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diff --git a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst index 1e3f718a8f..7e5295a646 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst @@ -323,6 +323,23 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case: :term:`build host<Build Host>` and other components, that can work on specific hardware. + :term:`SBOM` + This term means *Software Bill of Materials*. When you distribute + software, it offers a description of all the components you used, + their corresponding licenses, their dependencies, the changes that were + applied and the known vulnerabilities that were fixed. + + This can be used by the recipients of the software to assess + their exposure to license compliance and security vulnerability issues. + + See the :wikipedia:`Software Supply Chain <Software_supply_chain>` + article on Wikipedia for more details. + + The OpenEmbedded Build System can generate such documentation for your + project, in :term:`SPDX` format, based on all the metadata it used to + build the software images. See the ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:creating + a software bill of materials`" section of the Development Tasks manual. + :term:`Source Directory` This term refers to the directory structure created as a result of creating a local copy of the ``poky`` Git @@ -383,6 +400,17 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case: ":ref:`overview-manual/development-environment:repositories, tags, and branches`" section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual. + :term:`SPDX` + This term means *Software Package Data Exchange*, and is used as a open + standard for providing a *Software Bill of Materials* (:term:`SBOM`). + This standard is developed through a `Linux Foundation project + <https://spdx.dev/>`__ and is used by the OpenEmbedded Build System to + provide an :term:`SBOM` associated to each a software image. + + For details, see Wikipedia's :wikipedia:`SPDX page <Software_Package_Data_Exchange>` + and the ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:creating a software bill of materials`" + section of the Development Tasks manual. + :term:`Sysroot` When cross-compiling, the target file system may be differently laid out and contain different things compared to the host system. The concept |