifier	0	*
externalRef	ExternalRef	0	*
name	xsd:string	0	1
spdxId	xsd:anyURI	1	1
summary	xsd:string	0	1
verifiedUsing	IntegrityMethod	0	*