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Explore how to build resilient digital commons for software supply chains by treating critical open source infrastructure like actual infrastructure. Learn about creating shared standards for security metadata, open registries for tracking component provenance, and transparent data systems for monitoring what's running in your systems. Discover emerging initiatives including SPDX and OpenChain for standardizing software metadata and quality evaluation, plus OpenSSF's work on shared tooling and best practices. Examine the concept of truly open data commons around security information where findings and fixes are shared across the entire ecosystem rather than locked in proprietary databases. Understand how open source tools can manage complexity, open datasets can track component licenses and vulnerabilities, and open standards like SBOMs can identify software components. Focus on building a foundation that makes the entire software ecosystem more sustainable, transparent, and collaborative while improving security across the board.
