CycloneDX 1.6.2 - Schema Alignment & Typo-/Bug‑Fix Release

[jkowalleck]

Important

This PR is a backport only. Do not merge it.
It exists to document the changes, tag a release, and then lock the branch.

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Fixed – Schema Alignment

• Protobuf: added the optional, repeated field ModelCard.property (#726 via #743)
• XML: added the optional, repeated node //modelCard/properties (#726 via #743)
• XML: changed the node //modelCard/considerations/users/user from optional to optional and repeated (#737 via #744)
• XML: changed the node //modelCard/considerations/useCases/useCase from optional to optional and repeated (#737 via #744)
• XML: changed the node //modelCard/considerations/technicalLimitations/technicalLimitation from optional to optional and repeated (#737 via #744)
• XML: changed the node //modelCard/considerations/performanceTradeoffs/performanceTradeoff from optional to optional and repeated (#737 via #744)

Docs – Schema Alignment

• Backported streamlined documentation.

Tests

• Backported test cases.
• Backported Java test runners.

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• back-port of CycloneDX 1.7.1 - Schema Alignment & Typo-/Bug‑Fix Release #932

branch created via

git checkout tags/1.6.1
git switch -c 1.6.2-dev

back-port via

git checkout 1.7.1-dev -- schema/bom-1.5.*
git checkout 1.7.1-dev -- schema/bom-1.6.*
git checkout 1.7.1-dev -- schema/xmlcatalog.xml
git checkout 1.7.1-dev -- tools/src/test/resources/1.5/
git checkout 1.7.1-dev -- tools/src/test/resources/1.6/
git checkout 1.7.1-dev -- tools/pom.xml
git checkout 1.7.1-dev -- tools/src/test/java/
git checkout 1.7.1-dev -- tools/src/test/js/
git checkout 1.7.1-dev -- tools/src/test/php/
git checkout 1.7.1-dev -- tools/src/test/proto/

then, modified the schema/xmlcatalog.xml and Java tests accordingly