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CycloneDX 1.5 Application SBOM (JSON)

A CycloneDX 1.5 SBOM of the same fictional tree, useful for spec-version migration tests: 1.5 introduced the object form of metadata.tools and this file uses it, while dropping the 1.6-only external references. Every package, version, hash and licence is fictional — the tree describes nothing real.

Preview — first 50 linesjson
{
  "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
  "specVersion": "1.5",
  "serialNumber": "urn:uuid:b55029ad-f736-44c4-a82e-fbb728fced8c",
  "version": 1,
  "metadata": {
    "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "tools": {
      "components": [
        {
          "type": "application",
          "name": "novus-sbom-fixture",
          "version": "1.0.0"
        }
      ]
    },
    "authors": [
      {
        "name": "Orchard SBOM Team (fictional)",
        "email": "sbom@orchard.example"
      }
    ],
    "component": {
      "type": "application",
      "bom-ref": "pkg:npm/%40orchard-example/gateway@4.2.0",
      "name": "@orchard-example/gateway",
      "version": "4.2.0",
      "purl": "pkg:npm/%40orchard-example/gateway@4.2.0",
      "licenses": [
        {
          "license": {
            "id": "Apache-2.0"
          }
        }
      ],
      "hashes": [
        {
          "alg": "SHA-256",
          "content": "cde01f0c8ff9d62ef958a3de288a2f1084db14bd47e1e10ff39a52412cca613f"
        }
      ],
      "supplier": {
        "name": "Example Softworks (fictional)",
        "url": [
          "https://sbom.orchard.example/supplier"
        ]
      }
    },
    "properties": [
      {
353 lines total — download for the full file.

Specifications

Seed
51200
Sample Only
true
Format
CycloneDX
Spec Version
1.5
Components
9
Tools Shape
metadata.tools.components
Line Endings
LF

Testing contract

Expected to pass
Scenario
Upgrade or normalise a CycloneDX 1.5 document to 1.6.
Expected result
specVersion becomes 1.6 and every component keeps its purl and hash; no component is dropped by the version bump.

What is a .json file?

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, text-based data-interchange format representing objects, arrays, strings, numbers, booleans, and null. It is language-independent, human-readable, and the dominant format for web APIs and configuration. It requires a single well-formed root value.

How to use this file

Use an example JSON file to test parsers and serializers, schema validation, Unicode and number-precision handling, and API request or response processing.

How to use this file for testing

“CycloneDX 1.5 Application SBOM (JSON)” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for JSON parsing, Conversion testing, Schema validation. Flat, deeply nested, JSON Lines, and intentionally invalid JSON for testing parsers and error handling.

Documented properties for this file: seed 51200 · LF · CycloneDX. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.

Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.

SBOM, lockfile, provenance, and advisory fixtures describe the same fabricated component tree across formats, so a converter or scanner can be diffed against a known answer. Every package name, version, hash, and advisory ID is invented — never treat a finding here as real.

Feed the file to your parser and assert it handles the documented quirks — quoted delimiters, embedded newlines, ragged rows, or invalid syntax; the valid↔invalid distinction is labelled in the title.

Code examples

import json

with open("cyclonedx-1.5-application.json") as f:
    data = json.load(f)
print(type(data), len(data))

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