PURL Type Definition: generic

• Type Name: Generic Package
• Description: The generic type is for plain, generic packages that do not fit anywhere else such as for "upstream-from-distro" packages. In particular this is handy for a plain version control repository such as a bare git repo in combination with a vcs_url.
• Schema ID: https://packageurl.org/types/generic-definition.json

PURL Syntax

The structure of a PURL for this package type is:

pkg:generic/<namespace>/<name>@<version>?<qualifiers>#<subpath>

Repository Information

• Use Repository: No
• Note: There is no default repository.

Namespace definition

• Requirement: Optional
• Note: there is no generic namespace definition

Name definition

• Requirement: Required
• Note: as for other type, the name component is mandatory. In the worst case it can be a file or directory name.

Qualifiers Definition

Key	Requirement	Native name	Default Value	Description
download_url	Optional			A download_url and checksum may be provided in qualifiers or as separate attributes outside of a purl for proper identification and location.
checksum	Optional			A checksum may be provided in qualifiers or as separate attributes outside of a purl for proper identification and location.

Examples

• pkg:generic/openssl@1.1.10g
• pkg:generic/openssl@1.1.10g?download_url=https:%2F%2Fopenssl.org%2Fsource%2Fopenssl-1.1.0g.tar.gz&checksum=sha256:de4d501267da
• pkg:generic/bitwarderl?vcs_url=git%2Bhttps:%2F%2Fgit.fsfe.org%2Fdxtr%2Fbitwarderl%40cc55108da32

Note

When possible another or a new purl type should be used instead of using the generic type and eventually contributed back to this specification. Example have been truncated for brevity