SEMANTIC-VERSIONING-EDI

MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH — versioning convention for custom EDI schemas.

Definition

SemVer 2.0.0 rules: (1) MAJOR: breaking changes, (2) MINOR: new backward-compatible features, (3) PATCH: bug fixes. Applicable to custom UBL extensions, internal EDI JSON Schemas, Schematron mapping versions. Not directly applicable to EDIFACT/X12 (which have their own UNTDID/ASC X12 versioning).

Origin

SemVer 2.0.0 specification published by Tom Preston-Werner in 2013.

Example in context

The canonical API JSON-Schema moves from v2.4.1 to v2.5.0 (new optional fields, backward-compat).

Related terms

• Versioning — parent framework.