Publiccode

The following metadata fields can be extracted from a publiccode.yml file.
These fields are defined in the PublicCode specification, currently at version 0.5.0, and are mapped according to the CodeMeta crosswalk for publiccode.yml and csv CodeMeta crosswalk for publiccode.yml

Software metadata category	SOMEF metadata JSON path	PUBLICCODE.YML metadata file field
application_domain	application_domain[i].result.value	categories or description.[lang].genericName (1)
code_repository	code_repository[i].result.value	url
date_published	date_published[i].result.value	releaseDate
date_updated	date_updated[i].result.value	releaseDate
description	description[i].result.value	description.[lang].shortDescription or description.[lang].longDescription (2)
development_status	development_status[i].result.value	developmentStatus
has_package_file	has_package_file[i].result.value	URL of the publiccode.yml file
keywords	keywords[i].result.value	description.[lang].features (3)
license - value	license[i].result.value	legal.license (4)
license - spdx id	license[i].result.spdx_id	legal.license extract spdx id (4)
license - name	license[i].result.name	legal.license extract name (4)
name	name[i].result.value	name or description.[lang].localisedName (5)
requirements - value	requirements[i].result.value	dependsOn.open / dependsOn.proprietary / dependsOn.hardware name + version (6)
requirements - name	requirements[i].result.name	dependsOn.open / dependsOn.proprietary / dependsOn.hardware name (6)
requiriments - version	requirements[i].result.version	dependsOn.open / dependsOn.proprietary / dependsOn.hardware more than one label of version (6)
runtime_platform	runtime_platform[i].result.value	platforms
version	version[i].result.value	softwareVersion

---

(1) - Example:

categories:
  - data-collection
  - it-development

or

description:
  nl:
    genericName: API component

(2) - Example:

description:
  nl:
    shortDescription: API voor het beheren van objecten
    longDescription: >
      De **Objecten API** heeft als doel om uiteenlopende objecten eenvoudig te kunnen
      registreren en ontsluiten in een gestandaardiseerd formaat. De Objecten API kan
      ....`_.

  en:
    shortDescription: API to manage objects
    longDescription: >
      The **Objects API** aims to easily store various objects and make them available in
      standardized format. The Objects API can be used by any organization to manage
      relevant objects. An organization can also choose to use the Objects API to
      ....`_.

(3) - Example:

description:
  nl:
    features:
      - Objecten API
      - Minimalistische objecten beheerinterface
  en:
    features:
      - Objects API
      - Minimalistic object management interface

(4) - Look for expressions in a local dictionary with all the reference and spdx_id - Example:

legal:
  license: AGPL-3.0-or-later
  mainCopyrightOwner: City of Chicago
  repoOwner: City of Chicago

-Result:

'result': 
    {'value': 'AGPL-3.0-or-later', 
    'spdx_id': 'AGPL-3.0', 
    'name': 'GNU Affero General Public License v3.0', 
    'type': 'License'},

(5) - Example: name: Medusa or

description:
  en:
    localisedName: Medusa

(6) - Examples:

dependsOn:
  open:
    - name: Objecttypes API
      optional: false
      version: '1.0'
    - name: MySQL
      versionMin: "1.1"
      versionMax: "1.3"
      optional: true
    - name: PostgreSQL
      versionMin: "14.0"
      optional: true

• Result PostgreSQL:

    "result": {
        "value": "PostgreSQL>=14.0",
        "name": "PostgreSQL",
        "version": ">=14.0",
        "type": "Software_application",
        "dependency_type": "runtime"
    },