[ARCHIVE] Breaking Changes

Archived 2024-05-07. See CDS, Versioning

Note: the article below refers to Version 1.3.0 of the Consumer Data Standards, the article is relevant to all Versions of the Standards.

Question

With Version 1.3.0 of the Consumer Data Standards looking to remove some fields from the Product Reference Data data structure, is removal of data considered a breaking change? Is there some guidance around versioning and breaking changes?

Answer

All changes to the Consumer Data Standards follow semantic versioning and the guidelines outlined here: https://consumerdatastandardsaustralia.github.io/standards/#versioning . Further, changes made are captured in the Change Log here: https://consumerdatastandardsaustralia.github.io/standards/#change-log so you are able to see the incremental improvements made to the Consumer Data Standards.