sbom — Logtalk 3.100.1

# `sbom`

This tool generates a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for an application, exported as a JSON file in either the ISO/IEC 5962:2021 standard SPDX 2.3 JSON format or the CycloneDX 1.6 JSON format:

https://www.iso.org/standard/81870.html

https://cyclonedx.org/specification/overview/

## API documentation

This tool API documentation is available at:

../../apis/library_index.html#sbom

## Loading

This tool can be loaded using the query:

    | ?- logtalk_load(sbom(loader)).

## Testing

To run the tool tests, use the query:

    | ?- logtalk_load(sbom(tester)).

## Usage

The tool inspects the current Logtalk session and generates a JSON SBOM document describing:

- the loaded application

- the Logtalk version

- the backend Prolog system and version

- the installed packs that contributed loaded files to the current session

When exactly one loaded object conforms to the `application_protocol` protocol from the `application` library, the tool also uses that object as the default source for application metadata. If no conforming object exists, or if multiple conforming objects are loaded, the tool falls back to the explicit `sbom` options and built-in defaults.

For single-value application metadata such as `name/1`, `version/1`, `license/1`, `built_date/1`, `release_date/1`, `valid_until_date/1`, `supplier/1`, and `originator/1`, explicit `sbom` options override the values declared by the application object. For `creators/1`, explicit `creators/1` options override the application object creators list. Application external references declared by the object are combined with any `application_external_reference/2` options.

For CycloneDX exports, the generated BOM also includes a `serialNumber` and records the Logtalk `sbom` generator itself under `metadata.tools.components`. The BOM document license is exported as `metadata.licenses` with the SPDX identifier `CC0-1.0`. The CycloneDX BOM itself also exports top-level `externalReferences` for the Logtalk website and the Logtalk git repository.

- `bom_external_reference(Type, URL)` Adds a top-level CycloneDX `externalReferences` entry to the generated BOM. This option is ignored for SPDX exports. It can be repeated to export multiple references. The built-in Logtalk website and git repository references are still exported by default. Runtime components are exported with explicit CycloneDX `scope` `required`, while the `sbom` generator listed under `metadata.tools.components` is exported with `scope` `excluded`. When available from existing metadata, CycloneDX components also export `externalReferences`: Logtalk and the `sbom` tool export a website reference, the backend component exports a website reference from the bundled backend table, and loaded packs export their `home/1` and version source URL values as website and distribution references. For SPDX exports, the default `creationInfo.creators` entry is a versioned tool identifier derived from the `sbom` tool version. When URL metadata is available, SPDX packages also export `externalRefs`: the Logtalk and backend packages export website references, loaded packs export website and distribution references, and `application_external_reference/2` options are mapped to SPDX package external references for the application package.

The public predicates are:

- `document/1`

- `document/2`

- `export/1`

- `export/2`

The `document/1-2` predicates return a JSON term. The `export/1-2` predicates write the JSON document to any sink accepted by the `json::generate/2` predicate, including `atom(Atom)` and `file(Path)`. Follows the list of supported options.

Global/application options:

- `name(Name)` Sets the application name. Exported as the SPDX application package name and as the CycloneDX `metadata.component.name`. When exactly one object conforming to `application_protocol` is loaded and declares `name/1`, that value is used by default. Otherwise, the default is `loaded-application`.

- `format(Format)` Selects the export format. Possible values are `spdx` and `cyclonedx`. Default is `spdx`.

- `version(Version)` Sets the application version. Exported as the SPDX application package `versionInfo` and as the CycloneDX `metadata.component.version`. When exactly one object conforming to `application_protocol` is loaded and declares `version/1`, that value is used by default. Otherwise, the default is `0.0.0`.

- `application_license(License)` Sets the application license. Exported as the SPDX application package `licenseConcluded` and `licenseDeclared` fields and, unless the value is `NOASSERTION`, as the CycloneDX `metadata.component.licenses` entry, using `license.id` for SPDX license identifiers, `expression` for SPDX license expressions, and `license.name` otherwise. When exactly one object conforming to `application_protocol` is loaded and declares `license/1`, that value is used by default. Otherwise, the default is `NOASSERTION`.

- `application_built_date(Date)` Sets the application build date. Exported as the SPDX application package `builtDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:built_date`. When exactly one object conforming to `application_protocol` is loaded and declares `built_date/1`, that value is used by default. Otherwise, the default is not exporting this information.

- `application_release_date(Date)` Sets the application release date. Exported as the SPDX application package `releaseDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:release_date`. When exactly one object conforming to `application_protocol` is loaded and declares `release_date/1`, that value is used by default. Otherwise, the default is not exporting this information.

- `application_valid_until_date(Date)` Sets the application validity limit date. Exported as the SPDX application package `validUntilDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:valid_until_date`. When exactly one object conforming to `application_protocol` is loaded and declares `valid_until_date/1`, that value is used by default. Otherwise, the default is not exporting this information.

- `application_supplier(Supplier)` Sets the application supplier. Exported as the SPDX application package `supplier` field. For CycloneDX, exported as `metadata.component.supplier` when using the `Organization: Name` convention and also as the custom property `logtalk:sbom:supplier`. When exactly one object conforming to `application_protocol` is loaded and declares `supplier/1`, that value is used by default. Otherwise, the default is not exporting this information.

- `application_originator(Originator)` Sets the application originator. Exported as the SPDX application package `originator` field. For CycloneDX, exported as `metadata.component.manufacturer` when using the `Organization: Name` convention, or as `metadata.component.authors` when using the `Person: Name` convention, and also as the custom property `logtalk:sbom:originator`. When exactly one object conforming to `application_protocol` is loaded and declares `originator/1`, that value is used by default. Otherwise, the default is not exporting this information.

- `application_external_reference(Type, Locator)` Adds application reference metadata. For SPDX exports, this becomes an application package `externalRefs` entry. For CycloneDX exports, URL-based references are exported under `metadata.component.externalReferences`, while package and provenance identifiers use the dedicated component identity fields. This option can be repeated to export multiple references. When exactly one object conforming to `application_protocol` is loaded, its declared `external_reference/2` metadata is also exported. The `homepage/1`, `distribution/1`, `package/1`, `repository/1`, `git_object_identifier/1`, and `software_heritage_identifier/1` predicates are mapped to `website`, `distribution`, `purl`, `vcs`, `gitoid`, and `swh` SBOM reference types, respectively. SPDX categories are inferred from the reference type, with `purl` exported under `PACKAGE-MANAGER` and `gitoid` and `swh` exported under `PERSISTENT-ID`. For CycloneDX exports, `purl` is written to `metadata.component.purl`, `gitoid` values to `metadata.component.omniborId`, and `swh` values to `metadata.component.swhid`.

- `namespace(Namespace)` Sets the base document namespace URI. A process and timestamp suffix is added automatically to guarantee uniqueness. This option only applies to SPDX exports (`documentNamespace`) and is ignored for CycloneDX exports. Default is `https://logtalk.org/spdxdocs/logtalk-sbom`.

- `creators(Creators)` Adds all atoms in the list `Creators` to the SPDX `creationInfo.creators` list and the CycloneDX `metadata.authors` list. When no creator option is provided, and exactly one object conforming to `application_protocol` is loaded with a declared `creators/1` predicate, that list is used. Otherwise, the default for SPDX exports is the versioned tool identifier `Tool: Logtalk SBOM generator-<version>` and the default for CycloneDX exports is `Logtalk SBOM generator`.

- `validate_export(Boolean)` When `true`, validates the generated document against the bundled schema for the selected format before exporting it. Default is `false`.

Logtalk options:

- `logtalk_license(License)` Sets the Logtalk component license. Exported as the SPDX Logtalk package `licenseConcluded` and `licenseDeclared` fields and, unless the value is `NOASSERTION`, as the CycloneDX component `licenses` entry, using `license.id` for SPDX license identifiers, `expression` for SPDX license expressions, and `license.name` otherwise. Default is `Apache-2.0`.

- `logtalk_built_date(Date)` Sets the Logtalk build date. Exported as the SPDX Logtalk package `builtDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:built_date`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `logtalk_release_date(Date)` Sets the Logtalk release date. Exported as the SPDX Logtalk package `releaseDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:release_date`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `logtalk_valid_until_date(Date)` Sets the Logtalk validity limit date. Exported as the SPDX Logtalk package `validUntilDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:valid_until_date`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `logtalk_supplier(Supplier)` Sets the Logtalk supplier. Exported as the SPDX Logtalk package `supplier` field. For CycloneDX, exported as the component `supplier` when using the `Organization: Name` convention and also as the custom property `logtalk:sbom:supplier`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `logtalk_originator(Originator)` Sets the Logtalk originator. Exported as the SPDX Logtalk package `originator` field. For CycloneDX, exported as the component `manufacturer` or `authors` entry, depending on the value convention, and also as the custom property `logtalk:sbom:originator`. Default is not exporting this information.

Backend options:

- `backend_license(License)` Sets the backend component license. Exported as the SPDX backend package `licenseConcluded` and `licenseDeclared` fields and, unless the value is `NOASSERTION`, as the CycloneDX component `licenses` entry, using `license.id` for SPDX license identifiers, `expression` for SPDX license expressions, and `license.name` otherwise. Default is the license specified in the `backend/3` table.

- `backend_built_date(Date)` Sets the backend build date. Exported as the SPDX backend package `builtDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:built_date`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `backend_release_date(Date)` Sets the backend release date. Exported as the SPDX backend package `releaseDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:release_date`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `backend_valid_until_date(Date)` Sets the backend validity limit date. Exported as the SPDX backend package `validUntilDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:valid_until_date`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `backend_supplier(Supplier)` Sets the backend supplier. Exported as the SPDX backend package `supplier` field. For CycloneDX, exported as the component `supplier` when using the `Organization: Name` convention and also as the custom property `logtalk:sbom:supplier`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `backend_originator(Originator)` Sets the backend originator. Exported as the SPDX backend package `originator` field. For CycloneDX, exported as the component `manufacturer` or `authors` entry, depending on the value convention, and also as the custom property `logtalk:sbom:originator`. Default is not exporting this information.

Pack options:

- `pack_license(Pack, License)` Sets the license for a loaded pack named `Pack`. Exported as the SPDX pack package `licenseConcluded` and `licenseDeclared` fields and, unless the value is `NOASSERTION`, as the CycloneDX component `licenses` entry, using `license.id` for SPDX license identifiers, `expression` for SPDX license expressions, and `license.name` otherwise. Default for packs without an explicit option is the result of sending the pack specification object the message `license(License)`, falling back to `NOASSERTION` when no license is available. Loaded packs also export a SPDX package `downloadLocation` from the pack specification `version/6` third argument and, when available, a SPDX `homepage` from the pack specification `home/1` predicate. Pack `home/1` and `version/6` URLs are also exported as SPDX package `externalRefs` with `website` and `distribution` `referenceType` values. Pack checksums are exported as SPDX package checksums and CycloneDX component hashes when the pack specification defines them in the `version/6` predicate fourth argument.

- `pack_built_date(Pack, Date)` Sets the build date for the loaded pack named `Pack`. Exported as the SPDX pack package `builtDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:built_date`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `pack_release_date(Pack, Date)` Sets the release date for the loaded pack named `Pack`. Exported as the SPDX pack package `releaseDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:release_date`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `pack_valid_until_date(Pack, Date)` Sets the validity limit date for the loaded pack named `Pack`. Exported as the SPDX pack package `validUntilDate` field and as the CycloneDX custom property `logtalk:sbom:valid_until_date`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `pack_supplier(Pack, Supplier)` Sets the supplier for the loaded pack named `Pack`. Exported as the SPDX pack package `supplier` field. For CycloneDX, exported as the component `supplier` when using the `Organization: Name` convention and also as the custom property `logtalk:sbom:supplier`. Default is not exporting this information.

- `pack_originator(Pack, Originator)` Sets the originator for the loaded pack named `Pack`. Exported as the SPDX pack package `originator` field. For CycloneDX, exported as the component `manufacturer` or `authors` entry, depending on the value convention, and also as the custom property `logtalk:sbom:originator`. Default is not exporting this information.

Examples:

    | ?- sbom::document(Document).

    | ?- sbom::document(Document, [name(my_app), version('1.2.3')]).

    | ?- sbom::export(file('sbom.spdx.json')).

    | ?- sbom::export(file('sbom.cdx.json'), [format(cdx)]).

    | ?- sbom::export(atom(Atom), [
            format(cdx),
            name(my_app),
            version('1.2.3'),
            application_license('MIT'),
            logtalk_license('Apache-2.0'),
            backend_license('BSD-2-Clause'),
            application_built_date('2026-03-23T00:00:00Z'),
            application_release_date('2026-03-23T00:00:00Z'),
            application_valid_until_date('2027-03-23T00:00:00Z'),
            application_supplier('Organization: Example Application'),
            application_originator('Person: Application Maintainer'),
            bom_external_reference(documentation, 'https://example.com/my_app/sbom'),
            application_external_reference(website, 'https://example.com/my_app'),
            application_external_reference(vcs, 'https://example.com/my_app.git'),
            logtalk_supplier('Organization: Logtalk.org'),
            backend_supplier('Organization: Backend Vendor'),
            pack_license(my_pack, 'MIT'),
            pack_supplier(my_pack, 'Organization: Pack Maintainer'),
            creators(['Tool: My build pipeline', 'Person: Release Manager', 'Organization: Example, Inc.']),
            validate_export(true)
         ]).

Use the `.spdx.json` extension for SPDX exports and the `.cdx.json` extension for CycloneDX exports.

See the `sbom-example.spdx.json` file for a representative SPDX export. See the `sbom-example.cdx.json` file for a representative CycloneDX export.

## Known issues

The ECLiPSe and GNU Prolog backends fail several `sbom` tests and cannot be used for CycloneDX exports. The root cause is that both backends are limited to the US-ASCII charset, which prevents processing the SPDX/CycloneDX schema data required for CycloneDX license validation and export validation.