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This page provides a general overview of the NSRL: what it is; what it's for; and how it's used. If you're new to the NSRL, this is a good place to start.
The NSRL is The National Software Reference Library, based out of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. It has three components:
The NSRL RDS contains metadata on computer files which can be used to uniquely identify the files and their provenance. For each file in the NSRL collection, the following data are published:
