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3 | 3 | Each package manager, platform, type, or ecosystem has its own conventions |
4 | 4 | and protocols to identify, locate, and provision software packages. |
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6 | | -The package **type** is the component of a Package-URL that is used to |
| 6 | +The package `type` is the component of a Package-URL that is used to |
7 | 7 | capture this information with a short string such as `maven`, `npm`, |
8 | 8 | `nuget`, `gem`, `pypi`, etc. |
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10 | | -These are registered PURL package type definitions. |
| 10 | +PURL type definitions are maintained in a set of JSON Schema files with a |
| 11 | +separate file for each `purl` `type`. Each `purl` `type` has a corresponding |
| 12 | +file of automatically generated documentation. There is also a simple index |
| 13 | +of all currently registered purl types. |
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12 | | -Definitions can also include types reserved for future use. |
| 15 | +## Where to find PURL type information |
13 | 16 |
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14 | | -This document no longer contains a manually maintained list of PURL types. |
15 | | - |
16 | | -Instead, all PURL type definitions are now maintained in a simple JSON |
17 | | -document with automatically generated documentation. |
18 | | - |
19 | | -## Where to find PURL Type information |
20 | | - |
21 | | -- In the JSON Index listing of all defined PURL types at: |
22 | | - https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/tree/main/purl-types-index.json |
23 | | - |
24 | | -- In individual JSON files, one for each PURL type definition at: |
| 17 | +- In individual JSON files, one for each `purl` `type` definition at: |
25 | 18 | https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/tree/main/types |
26 | 19 |
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27 | | -- As Markdown documentation, generated from for each PURL type JSON |
| 20 | +- As Markdown documentation, generated from each `purl` `type` JSON |
28 | 21 | definition at: |
29 | 22 | https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/tree/main/types-doc |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +- In the JSON Index listing of all registered PURL types at: |
| 25 | + https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/tree/main/purl-types-index.json |
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