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Expand Up @@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ the CycloneDX version supported by the target system.

The library API documentation can be viewed online at [https://cyclonedx.github.io/cyclonedx-core-java/](https://cyclonedx.github.io/cyclonedx-core-java/).

## Updating the license list
1. Download the latest tagged release from [this repo](https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data/tags).
2. Extract the archived directory.
3. Navigate to the `license-list-vX.X.X/text/` directory.
4. Copy all licenses from that directory to the `src/main/java/resources/licenses/` directory in this repo.
5. Copy `license-list-vX.X.X/json/licenses.json` into the `src/main/java/resources/licenses/` directory in this repo.
6. Download [this file](http://cyclonedx.org/schema/spdx.schema.json) (ex: `curl http://cyclonedx.org/schema/spdx.schema.json -o spdx.schema.json`). The `$comment` field should match the version you donwloaded from GitHub. Copy this file into `src/main/resources/`.
7. Download [this file](https://cyclonedx.org/schema/spdx.xsd) (ex `curl https://cyclonedx.org/schema/spdx.xsd -o spdx.xsd`). The version field should match the version you donwloaded from GitHub. Copy this file into `src/main/resources/`.

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