# Can Protobom end the SBOM format wars?

DevFeed: [Can Protobom end the SBOM format wars?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/can-protobom-end-the-sbom-format-wars-12916.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/can-protobom-end-the-sbom-format-wars>)

Published: 2023-07-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [open-source-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-security.md>)

Tags: [cisa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cisa.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [cyclonedx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cyclonedx.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [protobom](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protobom.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-requests.md>), [sbom](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sbom.md>), [sboms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sboms.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [software-bill-of-materials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-bill-of-materials.md>), [software-supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-supply-chain.md>), [software-supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-supply-chain-security.md>), [spdx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spdx.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents Protobom as an open source library designed to reduce the importance of choosing among SBOM formats. It provides a format-neutral representation of SBOM package and file data and translates that data between popular formats, allowing teams to focus more on software supply chain security.

## Source excerpt

Probe the SBOM format wars: Can ProtoBOM herald a new era of consensus? Chainguard weighs in.