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Stay updated with the latest announcements, releases, and community updates from the SWHID project.

2025-04-23
SWHID standardized as ISO/IEC 18670
SWHID has been officially adopted as ISO/IEC 18670:2025, becoming the first international standard for persistent, content-based identification of software artifacts.
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2023-11-06
Second version of SWHID Publicly Available Specification
The SWHID Working Group is pleased to announce the release of the second version of the SWHID Publicly Available Specification.
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2023-06-23
First version of SWHID Publicly Available Specification
The SWHID Working Group is pleased to announce the release of the first version of the SWHID Publicly Available Specification.
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2023-03-27
Kickoff of the SWHID Working group
The SWHID Working Group held its kickoff meeting to establish the foundation for developing the SWHID standard.
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2022-09-07
SWHID.org goes live
The official SWHID website launches, providing a central hub for information about the Software Heritage Identifier standard.
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2022-01-20
Decision to start the SWHID normalization process
The Software Heritage Foundation announces the decision to begin the standardization process for SWHID identifiers.
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