cispec

org.cispec.checksum

required: evidence Change Items recommended: any CI where integrity verification matters — software, firmware, hardware, pharmaceutical lots, classified documents, physical assets under regulatory traceability

org.cispec.checksum records a cryptographic hash of a Change Item. For evidence CIs, the hash MUST be calculated at the moment of collection, before any further handling, per ISO/IEC 27037:2012. For any other CI — software binary, firmware image, pharmaceutical lot, classified document — the hash typically represents the artefact’s state at build, receipt, or inventory time.

A cryptographic hash is the most directly verifiable fact in this namespace: anyone with access to the original artefact can independently confirm or refute the recorded value without trusting the asserting organisation.

Value format

Algorithm name and hex digest, colon-separated.

org.cispec.checksum=sha256:9f86d081884c7d659a2feaa0c55ad015a3bf4f1b2b0b822cd15d6c15b0f00a08
org.cispec.checksum=sha512:cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e

Conformance

org.cispec.checksum is REQUIRED for evidence Change Items intended for external verification. It is RECOMMENDED for any CI where integrity verification matters — software builds, firmware images, pharmaceutical lots, classified documents, and physical assets under regulatory traceability requirements.

Attestation

checksum is independently verifiable by anyone with access to the original artefact — no trust in the asserting organisation required. This is the strongest attestation path available in these labels.

Resolution and relation

checksum pairs with custody-chain (who has held the artefact since the hash was taken) and algorithm (the full cryptographic profile of CI types whose identity is bound to a specific algorithm).

Document identifier

OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.42387.2.5.1
GUID: 85cbd708-dcd0-5e36-8070-95f46ce00006

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