+ "description": "Specifies the type of external reference.\n\n* __vcs__ = Version Control System\n* __issue-tracker__ = Issue or defect tracking system, or an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) system\n* __website__ = Website\n* __advisories__ = Security advisories\n* __bom__ = Bill of Materials (SBOM, OBOM, HBOM, SaaSBOM, etc)\n* __mailing-list__ = Mailing list or discussion group\n* __social__ = Social media account\n* __chat__ = Real-time chat platform\n* __documentation__ = Documentation, guides, or how-to instructions\n* __support__ = Community or commercial support\n* __distribution__ = Direct or repository download location\n* __distribution-intake__ = The location where a component was published to. This is often the same as \"distribution\" but may also include specialized publishing processes that act as an intermediary\n* __license__ = The URL to the license file. If a license URL has been defined in the license node, it should also be defined as an external reference for completeness\n* __build-meta__ = Build-system specific meta file (i.e. pom.xml, package.json, .nuspec, etc)\n* __build-system__ = URL to an automated build system\n* __release-notes__ = URL to release notes\n* __security-contact__ = Specifies a way to contact the maintainer, supplier, or provider in the event of a security incident. Common URIs include links to a disclosure procedure, a mailto (RFC-2368) that specifies an email address, a tel (RFC-3966) that specifies a phone number, or dns (RFC-4501]) that specifies the records containing DNS Security TXT\n* __attestation__ = Human or machine-readable statements containing facts, evidence, or testimony\n* __threat-model__ = An enumeration of identified weaknesses, threats, and countermeasures, dataflow diagram (DFD), attack tree, and other supporting documentation in human-readable or machine-readable format\n* __vulnerability-assertion__ = A Vulnerability Disclosure Report (VDR) which asserts the known and previously unknown vulnerabilities that affect a component, service, or product including the analysis and findings describing the impact (or lack of impact) that the reported vulnerability has on a component, service, or product.\n* __exploitability-statement__ = A Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) which asserts the known vulnerabilities that do not affect a product, product family, or organization, and optionally the ones that do. The VEX should include the analysis and findings describing the impact (or lack of impact) that the reported vulnerability has on the product, product family, or organization.\n* __pentest-report__ = Results from an authorized simulated cyberattack on a component or service, otherwise known as a penetration test\n* __static-analysis-report__ = SARIF or proprietary machine or human-readable report for which static analysis has identified code quality, security, and other potential issues with the source code\n* __dynamic-analysis-report__ = Dynamic analysis report that has identified issues such as vulnerabilities and misconfigurations\n* __runtime-analysis-report__ = Report generated by analyzing the call stack of a running application\n* __component-analysis-report__ = Report generated by Software Composition Analysis (SCA), container analysis, or other forms of component analysis\n* __maturity-report__ = Report containing a formal assessment of an organization, business unit, or team against a maturity model\n* __certification-report__ = Industry, regulatory, or other certification from an accredited (if applicable) certification body\n* __quality-metrics__ = Report or system in which quality metrics can be obtained\n* __codified-infrastructure__ = Code or configuration that defines and provisions virtualized infrastructure, commonly referred to as Infrastructure as Code (IaC)\n* __other__ = Use this if no other types accurately describe the purpose of the external reference",
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