Openscap is a set of open source libraries providing an easier path for integration of the scap line of standards. scap is a line of standards managed by nist with the goal of providing a standard language for the expression of computer network defense related information.

the intended scope of this project is to implement working interface wrappers for parsing and querying scap content including:
* common vulnerabilities and exposures (cve)
* common configuration enumeration (cce)
* common platform enumeration (cpe)
* common vulnerability scoring system (cvss)
* extensible configuration checklist description format (xccdf)
* open vulnerability and assessment language (oval)