[DDI-users] NewVersionType

[Wendy Thomas]

In the future I will check more carefully where an email is from
before exercising my admittedly sarcastic sense of humor. My apologies
to any friends and collegues that may have been offended.

Wendy

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 3:53 AM, Alerk Amin <A.Amin at uvt.nl> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>   I have a question about versions of elements in DDI.  In DDI 3.0, it
> seems like a version could be arbitrarily long (eg. 1.0.0.0.0.0.1).
> However, in DDI 3.1, it looks like a version must always be 3 numbers
> long (eg. 1.0.0).  I am getting this info from NewVersionType, which is
> used by AbstractVersionableType.
>   My question is: am I understanding this correctly?  I recall a
> discussion about this during the DDI Developers meeting in Utrecht in
> December 2010, where the the DDI 3.0 NewVersionType was defended because
> of a use case that required 4 numbers.  Is 3 numbers the new "accepted"
> format, and will it stay that way in DDI 3.2?
>   Just to be clear: I am happy with the 3 number format.  I just want
> to be certain I understand what is going on before I start writing code
> that relies on it.
>   Thank you for your help.
>
> Best,
> Alerk
>
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