Version History

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1 Purpose/Issue

This policy specifies a numbering system necessary to track the changes that occur in a “thing” throughout the “thing’s” development and subsequent revisions during the course of the PILIN project.

2 Background

Version control allows:

1. One version to be distinguished from any previous and subsequent versions

2. Identification of the most current version of the “thing”

“Things” can go through various iterations before being approved for release.

3 Scope

This policy is for use by PILIN team members.

This policy applies to “things” as defined in the Identifier Association Policy for the PILIN Project v1.01

1 Identifier Association Policy for the PILIN Project v1.0

4 Policy Statement

In the first instance, “things” will be given a draft version control number. Once a “thing” has been approved for release, it is given a version control number.

Version control numbering will be used with things that cross the PILIN curation boundary.

Once a document goes to version 1.0 and crosses the PILIN curatorial boundary, the draft version history may be deprecated for public viewing.

Draft “things” will start at v0.1 to reflect their draft status. Once a “thing” has been approved for release, the number converts to v1.0

The version control numbering will be used as follows:

5 Example

An example of this policy is:

Version Control Policy for the PILIN Project

Version History

6 Definitions

The PILIN curation boundary is defined by who has knowledge about PILIN things. Things inside the PILIN curation boundary are only known to members of the PILIN project team. Things outside the curation boundary are known to both the PILIN team and entities outside the PILIN team2

2 Identifier Association Policy for the PILIN Project v1.0

A minor amendment consists of changes to punctuation or spelling.

A major amendment consists of major content addition or deletion, including changes to heading

7 Appendix

Identifier Association Policy for the PILIN Project v1.0,
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This work was created as part of the PILIN project. The PILIN project is funded by the Australian Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training, (DEST) under the Systemic Infrastructure Initiative (SII) as part of the Commonwealth Government’s Backing Australia’s Ability – An Innovation Action Plan for the Future (BAA) under the ARROW Project.