diff --git a/examples/decode-bom/main.go b/examples/decode-bom/main.go
index 7f193b9..2954be4 100644
--- a/examples/decode-bom/main.go
+++ b/examples/decode-bom/main.go
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 package main
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go"
+)
+
 func main() {
-	panic("TODO")
+	res, err := http.Get("https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/download/4.1.0/bom.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+
+	bom := new(cyclonedx.BOM)
+	decoder := cyclonedx.NewBOMDecoder(res.Body, cyclonedx.BOMFileFormatJSON)
+	if err = decoder.Decode(bom); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Successfully decoded BOM of %s\n", bom.Metadata.Component.PackageURL)
+	fmt.Printf("- Generated: %s with %s\n", bom.Metadata.Timestamp, (*bom.Metadata.Tools)[0].Name)
+	fmt.Printf("- Components: %d\n", len(*bom.Components))
 }
diff --git a/examples/encode-bom/main.go b/examples/encode-bom/main.go
index 7f193b9..44be8cc 100644
--- a/examples/encode-bom/main.go
+++ b/examples/encode-bom/main.go
@@ -1,5 +1,57 @@
 package main
 
+import (
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	cdx "github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go"
+)
+
 func main() {
-	panic("TODO")
+	bom := cdx.NewBOM()
+	bom.Metadata = &cdx.Metadata{
+		Timestamp: time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339),
+		Component: &cdx.Component{
+			BOMRef:  "pkg:golang/acme-inc/acme-app@1.0.0",
+			Type:    cdx.ComponentTypeApplication,
+			Name:    "ACME Application",
+			Version: "1.0.0",
+		},
+	}
+	bom.Components = &[]cdx.Component{
+		{
+			BOMRef:      "pkg:golang/github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go@0.1.0",
+			Type:        cdx.ComponentTypeLibrary,
+			Author:      "CycloneDX",
+			Name:        "cyclonedx-go",
+			Version:     "0.1.0",
+			Description: "Go library to consume and produce CycloneDX Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)",
+			PackageURL:  "pkg:golang/github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go@0.1.0",
+			ExternalReferences: &[]cdx.ExternalReference{
+				{
+					Type: cdx.ERTypeIssueTracker,
+					URL:  "https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go/issues",
+				},
+				{
+					Type: cdx.ERTypeWebsite,
+					URL:  "https://cyclonedx.org",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	bom.Dependencies = &[]cdx.Dependency{
+		{
+			Ref: "pkg:golang/acme-inc/acme-app@1.0.0",
+			Dependencies: &[]cdx.Dependency{
+				{Ref: "pkg:golang/github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go@0.1.0"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	encoder := cdx.NewBOMEncoder(os.Stdout, cdx.BOMFileFormatXML)
+	encoder.SetPretty(true)
+
+	if err := encoder.Encode(bom); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 }