OSCAL in Ruby

Purpose

This is an implementation of the OSCAL models, allowing the manipulation of these models, as well as reading and writing of OSCAL serialization formats (YAML, JSON, XML).

Note	This gem is used by the Metanorma plugin for OSCAL.

Installation

Install the gem:

[sudo] gem install oscal

or add it to your Gemfile:

gem 'oscal'

Command-line usage

TODO: Write usage instructions here

> require 'oscal'
> x = Oscal::Catalog.load_from_yaml('spec/oscal-content/examples/catalog/yaml/basic-catalog.yaml')
=>
#<Oscal::Catalog:0x000000010b817e08
...
> x.groups.first.groups.first.parts.first.prose
=> "To establish a management framework to initiate and control the implementation and operation of information security within the organization."

Get all controls

> require 'oscal'
> x = Oscal::Catalog.load_from_yaml('spec/oscal-content/examples/catalog/yaml/basic-catalog.yaml')
=>
#<Oscal::Catalog:0x000000010b817e08
...
> o = x.get_all_controls
> o.count
=> 4

Find object by id

> require 'oscal'
> x = Oscal::Catalog.load_from_yaml('spec/oscal-content/examples/catalog/yaml/basic-catalog.yaml')
=>
#<Oscal::Catalog:0x000000010b817e08
...
> p = x.find_object_by_id('s1.1_smt')
=>
#<Oscal::Part:0x000000014c0c4070 @id="s1.1_smt", ...>

Find object by uuid

> require 'oscal'
> x = Oscal::Catalog.load_from_yaml('spec/oscal-content/examples/catalog/yaml/basic-catalog.yaml')
=>
#<Oscal::Catalog:0x000000010b817e08
...
> p = x.find_object_by_id('74c8ba1e-5cd4-4ad1-bbfd-d888e2f6c724', x, :uuid)
=>
#<Oscal::Catalog:0x000000014c0c5f38 @uuid="74c8ba1e-5cd4-4ad1-bbfd-d888e2f6c724", ...>

Ruby library usage

TODO: Write usage instructions here

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to https://rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/metanorma/oscal. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the Oscal project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.

LICENSE

Copyright Ribose. The OSCAL schema is published by NIST.

Published under the 2-clause BSD license.