From 2d48e1caec06bb4866beccad34b31e589bcc778f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sambhav Kothari <skothari44@bloomberg.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:40:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add clarity on affects.target.ref usage

Signed-off-by: Sambhav Kothari <skothari44@bloomberg.net>
---
 schema/bom-1.4.schema.json | 2 +-
 schema/bom-1.4.xsd         | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/schema/bom-1.4.schema.json b/schema/bom-1.4.schema.json
index dafd8845..d9b265f9 100644
--- a/schema/bom-1.4.schema.json
+++ b/schema/bom-1.4.schema.json
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@
               "ref": {
                 "$ref": "#/definitions/refType",
                 "title": "Reference",
-                "description": "References a component or service by the objects bom-ref"
+                "description": "References a component or service by the objects bom-ref if defined within the same BOM or BOM-Link https://cyclonedx.org/capabilities/bomlink/ if defined in a separate BOM."
               },
               "versions": {
                 "type": "array",
diff --git a/schema/bom-1.4.xsd b/schema/bom-1.4.xsd
index 9b38b1cf..1d6c84ce 100644
--- a/schema/bom-1.4.xsd
+++ b/schema/bom-1.4.xsd
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                                 <xs:sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
                                     <xs:element name="ref" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
                                         <xs:annotation>
-                                            <xs:documentation>References a component or service by the objects bom-ref.</xs:documentation>
+                                            <xs:documentation>References a component or service by the objects bom-ref if defined within the same BOM or BOM-Link https://cyclonedx.org/capabilities/bomlink/ if defined in a separate BOM.</xs:documentation>
                                         </xs:annotation>
                                     </xs:element>
                                     <xs:element name="versions" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">