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I actually found that callout quite useful. I've often had to send SBOMs to lawyers, auditors etc. and typically in Excel.
by mousetree 4y ago
I actually found that callout quite useful. I've often had to send SBOMs to lawyers, auditors etc. and typically in Excel.
- pxc 4y agoAren't these things basically incompatible formats, since JSON can be arbitrarily nested and spreadsheets have no depth?
- emmelaich 4y agoThere is a JSON 'schema' that is popular that makes it more compatible. Sorry, forgotten the name. And I'm not sure if this adhere's to it.
- pxc 4y agoKinda sounds to me like the format should just be CSV in the first place, then. If anyone has reasons why they prefer constrained JSON, I'd like to hear it, though. :)
- zvr 4y agoNo, the format is SPDX which can be serialized in JSON or in a spreadsheet (as well as RDF, XML, YAML, tag-value text, etc.)
- cxr 4y agoAlthough you can't reliably handle arbitrary JSON, they're not ipso facto incompatible formats; the fact that you can run a CSV-to-JSON is proof. (If you have a tool that operates on the kind of data that CSV is used for, then you can, of course, implement JSON support in the same tool at least to the extent that it is able to handle any JSON of the form that a CSV-to-JSON converter would produce...)
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