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Joker_vD on June 5, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Understanding the PURL Specification (Package URL)

What's the guidance when URI paths include a slash?

    pkg:github.com%2Ffoobar/go-whatnot

pombreda on June 5, 2025 [–]

This is not a valid PURL as it is missing a type, assuming you wanted golang here.

It could be instead:

    pkg:golang/github.com%2Ffoobar%2Fgo-whatnot

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