1 # CycloneDX {#chap-interop-cyclonedx}
3 [OWASP](https://owasp.org/) [CycloneDX](https://cyclonedx.org/) is a Software [Bill of Materials](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_materials) (SBOM) standard.
4 The standards described here are for including Nix specific information within SBOMs in a way that is interoperable with external SBOM tooling.
6 ## `nix` Namespace Property Taxonomy {#sec-interop.cylonedx-nix}
8 The following tables describe namespaces for [properties](https://cyclonedx.org/docs/1.6/json/#components_items_properties) that may be attached to components within SBOMs.
9 Component properties are lists of name-value-pairs where values must be strings.
10 Properties with the same name may appear more than once.
11 Names and values are case-sensitive.
13 | Property | Description |
14 |------------------|-------------|
15 | `nix:store_path` | A Nix store path for the given component. This property should be contextualized by additional properties that describe the production of the store path, such as those from the `nix:narinfo:` and `nix:fod` namespaces. |
18 | Namespace | Description |
19 |---------------|-------------|
20 | [`nix:narinfo`](#sec-interop.cylonedx-narinfo) | Namespace for properties that are specific to how a component is stored as a [Nix archive](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/glossary#gloss-nar) (NAR) in a [binary cache](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/glossary#gloss-binary-cache). |
21 | [`nix:fod`](#sec-interop.cylonedx-fod) | Namespace for properties that describe a [fixed-output derivation](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/glossary#gloss-fixed-output-derivation). |
24 ### `nix:narinfo` {#sec-interop.cylonedx-narinfo}
26 Narinfo properties describe component archives that may be available from binary caches.
27 The `nix:narinfo` properties should be accompanied by a `nix:store_path` property within the same property list.
29 | Property | Description |
30 |---------------------------|-------------|
31 | `nix:narinfo:store_path` | Store path for the given store component. |
32 | `nix:narinfo:url` | URL path component. |
33 | `nix:narinfo:nar_hash` | Hash of the file system object part of the component when serialized as a Nix Archive. |
34 | `nix:narinfo:nar_size` | Size of the component when serialized as a Nix Archive. |
35 | `nix:narinfo:compression` | The compression format that component archive is in. |
36 | `nix:narinfo:file_hash` | A digest for the compressed component archive itself, as opposed to the data contained within. |
37 | `nix:narinfo:file_size` | The size of the compressed component archive itself. |
38 | `nix:narinfo:deriver` | The path to the derivation from which this component is produced. |
39 | `nix:narinfo:system` | The hardware and software platform on which this component is produced. |
40 | `nix:narinfo:sig` | Signatures claiming that this component is what it claims to be. |
41 | `nix:narinfo:ca` | Content address of this store object's file system object, used to compute its store path. |
42 | `nix:narinfo:references` | A whitespace separated array of store paths that this component references. |
44 ### `nix:fod` {#sec-interop.cylonedx-fod}
46 FOD properties describe a [fixed-output derivation](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/glossary#gloss-fixed-output-derivation).
47 The `nix:fod:method` property is required and must be accompanied by a `nix:store_path` property within the same property list.
48 All other properties in this namespace are method-specific.
49 To reproduce the build of a component the `nix:fod:method` value is resolved to an [appropriate function](#chap-pkgs-fetchers) within Nixpkgs whose arguments intersect with the given properties.
50 When generating `nix:fod` properties the method selected should be a stable function with a minimal number arguments.
51 For example, the `fetchFromGitHub` is commonly used within Nixpkgs but should be reduced to a call to the function by which it is implemented, `fetchzip`.
53 | Property | Description |
54 |------------------|-------------|
55 | `nix:fod:method` | Nixpkg function that produces this FOD. Required. Examples: `"fetchzip"`, `"fetchgit"` |
56 | `nix:fod:name` | Derivation name, present when method is `"fetchzip"` |
57 | `nix:fod:ref` | [Git ref](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitglossary#Documentation/gitglossary.txt-aiddefrefaref), present when method is `"fetchgit"` |
58 | `nix:fod:rev` | [Git rev](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitglossary#Documentation/gitglossary.txt-aiddefrevisionarevision), present when method is `"fetchgit"` |
59 | `nix:fod:sha256` | FOD hash |
60 | `nix:fod:url` | URL to fetch |
63 `nix:fod` properties may be extracted and evaluated to a derivation using code similar to the following, assuming a fictitious function `filterPropertiesToAttrs`:
66 { pkgs, filterPropertiesToAttrs, properties }:
68 fodProps = filterPropertiesToAttrs "nix:fod:" properties;
72 { name, url, sha256, ... }:
74 inherit name url sha256;
78 in methods.${fodProps.method} fodProps