This repository aims to host the versioned and authoritative source data for the OWASP ASVS project.
You can find the canonical data at src/asvs.json
In order to build on top of this data a strict and normalized format was required ( unlike say storing everything in MarkDown or HTML) as it's much easier to remove strictness then to add it. There are many data serialization formats, those with broad support include: XML, CSV and YAML.
JSON requires less syntax for the equivalent semantics than XML. JSON has a formal specification, that implementations actually follow, unlike CSV. JSON has better support and is wider known than YAML.
Using Semver2.
Feel free to send a PR with support for alternate package formats!