The publiccode.yml spec defines metadata for public sector OSS software projects, used by national and international catalogs to index, present, and facilitate the reuse of open source software developed by or for public administrations.

Propertypubliccode
codeRepositoryurl
targetProductplatforms
applicationCategorycategories / description.[lang].genericName
applicationSubCategorycategories
operatingSystemplatforms
softwareRequirementsdependsOn.open / dependsOn.proprietary / dependsOn.hardware
softwareVersionsoftwareVersion
copyrightHolderlegal.mainCopyrightOwner
dateModifiedreleaseDate
datePublishedreleaseDate
keywordsdescription.[lang].features
licenselegal.license
versionsoftwareVersion
isPartOfapplicationSuite
descriptiondescription.[lang].shortDescription / description.[lang].longDescription
namename / description.[lang].localisedName
maintainermaintenance.contractors / maintenance.contacts
developmentStatusdevelopmentStatus