Additional resources are available for the following SWID Tag specification revisions:
NIST has developed a SWID Tag validation tool that can be used to verify that a produced SWID has properly implemented the requirements defined in NISTIR 8060. This tool can validate different types of SWID Tags that are used in different stages of the software lifecycle:
SWID Tags that pass this validation tool provide support for license management as well as multiple cybersecurity use cases including:
The SWID Tag Validation (SWIDVal) Tool Version 0.5.0 (Posted July 2017) is available in (ZIP) and (TAR/BZ2) archive releases.
Security and Privacy: asset management, patch management, security automation
Technologies: operating systems
Applications: Internet of Things