diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7160391..fe16600 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+# Portions of this file contributed by NIST are governed by the
+# following statement:
+#
# This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards
# and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course
-# of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the
-# United States Code this software is not subject to copyright
-# protection and is in the public domain. NIST assumes no
-# responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes
-# no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality,
-# reliability, or any other characteristic.
+# of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the
+# United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright
+# protection within the United States. NIST assumes no responsibility
+# whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees,
+# expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
+# characteristic.
#
# We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.
@@ -26,8 +29,8 @@ jobs:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- - uses: actions/checkout@v2
- - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+ - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
with:
distribution: 'temurin'
java-version: '11'
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 572c76b..053bd62 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,48 @@
+2025-03-18
+ * (7ecdaf4) UCO Issue 629: Revise vocabulary pattern
+
+2025-02-13
+ * (256b474) UCO Issue 640: Add `core:informalType` and link as parent of type-describing properties
+
+2024-12-19
+ * (a0a62e9) Issue 167: Adjust top Makefile dependency ordering in submodule initialization
+
+2024-11-23
+ * (b5720af) UCO Issue 624: Add cpeid to DeviceFacet
+
+2024-11-08
+ * (96d45fb) UCO Issue 632: Prepare OperatingSystem to become a subclass of Software
+ * (f759e47) Pull Request 164: Update NIST licensing text
+ * (2eb3991) UCO Pull Request 642: Update NIST licensing text
+
+2024-11-07
+ * (820d63d) UCO Pull Request 639: Bump GitHub Action versions
+ * (cc5535e) UCO Pull Request 638: Refresh validation files to reflect validation tool template updates
+
+2024-10-18
+ * (557269c) UCO Issue 593: Remove owl:onDatatype from vocabulary definitions
+
+2024-10-16
+ * (8a353f8) UCO Issue 612: Warn if a `Disk` instance is not also a `StorageMedium`
+
+2024-09-11
+ * (8ba5929) UCO Issue 549: Add `core:objectStatus`
+
+2024-07-26
+ * (b93add7) UCO Issue 602: Warn about key-uniqueness enforcement to `types:Dictionary`
+
+2024-06-18
+ * (0d409cc) UCO Issue 609: Fix typo
+
+2024-06-10
+ * (5cf57b7) UCO Issues 586, 590: Warn of prior disjointedness declarations in `core:` and `types:`; warn if an `AlternateDataStream` instance is not also a `FileSystemObject`
+
+2024-05-01
+ * (50eb05b) UCO Issues 573, 584, 599: Warn if target or source on an `ObservableRelationship` are not `Observable`s; replace errant reference to non-existent concept `owl:Datatype`; remove 1-member minimum on `core:ContextualCompilation`
+
+2024-01-24
+ * OCCASE-495: Release CASE 1.3.0, with release notes at https://caseontology.org/releases/1.3.0/
+
2024-01-24
* (79afa93) UCO Pull Request 579: Update change request template
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 15fa466..686adf9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# Portions of this file contributed by NIST are governed by the
+# following statement:
+#
# This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards
# and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course
-# of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the
-# United States Code this software is not subject to copyright
-# protection and is in the public domain. NIST assumes no
-# responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes
-# no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality,
-# reliability, or any other characteristic.
+# of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the
+# United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright
+# protection within the United States. NIST assumes no responsibility
+# whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees,
+# expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
+# characteristic.
#
# We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.
@@ -43,7 +46,6 @@ all: \
# The two CASE-Utility... files are to trigger rebuilds based on command-line interface changes or version increments.
.venv.done.log: \
- .git_submodule_init.done.log \
dependencies/UCO/dependencies/CASE-Utility-SHACL-Inheritance-Reviewer/case_shacl_inheritance_reviewer/__init__.py \
dependencies/UCO/dependencies/CASE-Utility-SHACL-Inheritance-Reviewer/setup.cfg \
dependencies/UCO/requirements.txt
@@ -100,14 +102,26 @@ clean:
@rm -rf \
venv
+# This recipe maintains timestamp order.
+# The target file creation is handled by recursive initialization done
+# in the recipe for .git_submodule_init.done.log.
dependencies/UCO/dependencies/CASE-Utility-SHACL-Inheritance-Reviewer/case_shacl_inheritance_reviewer/__init__.py: \
.git_submodule_init.done.log
- $(MAKE) \
- --directory dependencies/UCO \
- dependencies/CASE-Utility-SHACL-Inheritance-Reviewer/case_shacl_inheritance_reviewer/__init__.py
+ test -r $@
+ touch -c $@
+# This recipe maintains timestamp order.
+# The target file creation is handled by recursive initialization done
+# in the recipe for .git_submodule_init.done.log.
dependencies/UCO/dependencies/CASE-Utility-SHACL-Inheritance-Reviewer/setup.cfg: \
.git_submodule_init.done.log
- $(MAKE) \
- --directory dependencies/UCO \
- dependencies/CASE-Utility-SHACL-Inheritance-Reviewer/setup.cfg
+ test -r $@
+ touch -c $@
+
+# This recipe maintains timestamp order.
+# The target file creation is handled by initialization done in the
+# recipe for .git_submodule_init.done.log.
+dependencies/UCO/requirements.txt: \
+ .git_submodule_init.done.log
+ test -r $@
+ touch -c $@
diff --git a/dependencies/UCO b/dependencies/UCO
index 9f16831..8335d32 160000
--- a/dependencies/UCO
+++ b/dependencies/UCO
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9f168313453bb577141248e3968198bc00e7d39b
+Subproject commit 8335d32d600f717b7b4f43d74cf40efdf07aa340
diff --git a/ontology/Makefile b/ontology/Makefile
index 21ba472..3ec849d 100644
--- a/ontology/Makefile
+++ b/ontology/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# Portions of this file contributed by NIST are governed by the
+# following statement:
+#
# This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards
# and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course
-# of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the
-# United States Code this software is not subject to copyright
-# protection and is in the public domain. NIST assumes no
-# responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes
-# no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality,
-# reliability, or any other characteristic.
+# of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the
+# United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright
+# protection within the United States. NIST assumes no responsibility
+# whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees,
+# expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
+# characteristic.
#
# We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.
diff --git a/ontology/investigation/Makefile b/ontology/investigation/Makefile
index 549c381..3314096 100644
--- a/ontology/investigation/Makefile
+++ b/ontology/investigation/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# Portions of this file contributed by NIST are governed by the
+# following statement:
+#
# This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards
# and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course
-# of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the
-# United States Code this software is not subject to copyright
-# protection and is in the public domain. NIST assumes no
-# responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes
-# no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality,
-# reliability, or any other characteristic.
+# of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the
+# United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright
+# protection within the United States. NIST assumes no responsibility
+# whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees,
+# expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
+# characteristic.
#
# We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.
diff --git a/ontology/investigation/catalog-v001.xml b/ontology/investigation/catalog-v001.xml
index 07e8525..c11624f 100644
--- a/ontology/investigation/catalog-v001.xml
+++ b/ontology/investigation/catalog-v001.xml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
-
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diff --git a/ontology/investigation/investigation.ttl b/ontology/investigation/investigation.ttl
index fa1b970..a572ba4 100644
--- a/ontology/investigation/investigation.ttl
+++ b/ontology/investigation/investigation.ttl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# imports: https://ontology.caseontology.org/case/vocabulary/1.3.0
-# imports: https://ontology.unifiedcyberontology.org/uco/action/1.3.0
-# imports: https://ontology.unifiedcyberontology.org/uco/role/1.3.0
+# imports: https://ontology.caseontology.org/case/vocabulary/1.4.0
+# imports: https://ontology.unifiedcyberontology.org/uco/action/1.4.0
+# imports: https://ontology.unifiedcyberontology.org/uco/role/1.4.0
@prefix investigation: .
@prefix owl: .
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
a owl:Ontology ;
rdfs:label "investigation"@en ;
rdfs:comment "This ontology defines key concepts, and their associated properties and relationships, for characterizing cyber-investigations in the broadest range of contexts, including security incidents, criminal investigations, civil and regulatory matters, intelligence operations, international disputes, accident inquiries, policy violations, and others." ;
- owl:backwardCompatibleWith investigation:1.2.0 ;
+ owl:backwardCompatibleWith investigation:1.3.0 ;
owl:imports
- vocabulary:1.3.0 ,
- uco-action:1.3.0 ,
- uco-role:1.3.0
+ vocabulary:1.4.0 ,
+ uco-action:1.4.0 ,
+ uco-role:1.4.0
;
- owl:priorVersion investigation:1.2.0 ;
- owl:versionIRI investigation:1.3.0 ;
+ owl:priorVersion investigation:1.3.0 ;
+ owl:versionIRI investigation:1.4.0 ;
.
investigation:Attorney
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ investigation:Investigation
rdfs:label "Investigation"@en ;
rdfs:comment "An investigation is a grouping of characteristics unique to an exploration of the facts involved in a cyber-relevant set of suspicious activity."@en ;
sh:property
+ investigation:Investigation-investigationForm-in-shape ,
[
sh:class investigation:Authorization ;
sh:nodeKind sh:BlankNodeOrIRI ;
@@ -130,49 +131,36 @@ investigation:Investigation
] ,
[
sh:datatype xsd:string ;
- sh:nodeKind sh:Literal ;
- sh:path investigation:focus ;
- ] ,
- [
- sh:datatype vocabulary:InvestigationFormVocab ;
- sh:message "Value is outside the default vocabulary InvestigationFormVocab." ;
+ sh:message "As of CASE 1.4.0, the datatype to use for investigation:investigationForm should be xsd:string. Not using xsd:string will be an error in CASE 2.0.0." ;
sh:path investigation:investigationForm ;
- sh:severity sh:Info ;
+ sh:severity sh:Warning ;
] ,
[
- sh:maxCount "1"^^xsd:integer ;
+ sh:datatype xsd:string ;
sh:nodeKind sh:Literal ;
- sh:or (
- [
- sh:datatype vocabulary:InvestigationFormVocab ;
- ]
- [
- sh:datatype xsd:string ;
- ]
- ) ;
- sh:path investigation:investigationForm ;
+ sh:path investigation:focus ;
] ,
[
- sh:message "Value is not member of the vocabulary InvestigationFormVocab." ;
- sh:or (
- [
- sh:datatype vocabulary:InvestigationFormVocab ;
- sh:in (
- "case"^^vocabulary:InvestigationFormVocab
- "incident"^^vocabulary:InvestigationFormVocab
- "suspicious-activity"^^vocabulary:InvestigationFormVocab
- ) ;
- ]
- [
- sh:datatype xsd:string ;
- ]
- ) ;
+ sh:maxCount "1"^^xsd:integer ;
+ sh:nodeKind sh:Literal ;
sh:path investigation:investigationForm ;
]
;
sh:targetClass investigation:Investigation ;
.
+investigation:Investigation-investigationForm-in-shape
+ a sh:PropertyShape ;
+ sh:in (
+ "case"
+ "incident"
+ "suspicious-activity"
+ ) ;
+ sh:message "Value is not member of the vocabulary InvestigationFormVocab." ;
+ sh:path investigation:investigationForm ;
+ sh:severity sh:Info ;
+ .
+
investigation:InvestigativeAction
a
owl:Class ,
@@ -267,6 +255,7 @@ investigation:authorizationIdentifier
investigation:authorizationType
a owl:DatatypeProperty ;
+ rdfs:subPropertyOf uco-core:informalType ;
rdfs:label "authorizationType"@en ;
rdfs:comment "A label categorizing a type of authorization (e.g. warrant)"@en ;
rdfs:range xsd:string ;
@@ -288,6 +277,7 @@ investigation:focus
investigation:investigationForm
a owl:DatatypeProperty ;
+ rdfs:subPropertyOf uco-core:informalType ;
rdfs:label "investigationForm"@en ;
rdfs:comment "A label categorizing a type of investigation (case, incident, suspicious-activity, etc.)"@en ;
rdfs:range [
diff --git a/ontology/master/Makefile b/ontology/master/Makefile
index f2420e4..d35febb 100644
--- a/ontology/master/Makefile
+++ b/ontology/master/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# Portions of this file contributed by NIST are governed by the
+# following statement:
+#
# This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards
# and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course
-# of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the
-# United States Code this software is not subject to copyright
-# protection and is in the public domain. NIST assumes no
-# responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes
-# no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality,
-# reliability, or any other characteristic.
+# of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the
+# United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright
+# protection within the United States. NIST assumes no responsibility
+# whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees,
+# expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
+# characteristic.
#
# We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.
diff --git a/ontology/master/case.ttl b/ontology/master/case.ttl
index baad03d..3fdc368 100644
--- a/ontology/master/case.ttl
+++ b/ontology/master/case.ttl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# imports: https://ontology.caseontology.org/case/investigation/1.3.0
-# imports: https://ontology.caseontology.org/case/vocabulary/1.3.0
-# imports: https://ontology.unifiedcyberontology.org/uco/uco/1.3.0
+# imports: https://ontology.caseontology.org/case/investigation/1.4.0
+# imports: https://ontology.caseontology.org/case/vocabulary/1.4.0
+# imports: https://ontology.unifiedcyberontology.org/uco/uco/1.4.0
@prefix dct: .
@prefix owl: .
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
rdfs:label "case-master"@en ;
rdfs:comment "The Cyber-investigation Analysis Standard Expression (CASE) ontology is a community-developed standard that defines concepts used in a broad range of cyber-investigation domains, including digital forensic science, incident response, counter-terrorism, criminal justice, forensic intelligence, and situational awareness. CASE includes all aspects of the digital forensic process, from evidence-gathering and chain of custody, to generating a final report. The goal is to increase sharing and interoperability of cyber-investigation information among organizations and between forensic analytic tools. CASE aligns with and extends the Unified Cyber Ontology (UCO). The preferred namespace abbreviation for this ontology is: case-master."@en ;
dct:title "Cyber-investigation Analysis Standard Expression (CASE)"@en ;
- owl:backwardCompatibleWith ;
+ owl:backwardCompatibleWith ;
owl:imports
- ,
- ,
-
+ ,
+ ,
+
;
- owl:priorVersion ;
- owl:versionIRI ;
- owl:versionInfo "1.3.0" ;
+ owl:priorVersion ;
+ owl:versionIRI ;
+ owl:versionInfo "1.4.0" ;
.
diff --git a/ontology/master/catalog-v001.xml b/ontology/master/catalog-v001.xml
index 49ac868..bc112a2 100644
--- a/ontology/master/catalog-v001.xml
+++ b/ontology/master/catalog-v001.xml
@@ -2,25 +2,25 @@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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+
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diff --git a/ontology/vocabulary/Makefile b/ontology/vocabulary/Makefile
index 1e8522e..2e741e8 100644
--- a/ontology/vocabulary/Makefile
+++ b/ontology/vocabulary/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# Portions of this file contributed by NIST are governed by the
+# following statement:
+#
# This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards
# and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course
-# of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the
-# United States Code this software is not subject to copyright
-# protection and is in the public domain. NIST assumes no
-# responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes
-# no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality,
-# reliability, or any other characteristic.
+# of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the
+# United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright
+# protection within the United States. NIST assumes no responsibility
+# whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees,
+# expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
+# characteristic.
#
# We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.
diff --git a/ontology/vocabulary/vocabulary.ttl b/ontology/vocabulary/vocabulary.ttl
index 080e956..5affbb4 100644
--- a/ontology/vocabulary/vocabulary.ttl
+++ b/ontology/vocabulary/vocabulary.ttl
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
a owl:Ontology ;
rdfs:label "vocabularies"@en ;
- owl:backwardCompatibleWith vocab:1.2.0 ;
- owl:priorVersion vocab:1.2.0 ;
- owl:versionIRI vocab:1.3.0 ;
+ owl:backwardCompatibleWith vocab:1.3.0 ;
+ owl:priorVersion vocab:1.3.0 ;
+ owl:versionIRI vocab:1.4.0 ;
.
vocab:InvestigationFormVocab
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ vocab:InvestigationFormVocab
rdfs:comment "Defines an open-vocabulary of investigation forms."@en-US ;
owl:equivalentClass [
a rdfs:Datatype ;
- owl:onDatatype xsd:string ;
owl:oneOf (
- "case"^^vocab:InvestigationFormVocab
- "incident"^^vocab:InvestigationFormVocab
- "suspicious-activity"^^vocab:InvestigationFormVocab
+ "case"
+ "incident"
+ "suspicious-activity"
) ;
] ;
.
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index ab00709..ded42d1 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# Portions of this file contributed by NIST are governed by the
+# following statement:
+#
# This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards
# and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course
-# of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the
-# United States Code this software is not subject to copyright
-# protection and is in the public domain. NIST assumes no
-# responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes
-# no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality,
-# reliability, or any other characteristic.
+# of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the
+# United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright
+# protection within the United States. NIST assumes no responsibility
+# whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees,
+# expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
+# characteristic.
#
# We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.
diff --git a/tests/examples/Makefile b/tests/examples/Makefile
index b80ad56..f79c2a5 100644
--- a/tests/examples/Makefile
+++ b/tests/examples/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# Portions of this file contributed by NIST are governed by the
+# following statement:
+#
# This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards
# and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course
-# of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the
-# United States Code this software is not subject to copyright
-# protection and is in the public domain. NIST assumes no
-# responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes
-# no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality,
-# reliability, or any other characteristic.
+# of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the
+# United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright
+# protection within the United States. NIST assumes no responsibility
+# whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees,
+# expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
+# characteristic.
#
# We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.
diff --git a/tests/examples/test_validation.py b/tests/examples/test_validation.py
index f34c7fb..d873012 100644
--- a/tests/examples/test_validation.py
+++ b/tests/examples/test_validation.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Portions of this file contributed by NIST are governed by the
+# following statement:
+#
# This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards
# and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course
-# of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the
-# United States Code this software is not subject to copyright
-# protection and is in the public domain. NIST assumes no
-# responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes
-# no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality,
-# reliability, or any other characteristic.
+# of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the
+# United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright
+# protection within the United States. NIST assumes no responsibility
+# whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees,
+# expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
+# characteristic.
#
# We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.
diff --git a/tests/shapes/Makefile b/tests/shapes/Makefile
index 7181de0..03d308d 100644
--- a/tests/shapes/Makefile
+++ b/tests/shapes/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# Portions of this file contributed by NIST are governed by the
+# following statement:
+#
# This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards
# and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course
-# of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the
-# United States Code this software is not subject to copyright
-# protection and is in the public domain. NIST assumes no
-# responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes
-# no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality,
-# reliability, or any other characteristic.
+# of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the
+# United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright
+# protection within the United States. NIST assumes no responsibility
+# whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees,
+# expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
+# characteristic.
#
# We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.
diff --git a/tests/test_case_monolithic.py b/tests/test_case_monolithic.py
index 83eb869..2b19382 100644
--- a/tests/test_case_monolithic.py
+++ b/tests/test_case_monolithic.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Portions of this file contributed by NIST are governed by the
+# following statement:
+#
# This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards
# and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course
-# of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the
-# United States Code this software is not subject to copyright
-# protection and is in the public domain. NIST assumes no
-# responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes
-# no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality,
-# reliability, or any other characteristic.
+# of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the
+# United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright
+# protection within the United States. NIST assumes no responsibility
+# whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees,
+# expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other
+# characteristic.
#
# We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.