@mitre/hdf-schema 3.6.0-rc.5 → 3.7.0-rc.1

package/dist/schemas/hdf-evidence-package.schema.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-  "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/hdf-evidence-package/v3.5.0",
+  "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/hdf-evidence-package/v3.7.0",
   "title": "HDF Evidence Package",
   "description": "Bundles references to all HDF documents for audit, authorization, and compliance review. Each content entry references a document by type, URI, and checksum for integrity verification.",
   "type": "object",
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "externalReferences": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
-        "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/External_Reference"
+        "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/External_Reference"
       },
       "description": "Optional references to external artifacts relevant to this evidence package (CTI/STIX, BOMs, advisories, or any URI-addressable artifact) beyond the document references it already carries. Inert context; see External_Reference."
     },
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       "description": "URI to the hdf-plan document that drove this assessment. Used for completeness verification — every baseline in the plan should have a corresponding results document in this package."
     },
     "preparedBy": {
-      "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Identity",
+      "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Identity",
       "description": "Identity of who prepared this evidence package."
     },
     "preparedAt": {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
       "description": "Summary of assessment completeness and compliance status."
     },
     "signature": {
-      "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Signature",
+      "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Signature",
       "description": "Digital signature covering the entire evidence package."
     },
     "labels": {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       "description": "Optional key-value labels for grouping and querying evidence packages."
     },
     "integrity": {
-      "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/extensions/v3.5.0#/$defs/Integrity",
+      "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/extensions/v3.7.0#/$defs/Integrity",
       "description": "Cryptographic integrity information for verifying this evidence package has not been tampered with."
     },
     "version": {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
       "description": "Version of this evidence package."
     },
     "generator": {
-      "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/extensions/v3.5.0#/$defs/Generator",
+      "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/extensions/v3.7.0#/$defs/Generator",
       "description": "Information about the tool that generated this document."
     }
   },
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
           "description": "URI to the document. Can be a relative path or absolute URL."
         },
         "checksum": {
-          "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Checksum",
+          "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Checksum",
           "description": "Cryptographic checksum for verifying the referenced document's integrity."
         },
         "description": {
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
           "description": "The native format discriminator of the referenced artifact."
         },
         "checksum": {
-          "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Checksum",
+          "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Checksum",
           "description": "Cryptographic checksum of the referenced artifact for integrity verification.",
           "$comment": "Strongly recommended for external evidence — a point-in-time reference without an integrity hash is weakly auditable. Kept out of `description` so this usage-specific note does not aggregate into the shared Checksum type's generated Go doc comment (quicktype concatenates $ref-sibling descriptions onto the referenced type)."
         },
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@
       },
       "examples": [
         {
-          "$comment": "ECS log corpus carried by reference (NDJSON) — HDF never parses it; the hash pins integrity.",
           "uri": "https://evidence.agency.gov/logs/portal-2026-q1.ndjson",
           "format": "ecs",
           "formatVersion": "9.4.0",
@@ -284,22 +283,22 @@
           }
         },
         {
-          "$comment": "OCSF telemetry landed as Parquet in a security data lake.",
           "uri": "s3://agency-security-lake/ocsf/portal/2026/q1/",
           "format": "ocsf",
           "formatVersion": "1.8.0",
           "mediaType": "application/vnd.apache.parquet",
-          "collector": "aws-security-lake"
+          "metadata": {
+            "collector": "aws-security-lake"
+          }
         },
         {
-          "$comment": "A Splunk export carried as an opaque x- custom format — CIM/ASIM are query-time models, so reference the EXPORT, not the model.",
           "uri": "siem/auth-events-2026-q1.json",
           "format": "x-splunk-export",
           "mediaType": "application/json"
         }
       ],
       "description": "A reference to external native-format evidence (log/telemetry corpus or other artifact) carried by URI + integrity hash + format discriminator. Reference-only: the artifact is never embedded (corpora can be huge) or transcoded (that would be lossy) — it stays canonical in its native format and HDF acts as the structured index.",
-      "$comment": "Deliberately distinct from two look-alike primitives — the shared DRY is the common Checksum type, not the container. Bom (boms[] on components/system) models component COMPOSITION and is richer: also embeddable (document) and normalizable into HDF's queryable shape (packages/model/dataset). Content_Reference (contents[]) references HDF-ECOSYSTEM documents and BOMs by Content_Type. External_Evidence_Reference is reference-only and OPAQUE (HDF never inspects it), for NATIVE non-HDF log/telemetry corpora indexed as accreditation evidence; it carries log-specific metadata (recordCount/timeRange/collector) the other two do not. Do not merge these — collapsing them would mix incompatible discriminator axes and lose Bom's normalization.",
+      "$comment": "Deliberately distinct from two look-alike primitives — the shared DRY is the common Checksum type, not the container. Bom (boms[] on components/system) models component COMPOSITION and is richer: also embeddable (document) and normalizable into HDF's queryable shape (packages/model/dataset). Content_Reference (contents[]) references HDF-ECOSYSTEM documents and BOMs by Content_Type. External_Evidence_Reference is reference-only and OPAQUE (HDF never inspects it), for NATIVE non-HDF log/telemetry corpora indexed as accreditation evidence; it carries log-specific metadata (recordCount/timeRange/collector) the other two do not. Do not merge these — collapsing them would mix incompatible discriminator axes and lose Bom's normalization. Examples, in order: 1) ECS log corpus carried by reference (NDJSON) — HDF never parses it; the hash pins integrity; 2) OCSF telemetry landed as Parquet in a security data lake; 3) A Splunk export carried as an opaque x- custom format — CIM/ASIM are query-time models, so reference the EXPORT, not the model.",
       "title": "External Evidence Reference"
     },
     "SBOM_Coverage": {
@@ -358,9 +357,9 @@
       "description": "Informational summary of assessment completeness. Not authoritative — tools should compute these from the referenced documents.",
       "title": "Completeness Check"
     },
-    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0": {
+    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0": {
       "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0",
+      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0",
       "title": "HDF Common Primitives",
       "description": "Shared building blocks used by hdf-results and hdf-baseline schemas.",
       "$defs": {
@@ -440,22 +439,20 @@
             }
           },
           "unevaluatedProperties": false,
+          "$comment": "Examples, in order: 1) By-identity: cite a CVE by its id in the 'cve' system without a URL — equivalently urn:cve:CVE-2021-44228; 2) By-identity AND by-locator together (anyOf, not oneOf) — an ATT&CK technique cited by id with its canonical URL; 3) By-locator to a retrievable STIX bundle, with integrity hash, media type, and attribution; 4) Enrichment envelope: a STIX threat-intel object embedded losslessly in `document` and classified via `kind`, cited by id and pointed at by href — the pointer and the embedded copy compose. The payload rides verbatim; HDF does not normalize STIX fields.",
           "examples": [
             {
-              "$comment": "By-identity: cite a CVE by its id in the 'cve' system without a URL — equivalently urn:cve:CVE-2021-44228.",
               "sourceName": "cve",
               "externalId": "CVE-2021-44228",
               "rel": "definition"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "By-identity AND by-locator together (anyOf, not oneOf) — an ATT&CK technique cited by id with its canonical URL.",
               "sourceName": "mitre-att&ck",
               "externalId": "T1059",
               "href": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/",
               "rel": "canonical"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "By-locator to a retrievable STIX bundle, with integrity hash, media type, and attribution.",
               "sourceName": "stix",
               "href": "https://cti.example.org/bundles/log4shell.json",
               "rel": "investigate",
@@ -471,7 +468,6 @@
               "addedAt": "2026-07-26T00:00:00Z"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "Enrichment envelope: a STIX threat-intel object embedded losslessly in `document` and classified via `kind`, cited by id and pointed at by href — the pointer and the embedded copy compose. The payload rides verbatim; HDF does not normalize STIX fields.",
               "sourceName": "stix",
               "externalId": "vulnerability--f7c1b8e0-1234-4a2b-9c3d-000000000001",
               "href": "https://cti.example.org/bundles/log4shell.json#vulnerability--f7c1b8e0-1234-4a2b-9c3d-000000000001",
@@ -803,6 +799,24 @@
             "type",
             "data"
           ],
+          "if": {
+            "properties": {
+              "encoding": {
+                "const": "base64"
+              }
+            },
+            "required": [
+              "encoding"
+            ]
+          },
+          "then": {
+            "properties": {
+              "data": {
+                "pattern": "^[0-9A-Za-z+/]+={0,2}$",
+                "contentEncoding": "base64"
+              }
+            }
+          },
           "properties": {
             "type": {
               "type": "string",
@@ -819,7 +833,8 @@
             },
             "data": {
               "type": "string",
-              "description": "The evidence content. For screenshots/files: base64-encoded data or URL. For code/logs: the raw text. For URLs: the URL string."
+              "minLength": 1,
+              "description": "The evidence content. For screenshots/files: base64-encoded data or URL. For code/logs: the raw text. For URLs: the URL string. Must not be empty. When encoding is 'base64', data must be bare base64 matching ^[0-9A-Za-z+/]+={0,2}$ (OSCAL's Base64Datatype): no data: URI prefix, URL, or line breaks."
             },
             "description": {
               "type": "string",
@@ -831,7 +846,7 @@
             },
             "encoding": {
               "type": "string",
-              "description": "Encoding used for the data. Example: 'base64', 'utf-8'."
+              "description": "Encoding used for the data. Example: 'base64', 'utf-8'. The value 'base64' (exactly, lowercase) requires data to be bare base64."
             },
             "size": {
               "type": "number",
@@ -895,6 +910,7 @@
               }
             }
           ],
+          "$comment": "Examples, in order: 1) base64-encoded PNG screenshot with full capture provenance; 2) raw configuration text; 3) log excerpt; 4) URL to an external ticket; 5) base64-encoded file captured by an automated system.",
           "description": "Supporting evidence for a finding or override, such as screenshots, code samples, log excerpts, or URLs.",
           "title": "Evidence"
         },
@@ -972,6 +988,13 @@
             "status"
           ],
           "properties": {
+            "title": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "minLength": 1,
+              "pattern": "^[^ \\t\\n\\r]([^\\n\\r]*[^ \\t\\n\\r])?$",
+              "$comment": "The pattern is OSCAL's StringDatatype (\\S(.*\\S)?) as its XSD defines \\S and '.', spelled with explicit classes so ECMA-262 and Go regexp engines agree: \\S and '.' differ between them on CR and non-ASCII whitespace.",
+              "description": "Short single-line label for this milestone, suitable where a consumer needs a title (for example an OSCAL POA&M remediation or task). No line breaks, and no leading or trailing whitespace. The description remains the full text of the milestone; the title does not replace it."
+            },
             "description": {
               "type": "string",
               "description": "Description of this milestone or task."
@@ -1001,6 +1024,25 @@
               "description": "Identity of who completed this milestone."
             }
           },
+          "examples": [
+            {
+              "title": "Deploy OpenSSH 9.8p1",
+              "description": "Upgrade OpenSSH to 9.8p1 on every RHEL 9 host in the web tier to remediate CVE-2024-6387, then restart sshd during the Saturday maintenance window.",
+              "estimatedCompletion": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z",
+              "status": "inProgress"
+            },
+            {
+              "description": "Isolate the affected host on a restricted VLAN until the vendor patch is available.",
+              "estimatedCompletion": "2026-09-05T00:00:00Z",
+              "status": "completed",
+              "completedAt": "2026-09-04T14:30:00Z",
+              "completedBy": {
+                "identifier": "network-admin@example.com",
+                "type": "email"
+              }
+            }
+          ],
+          "$comment": "Examples, in order: 1) titled milestone in progress — the title is the short label, the description the full remediation text; 2) untitled completed milestone with completion provenance — title is optional, and a consumer needing one derives it.",
           "description": "A milestone or task within a POA&M remediation plan.",
           "title": "Milestone"
         },
@@ -1290,9 +1332,9 @@
               "description": "Whether the requirement is mandatory within its baseline.\n\nDistinct from severity (risk weight) and status (lifecycle state).\n\nMaps cleanly onto: FedRAMP rev5 OSCAL 'CORE' prop, FedRAMP 20x inline 'Optional:' markers, CMMC sublevel rows, and CIS Implementation Group memberships (IG1/IG2/IG3 may carry richer semantics; layer those onto props[]/tags{}).\n\nOptional: when omitted, consumers should treat the requirement as 'required' by convention."
             }
           },
+          "$comment": "Examples, in order: 1) v3.1.x-style requirement: classification fields omitted. Consumers must continue to handle this shape for backward compatibility; 2) v3.2 example populating all three classification fields. controlType=technical because AC-3 is enforced via configuration, not policy text. verificationMethod=automated because a check exists. applicability=required because this is a CORE control in the source baseline; 3) v3.2 example for a manual-by-design requirement. FedRAMP 20x KSIs are statement-form: code is omitted (not null) and verificationMethod=manual-by-design distinguishes this from 'automation could exist but doesn't yet'. controlType=policy because this is an authored governance statement; 4) v3.2 example for a STIG rule lacking a <fix>. Differs from manual-by-design: automation should exist, just not yet. applicability=advisory used here because the source format flagged it as recommended-but-not-mandatory; CIS-style IG memberships and FedRAMP 'Optional:' markers map onto applicability=optional or advisory similarly.",
           "examples": [
             {
-              "$comment": "v3.1.x-style requirement: classification fields omitted. Consumers must continue to handle this shape under v3.5.0 (backward compatibility).",
               "id": "SV-238196",
               "title": "The Ubuntu operating system must enforce password complexity",
               "impact": 0.5,
@@ -1322,7 +1364,6 @@
               ]
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "v3.2 example populating all three classification fields. controlType=technical because AC-3 is enforced via configuration, not policy text. verificationMethod=automated because a check exists. applicability=required because this is a CORE control in the source baseline.",
               "id": "AC-3",
               "title": "Access Enforcement",
               "impact": 0.7,
@@ -1344,7 +1385,6 @@
               "applicability": "required"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "v3.2 example for a manual-by-design requirement. FedRAMP 20x KSIs are statement-form: code is omitted (not null) and verificationMethod=manual-by-design distinguishes this from 'automation could exist but doesn't yet'. controlType=policy because this is an authored governance statement.",
               "id": "KSI-CNA-01",
               "title": "Cyber Security Plan documents the system",
               "impact": 0.5,
@@ -1364,7 +1404,6 @@
               "applicability": "required"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "v3.2 example for a STIG rule lacking a <fix>. Differs from manual-by-design: automation should exist, just not yet. applicability=advisory used here because the source format flagged it as recommended-but-not-mandatory; CIS-style IG memberships and FedRAMP 'Optional:' markers map onto applicability=optional or advisory similarly.",
               "id": "SV-999999",
               "title": "Example STIG rule pending automation",
               "impact": 0.3,
@@ -1429,9 +1468,9 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/extensions/v3.5.0": {
+    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/extensions/v3.7.0": {
       "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/extensions/v3.5.0",
+      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/extensions/v3.7.0",
       "title": "HDF Extension Primitives",
       "description": "Extension types for waivers, attestations, generators, and integrity.",
       "$defs": {
@@ -1461,20 +1500,20 @@
             "externalReferences": {
               "type": "array",
               "items": {
-                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/External_Reference"
+                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/External_Reference"
               },
               "description": "Optional references to the external artifacts behind this override (e.g. the STIX bundle/object or CTI feed motivating an E:A riskAdjustment). Inert context distinct from `evidence`; see External_Reference. Symmetric with Standalone_Override.externalReferences for the inline (results-embedded) override carrier."
             },
             "type": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/amendments/v3.5.0#/$defs/Override_Type",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/amendments/v3.7.0#/$defs/Override_Type",
               "description": "The type of override applied to this requirement."
             },
             "status": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/result/v3.5.0#/$defs/Result_Status",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/result/v3.7.0#/$defs/Result_Status",
               "description": "The new status this override sets for the requirement. Optional when only impact is being overridden."
             },
             "impact": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/amendments/v3.5.0#/$defs/Impact_Override",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/amendments/v3.7.0#/$defs/Impact_Override",
               "description": "Override to the requirement's impact score. At least one of status or impact must be set."
             },
             "reason": {
@@ -1482,7 +1521,7 @@
               "description": "Explanation for why this override was applied."
             },
             "appliedBy": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Identity",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Identity",
               "description": "Identity of who applied this override. For simple cases, use type 'simple' with just an identifier."
             },
             "appliedAt": {
@@ -1496,30 +1535,31 @@
               "description": "Timestamp when this override expires and must be reviewed/renewed. REQUIRED - no permanent overrides allowed. ISO 8601 format."
             },
             "signature": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Signature",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Signature",
               "description": "Optional digital signature for enhanced trust and non-repudiation. Supports hardware security tokens (PKCS#11/PKCS#12), Yubikeys, GPG keys, passkeys, and other signing methods."
             },
             "evidence": {
               "type": "array",
               "items": {
-                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Evidence"
+                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Evidence"
               },
               "description": "Supporting evidence for this override, such as screenshots demonstrating manual verification for attestations."
             },
             "previousChecksum": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Checksum",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Checksum",
               "description": "SHA-256 checksum of the previous amendment in chronological order. Each amendment's checksum is recorded by the NEXT one, so editing an amendment in place is detectable — provided a later amendment is chained to it. It is NOT tamper-proof: the final amendment, the document envelope, deleted trailing amendments, and a chain that has been stripped or recomputed wholesale are all outside what it can detect. Use signature for non-repudiation. Omitted on the first amendment on a requirement."
             },
             "cvss": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/cvss/v3.5.0#/$defs/Cvss",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/cvss/v3.7.0#/$defs/Cvss",
               "$comment": "When present alongside impact.value on a riskAdjustment override, impact.value should be approximately cvss.computedScore / 10.0. Soft consistency rule — validators may warn but should not error. The cvss block makes Environmental/Threat enrichment auditable.",
               "description": "Structured CVSS scoring data backing this override. Captures the rubric (which Environmental/Threat metrics the consumer modified, the recomputed score) used to justify a riskAdjustment. For other override types this is optional context."
             },
             "justification": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/amendments/v3.5.0#/$defs/Justification",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/amendments/v3.7.0#/$defs/Justification",
               "description": "Structured controlled-vocabulary classification for why this override applies. Complements (does not replace) the free-text 'reason' field. Most useful on falsePositive and attestation overrides where the structured category enables filtering and lossless round-trip with VEX / OSCAL / FedRAMP DR. See the Justification primitive for the precedent vocabulary and rationale."
             }
           },
+          "$comment": "Example 3: Inline riskAdjustment carrying the STIX source that motivated it via externalReferences (the enrichment envelope, with the raw sighting embedded losslessly in document). This is the shape the enrich pass writes onto Evaluated_Requirement.overrides[] for the E:A recompute.",
           "examples": [
             {
               "type": "waiver",
@@ -1546,7 +1586,6 @@
               "expiresAt": "2026-10-14T00:00:00Z"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "Inline riskAdjustment carrying the STIX source that motivated it via externalReferences (the enrichment envelope, with the raw sighting embedded losslessly in document). This is the shape the enrich pass writes onto Evaluated_Requirement.overrides[] for the E:A recompute.",
               "type": "riskAdjustment",
               "impact": {
                 "value": 0.9
@@ -1609,7 +1648,7 @@
               "evidence": [
                 {
                   "type": "screenshot",
-                  "data": "base64-encoded-screenshot-data-here",
+                  "data": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+M9QDwADhgGAWjR9awAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==",
                   "description": "Screenshot showing firewall configuration",
                   "mimeType": "image/png",
                   "encoding": "base64",
@@ -1652,7 +1691,7 @@
               "description": "Detailed explanation of the plan, including what actions will be taken."
             },
             "appliedBy": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Identity",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Identity",
               "description": "Identity of who created this POA&M. For simple cases, use type 'simple' with just an identifier."
             },
             "appliedAt": {
@@ -1668,23 +1707,23 @@
             "milestones": {
               "type": "array",
               "items": {
-                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Milestone"
+                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Milestone"
               },
               "description": "Optional array of milestones tracking progress toward completion."
             },
             "signature": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Signature",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Signature",
               "description": "Optional digital signature for enhanced trust and non-repudiation."
             },
             "evidence": {
               "type": "array",
               "items": {
-                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Evidence"
+                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Evidence"
               },
               "description": "Supporting evidence for this POA&M, such as documentation of compensating controls or mitigation implementation."
             },
             "previousChecksum": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Checksum",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Checksum",
               "description": "SHA-256 checksum of the previous amendment in chronological order. Each amendment's checksum is recorded by the NEXT one, so editing an amendment in place is detectable — provided a later amendment is chained to it. It is NOT tamper-proof: the final amendment, the document envelope, deleted trailing amendments, and a chain that has been stripped or recomputed wholesale are all outside what it can detect. Use signature for non-repudiation. Omitted on the first amendment on a requirement."
             }
           },
@@ -1837,7 +1876,7 @@
           },
           "properties": {
             "algorithm": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Hash_Algorithm",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Hash_Algorithm",
               "description": "The hash algorithm used for the checksum."
             },
             "checksum": {
@@ -1870,9 +1909,9 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/amendments/v3.5.0": {
+    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/amendments/v3.7.0": {
       "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/amendments/v3.5.0",
+      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/amendments/v3.7.0",
       "title": "HDF Amendment Primitives",
       "description": "Types for waivers, attestations, and POA&Ms that modify requirement compliance status.",
       "$defs": {
@@ -1983,7 +2022,7 @@
             "externalReferences": {
               "type": "array",
               "items": {
-                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/External_Reference"
+                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/External_Reference"
               },
               "description": "Optional references to the external artifacts behind this override (e.g. the STIX bundle/object, advisory, or CTI feed that motivated it). Inert context distinct from `evidence`; see External_Reference."
             },
@@ -1993,6 +2032,7 @@
             },
             "requirementId": {
               "type": "string",
+              "minLength": 1,
               "description": "The ID of the requirement being amended. Must match a requirement ID in the referenced baseline."
             },
             "baselineRef": {
@@ -2000,7 +2040,7 @@
               "description": "Name of the baseline containing the requirement. Required when the system has multiple baselines with potentially overlapping requirement IDs."
             },
             "status": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/result/v3.5.0#/$defs/Result_Status",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/result/v3.7.0#/$defs/Result_Status",
               "description": "The new status this amendment sets. Optional when only impact is being overridden."
             },
             "impact": {
@@ -2012,7 +2052,7 @@
               "description": "Justification for this amendment."
             },
             "appliedBy": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Identity",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Identity",
               "description": "Identity of who applied this amendment."
             },
             "appliedAt": {
@@ -2028,20 +2068,20 @@
             "evidence": {
               "type": "array",
               "items": {
-                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Evidence"
+                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Evidence"
               },
               "description": "Supporting evidence (screenshots, logs, URLs, documents)."
             },
             "signature": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Signature",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Signature",
               "description": "Digital signature for non-repudiation."
             },
             "previousChecksum": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Checksum",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Checksum",
               "description": "SHA-256 checksum of the prior amendment in chronological order. Each amendment's checksum is recorded by the NEXT one, so editing an amendment in place is detectable — provided a later amendment is chained to it. It is NOT tamper-proof: the final amendment, the document envelope, deleted trailing amendments, and a chain that has been stripped or recomputed wholesale are all outside what it can detect. Use signature for non-repudiation. Omitted on the first amendment."
             },
             "cvss": {
-              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/cvss/v3.5.0#/$defs/Cvss",
+              "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/cvss/v3.7.0#/$defs/Cvss",
               "$comment": "When present alongside impact.value on a riskAdjustment override, impact.value should be approximately cvss.computedScore / 10.0. Soft consistency rule — validators may warn but should not error. The cvss block makes Environmental/Threat enrichment auditable.",
               "description": "Structured CVSS scoring data backing this override. Captures the rubric (which Environmental/Threat metrics the consumer modified, the recomputed score) used to justify a riskAdjustment. For other override types this is optional context."
             },
@@ -2052,7 +2092,7 @@
             "milestones": {
               "type": "array",
               "items": {
-                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.5.0#/$defs/Milestone"
+                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/common/v3.7.0#/$defs/Milestone"
               },
               "description": "Remediation milestones (primarily for POA&M type amendments)."
             },
@@ -2069,11 +2109,12 @@
             "affectedPackages": {
               "type": "array",
               "items": {
-                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/affected-package/v3.5.0#/$defs/Affected_Package"
+                "$ref": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/affected-package/v3.7.0#/$defs/Affected_Package"
               },
               "description": "Software packages this amendment is scoped to, distinct from componentRef (which scopes to an HDF-internal Component by UUID).\n\nUse when the source amendment format references packages by purl/cpe/name+version — e.g., VEX `affects[]` / `products[]`, OSCAL POA&M `subjects[]`, FedRAMP component-aware amendments.\n\nSymmetric with Evaluated_Requirement.affectedPackages, which scopes findings to the same package vocabulary.\n\nWhen omitted, the amendment applies system-wide (or only to componentRef when that is set)."
             }
           },
+          "$comment": "Example 7: VEX-style import — falsePositive scoped to specific packages by purl. The affectedPackages array carries structured product identity instead of squeezing 'Products: …' into the reason free-text field.",
           "examples": [
             {
               "type": "waiver",
@@ -2175,7 +2216,6 @@
               "expiresAt": "2026-09-26T00:00:00Z"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "VEX-style import — falsePositive scoped to specific packages by purl. The affectedPackages array carries structured product identity instead of squeezing 'Products: …' into the reason free-text field.",
               "type": "falsePositive",
               "requirementId": "CVE-2026-12345",
               "status": "notApplicable",
@@ -2202,9 +2242,9 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/result/v3.5.0": {
+    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/result/v3.7.0": {
       "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/result/v3.5.0",
+      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/result/v3.7.0",
       "title": "HDF Result Primitives",
       "description": "Types for representing assessment results and statuses.",
       "$defs": {
@@ -2335,9 +2375,9 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/cvss/v3.5.0": {
+    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/cvss/v3.7.0": {
       "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/cvss/v3.5.0",
+      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/cvss/v3.7.0",
       "title": "HDF CVSS Primitives",
       "description": "Types for representing CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) data attached to assessment findings. Supports CVSS v2.0, v3.0, v3.1, and v4.0 metric groups (Base, Threat, Environmental, Supplemental).",
       "$defs": {
@@ -2401,7 +2441,7 @@
               ]
             }
           ],
-          "$comment": "Only `version` is required; every metric/score field is optional because a single Cvss instance may represent vendor-supplied Base data (on a finding's cvss[]), consumer-supplied enrichment (on a riskAdjustment override — Environmental/Threat/Supplemental deltas with NO base, since base is the finding's scan-specific vendor data), or a fully-resolved effectiveCvss. The Base/Threat/Environmental/Supplemental groups do not partition cleanly into vendor-vs-consumer (Threat straddles: vendor temporal data and consumer exploit-maturity both live here), so a single permissive type is more honest than separate vendor/consumer types. The anyOf guardrail rejects a content-free object (e.g. {version} alone) by requiring at least one substantive metric or score. baseVector remains optional even when baseScore is present: some vendor tools (Twistlock/Prisma Cloud) emit a final score without the vector that derived it — that score is captured structurally rather than lost.",
+          "$comment": "Only `version` is required; every metric/score field is optional because a single Cvss instance may represent vendor-supplied Base data (on a finding's cvss[]), consumer-supplied enrichment (on a riskAdjustment override — Environmental/Threat/Supplemental deltas with NO base, since base is the finding's scan-specific vendor data), or a fully-resolved effectiveCvss. The Base/Threat/Environmental/Supplemental groups do not partition cleanly into vendor-vs-consumer (Threat straddles: vendor temporal data and consumer exploit-maturity both live here), so a single permissive type is more honest than separate vendor/consumer types. The anyOf guardrail rejects a content-free object (e.g. {version} alone) by requiring at least one substantive metric or score. baseVector remains optional even when baseScore is present: some vendor tools (Twistlock/Prisma Cloud) emit a final score without the vector that derived it — that score is captured structurally rather than lost. Examples, in order: 1) Base-only: vendor-supplied CVSS 3.1 data exactly as a scanner (e.g., Nessus, Grype) would emit it. No consumer enrichment yet; 2) Base + Threat: consumer added Exploit Maturity ('E:U' = Unproven) and Remediation Level ('RL:O' = Official Fix) to a HTTP/2 'Rapid Reset' DoS finding. Threat score drops from base 7.5 to 5.5; 3) Base + Environmental: consumer asserts the affected system is high-criticality (CR:H, IR:H, AR:H) AND network-reachable in their environment (MAV:N). Environmental score reflects deployment risk for the xz-utils backdoor; 4) Full CVSS 4.0: vendor base + consumer threat (E:A = Attacked, exploits seen in the wild) + environmental (high CIA requirements) + supplemental context (S:P = present safety impact, AU:N = no autonomous spread, RE:M = moderate response effort) for the Fortinet FortiOS pre-auth RCE. computedScore reflects post-mitigation final risk; 5) CVSS 2.0 legacy: Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160) as still reported by older scanner output and legacy NVD data. CVSS 2.0 vectors have no 'CVSS:2.0/' prefix.",
           "properties": {
             "version": {
               "type": "string",
@@ -2481,7 +2521,6 @@
           },
           "examples": [
             {
-              "$comment": "Base-only: vendor-supplied CVSS 3.1 data exactly as a scanner (e.g., Nessus, Grype) would emit it. No consumer enrichment yet.",
               "version": "3.1",
               "source": "CVE-2024-12345",
               "baseVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
@@ -2489,7 +2528,6 @@
               "baseSeverity": "critical"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "Base + Threat: consumer added Exploit Maturity ('E:U' = Unproven) and Remediation Level ('RL:O' = Official Fix) to a HTTP/2 'Rapid Reset' DoS finding. Threat score drops from base 7.5 to 5.5.",
               "version": "3.1",
               "source": "CVE-2023-44487",
               "baseVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
@@ -2499,7 +2537,6 @@
               "threatScore": 5.5
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "Base + Environmental: consumer asserts the affected system is high-criticality (CR:H, IR:H, AR:H) AND network-reachable in their environment (MAV:N). Environmental score reflects deployment risk for the xz-utils backdoor.",
               "version": "3.1",
               "source": "CVE-2024-3094",
               "baseVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
@@ -2511,7 +2548,6 @@
               "computedSeverity": "critical"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "Full CVSS 4.0: vendor base + consumer threat (E:A = Attacked, exploits seen in the wild) + environmental (high CIA requirements) + supplemental context (S:P = present safety impact, AU:N = no autonomous spread, RE:M = moderate response effort) for the Fortinet FortiOS pre-auth RCE. computedScore reflects post-mitigation final risk.",
               "version": "4.0",
               "source": "CVE-2024-21762",
               "baseVector": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
@@ -2526,7 +2562,6 @@
               "computedSeverity": "medium"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "CVSS 2.0 legacy: Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160) as still reported by older scanner output and legacy NVD data. CVSS 2.0 vectors have no 'CVSS:2.0/' prefix.",
               "version": "2.0",
               "source": "CVE-2014-0160",
               "baseVector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N",
@@ -2539,9 +2574,9 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/affected-package/v3.5.0": {
+    "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/affected-package/v3.7.0": {
       "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/affected-package/v3.5.0",
+      "$id": "https://mitre.github.io/hdf-libs/schemas/primitives/affected-package/v3.7.0",
       "title": "HDF Affected Package Primitives",
       "description": "Types for representing the software package(s) affected by a vulnerability finding.",
       "$defs": {
@@ -2607,9 +2642,9 @@
               "description": "Optional version string identifying the first release that contains the fix for the vulnerability. Use the same version syntax as `version`. Example: '1.1.1l' fixes 'openssl@1.1.1k'."
             }
           },
+          "$comment": "Examples, in order: 1) RPM ecosystem with full CPE + PURL — typical Grype/Trivy output for a RHEL host scan; 2) NPM ecosystem with PURL only — the JavaScript world rarely emits CPEs; PURL is the canonical identifier; 3) Minimal valid AffectedPackage — only the three required fields. Use when the scanner reports a package by name+version without emitting CPE or PURL strings; 4) Maven ecosystem with full identifiers + fixedInVersion — log4j Log4Shell-style finding showing the patch path from vulnerable to fixed; 5) purl-only — VEX import path where the source format gives a purl and we choose not to decompose it. Valid because purl encodes name/version/ecosystem implicitly; 6) cpe-only — NIST-flavored scopes where the consumer carries a CPE 2.3 string and no purl. Valid because cpe encodes vendor/product/version.",
           "examples": [
             {
-              "$comment": "RPM ecosystem with full CPE + PURL — typical Grype/Trivy output for a RHEL host scan.",
               "name": "openssl",
               "version": "1.1.1k-7.el8_4",
               "ecosystem": "rpm",
@@ -2618,7 +2653,6 @@
               "fixedInVersion": "1.1.1l"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "NPM ecosystem with PURL only — the JavaScript world rarely emits CPEs; PURL is the canonical identifier.",
               "name": "lodash",
               "version": "4.17.20",
               "ecosystem": "npm",
@@ -2626,13 +2660,11 @@
               "fixedInVersion": "4.17.21"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "Minimal valid AffectedPackage — only the three required fields. Use when the scanner reports a package by name+version without emitting CPE or PURL strings.",
               "name": "requests",
               "version": "2.28.1",
               "ecosystem": "pypi"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "Maven ecosystem with full identifiers + fixedInVersion — log4j Log4Shell-style finding showing the patch path from vulnerable to fixed.",
               "name": "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core",
               "version": "2.14.1",
               "ecosystem": "maven",
@@ -2641,11 +2673,9 @@
               "fixedInVersion": "2.17.1"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "purl-only — VEX import path where the source format gives a purl and we choose not to decompose it. Valid because purl encodes name/version/ecosystem implicitly.",
               "purl": "pkg:npm/lodash@4.17.20"
             },
             {
-              "$comment": "cpe-only — NIST-flavored scopes where the consumer carries a CPE 2.3 string and no purl. Valid because cpe encodes vendor/product/version.",
               "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.1k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
             }
           ],