What Is Happening?
The OpenChain SBOM Study Group has covered a lot of ground since it was formed in July 2024. After just over a year of work, and with a detailed examination of what is needed for quality cross-industry Software Bill of Materials, the Governing Board has voted to turn it into a Work Group.
The full details of Study Groups vs Work Groups can be found in our FAQ, but the short version is that a Study Group *thinks* about something, and a Work Group *works* on something.
The SBOM Study Group has prepared detailed conceptual information for a ‘SBOM Document Quality Guide’
The newly formed SBOM Work Group will turn this into a completed, formal OpenChain Guide. You can read about the future guide in detail from a special post we wrote on the subject.
How Can I Help?
The next step is to close all the comments on the draft document… or add your own! You will find it here:
Learn More About This Work Group:
Our SBOM Work Group brings all our various SBOM-related activities together and helps answer the question of “how do we use SBOMs in production, large-scale and complex supply chains?” Our original kick-off call has all the details.
Get Involved:
Everyone is welcome to be part of this work group! OpenChain has free, open access to all its work groups and study groups. Just turn up, and listen in, and contribute comments, ideas and suggestions.
✉️ We have a dedicated mailing list:
https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/sbom
💻 We have a dedicated GitHub Repo:
https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/SBOM-sg
Attend Future Meetings:
You can find and get the dial-in details for all future meetings from our participate page here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/participate
Special Study Group > Work Group FAQ
Q: Does this mean links will change to the mailing list or GitHub repo?
A: No, nothing will change at this time.
Q: Does this mean leadership of the SBOM activity will change?
A: No, nothing will change at this time.
Q: Does this mean all the participants are even cooler than before?
A: Yes.
