FAQ

CybOX Tool Development

• Q: What languages do you support?
• A: Currently all of our tools/APIs/bindings are written for Python 2.6/2.7. Other languages are being considered for support, but this decision ultimately lies with the CybOX community
  
  
• Q: I found a bug. How do I report it?
• A: Submit a bug to the repository issue tracker. Mark the bug with the appropriate labels (e.g., "email to cybox" and "bug") and fill out the details. We will handle the rest!
  
  
• Q: Is there documentation for the APIs and bindings?
• A: Not yet. We are currently working on improving the (poor) state of our documentation across the entirety of the CybOX project, which includes the tools/bindings/APIs. We plan on providing extensive sets of coding examples alongside prose documentation to aid developers in their journey with CybOX.
  
  
• Q: How can I contribute back to the CybOX Tools repository?
• A: Issue a pull request and we will review the submission!
  
  
• Q: Are there plans for "easy" distribution of CybOX tools/APIs/bindings?
• A: Our python-cybox package can be installed via the setup.py script and we are currently looking into other methods for the distribution of our bindings and APIs (e.g., pip, distribute, etc.)

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CybOX GitHub Repository and General

• Q: What are the concepts behind the branches in the tool repository?
• A: Our master branch contains the most recent, stable code for our repository. Non-master branches will be created on a per-feature basis and should be quickly merged back into the master branch. Branches will be named to be easily associated with a particular feature/issue tracker id.
  
  
• Q: How do I find the most recent release of a script?
• A: Releases of scripts will be tagged. Ex: "email_to_cybox-0.2". Because all of our scripts are developed within the Tools repository, each tag will point to a particular revision of the entire repository. As such, users will need to navigate to the appropriate tool directory for a given tag.
  
  
• Q: Will the python-cybox repository be used to exclusively store the Python CybOX Bindings?
• A: Yes. The python-cybox repository is home to the development of our python bindings and APIs.
  
  
• Q: Do we support pull requests?
• A: Absolutely! We strongly encourage developers to tinker with our code. If a developer wishes to contribute back to the repository, they just need to issue a pull request and we will review the submission.
  
  
• Q: Where can I find more information about CybOX?
• A: The CybOX homepage is located at http://cybox.mitre.org