package-url/purl-spec
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A minimal specification for purl aka. a package "mostly universal" URL, join the discussion at https://gitter.im/package-url/Lobby
5 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 1 story, 4 comments · first 2023-11-07 · latest 2026-03-21
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Oh no, this is already the second "purl" Name collision... https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_uniform_resource_lo... These things are always a massive source of confusion...
comment by throwaway-538 · 2026-03-21 · in purl: a curl-esque CLI for making HTTP requests that require payment -
Encode the slash as explained in the clarified spec https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/pull/453 :) We are working on further clarifying Golang which a bit problematic: there is really no name or namespace in Go, just a path, and it…
comment by pombreda · 2025-06-05 -
Another name conflict is with https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec - which is used for software identification (e.g., see the https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/Software-Id... report).
comment by pledess · 2024-04-15 · in Show HN: Purl – A Simple Tool for Text Processing -
…[2] https://omnibor.io [3] https://hal.science/hal-04121507v1/file/2023-03-27-SWHID-kic... [4] https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec
comment by weinzierl · 2024-03-13 · in Identifying Software