Issues

• 3.0-dev publishes two different prefixes for Core

  ontology
  spdx/spdx-spec#1506 · Filter by author bact opened on Oct 16, 2026 · 3.0.2

• License-Expressions: Clarify that it is recommended to use the casing of "DocumentRef-" and "LicenseRef-"

  license expression
  spdx/spdx-spec#1505 · Filter by author bernhardreiter opened on Oct 14, 2026 · 3.1

• Follow ISO/IEC directive for Terms & definitions

  definitionsdoc improvement
  spdx/spdx-spec#1504 · Filter by author bact opened on Oct 14, 2026 · 3.1
  2

• Release 2.3.1 Punch List

  spdx/spdx-spec#1472 · Filter by author goneall opened on Sep 1, 2026 · 2.3.1
  8

  

• Add examples on generated pages

  cipublishing
  spdx/spdx-spec#1467 · Filter by author zvr opened on Aug 18, 2026

• Make license-expressions fully case sensitive

  license expression
  spdx/spdx-spec#1464 · Filter by author bernhardreiter opened on Aug 12, 2026
  4

• is '+' useful? Example CDDL-1.0, CDDL-1.1 and CDLA-Permissive-1.0 are actually or-later

  license expressionquestion
  spdx/spdx-spec#1463 · Filter by author bernhardreiter opened on Aug 12, 2026
  11

• Canonical form of composite license expressions

  license expressionquestion
  spdx/spdx-spec#1462 · Filter by author bact opened on Aug 10, 2026
  5

• Provide an Extension how-to and an Extension example

  annexexamples
  spdx/spdx-spec#1458 · Filter by author bact opened on Aug 5, 2026

• correct extension from [0..1] to [0..*]

  diagram
  spdx/spdx-spec#1456 · Filter by author bobmartin3000 opened on Jul 30, 2026 · 3.1

• Delete setup.py at root

  question
  spdx/spdx-spec#1443 · Filter by author bact opened on Jul 21, 2026

• [3.1-RC1] Editorial cleanup: documentation and annexes (7.1)

  typo
  spdx/spdx-spec#1419 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1-rc2
  2

• [3.1-RC1] Update the introduction to 3.1 and segment the contributor list

  doc improvement
  spdx/spdx-spec#1432 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026
  4

• [3.1-RC1] Add migration and profile-usage-guide annexes for the new profiles

  annex
  spdx/spdx-spec#1421 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1
  3

• [3.1-RC1] Unify (or document) the mismatched timestamps in the full example

  examples
  spdx/spdx-spec#1422 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1
  2

• [3.1-RC1] Add a deterministic (byte-reproducible) emission annex

  annexcanonicalizationserialization
  spdx/spdx-spec#1423 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1-rc2
  4

• [3.1-RC1] Add a serialization-format coverage matrix and define canonical ordering

  canonicalizationserialization
  spdx/spdx-spec#1426 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1
  1

• [3.1-RC1] Define a normative IRI and @context versioning policy

  doc improvementURL
  spdx/spdx-spec#1427 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1-rc2
  2

  

• [3.1-RC1] Specify how validators handle elements from unsupported profiles

  serialization
  spdx/spdx-spec#1428 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1

• [3.1-RC1] Fix unclear conformance phrasing

  serialization
  spdx/spdx-spec#1429 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1

• [3.1-RC1] Document the 3.0.1 -> 3.1 conformance and backward-compatibility relationship

  doc improvementURL
  spdx/spdx-spec#1430 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1

• [3.1-RC1] Very-large-document handling and streaming

  serialization
  spdx/spdx-spec#1431 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1
  1

• [3.1-RC1] No examples exercise the new namespaces

  examples
  spdx/spdx-spec#1436 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1

• [3.1-RC1] Single, authoritative ABNF for license expressions

  annexlicense expression
  spdx/spdx-spec#1435 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1
  4

• [3.1-RC1] New profiles are not fully specified for conformance

  profile: fusaprofile: hardwareprofile: operationsprofile: serviceprofile: supplychain
  spdx/spdx-spec#1439 · Filter by author henrylyons opened on Jul 14, 2026 · 3.1
  1