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Security Content Automation Protocol SCAP

Common Platform Enumeration (CPE): Naming

The Naming specification defines the logical structure of Well-formed Names (WFNs), URI bindings, and formatted string bindings, and the procedures for converting WFNs to and from the bindings.

CPE Naming Resources

CPE 2.3 Naming Resources (August 2011)

XML Schema Files: [what is a schema?]

CPE 2.3 Naming (XSD 1.0)

Documentation:

NISTIR 7695

Created December 07, 2016, Updated April 20, 2023