diff --git a/tools/generator/veris.py b/tools/generator/veris.py
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+import json
+
+debug = False
+filename = 'verisc-labels.json'
+namespace = 'veris'
+description = 'Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing (VERIS)'
+
+output = {}
+output['namespace'] = namespace
+output['description'] = description
+output['predicates'] = []
+output['values'] = []
+
+with open(filename) as fp:
+    t = json.load(fp)
+
+def lookupPredicate(predicate=False):
+    if not predicate:
+        return False
+    for p in output['predicates']:
+        if p['value'] == predicate:
+            return True
+
+def lookupValues(predicate=False):
+    if not predicate:
+        return False
+    for p in output['values']:
+        if p['predicate'] == predicate:
+             return True
+
+def machineTag(namespace=False, predicate=False, value=None, expanded=None):
+
+    if namespace is False or predicate is False:
+        return None
+    if value is None:
+        return ('{0}:{1}'.format(namespace, predicate))
+    else:
+        if not lookupPredicate(predicate=predicate):
+            x = {}
+            x['value'] = predicate
+            output['predicates'].append(x)
+        y = {}
+        y['predicate'] = predicate
+        y['entry'] = []
+        z = {}
+        z['value'] = value
+        z['expanded'] = expanded
+        y['entry'].append(z)
+        output['values'].append(y)
+        return ('{0}:{1}=\"{2}\"'.format(namespace, predicate, value))
+
+
+prefix = []
+top = []
+
+def flatten(root, prefix_keys=True):
+    dicts = [([], root)]
+    ret = {}
+    seen = set()
+    for path, d in dicts:
+        if id(d) in seen:
+            continue
+        seen.add(id(d))
+        for k, v in d.items():
+            new_path = path + [k]
+            prefix = ':'.join(new_path) if prefix_keys else k
+            if hasattr(v, 'items'):
+                dicts.append((new_path, v))
+            else:
+                p = ':'.join(prefix.rsplit(':')[:-1])
+                if debug:
+                    print (namespace+":"+p+"="+v)
+                machineTag(namespace=namespace, predicate=p, value=prefix.split(':')[-1], expanded=v)
+                ret[prefix] = v
+    return ret
+
+flatten ( root = t)
+
+print (json.dumps(output))