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`3GPP Specifications - Version numbering scheme
`Spec download | Titles and spec numbers | Current version | Releases | Numbering scheme | Change Requests
`Published specifications | Historical information | Work plan | TSG Working methods | Drafting rules | Delegates corner| ASN.1
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`As 3GPP Technical Specifications and Technical Reports evolve from the early drafting stages, though progressively more stable versions, to
`being brought under change control, so the version number of the document changes. The rules for maintaining the version number are contained
`in clause 4.4 of 3GPP TR 21.900, but are briefly summarized here.
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`The "version" is comprised of three fields:
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`major
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`technical
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`editorial
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`and each has a numeric value, starting with zero. The fields are separated with dots, and the version number shows major, technical and editorial
`fields respectively from left to right. Thus a spec whose major field is 4, whose technical field is 7 and whose editorial field is 1 would be shown as
`version 4.7.1.
`The major version field reflects the stage of the spec:
`0 = immature draft
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`1 = draft which is at least 50% complete and has been presented / will shortly be presented to the responsible TSG for information
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`2 = draft which is at least 80% complete and has been presented / will shortly be presented to the responsible TSG for approval
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`3 or greater = spec which has been approved by the responsible TSG and is under change control.
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`Once under change control, the major field indicates the Release to which the spec applies. Thus it is quite normal for a Release 7 specification to
`go, on TSG approval, from version 2.0.0 directly to version 7.0.0. There will be no versions 3.0.0, 4.0.0 etc between.
`The technical version field is incremented each time a technical change is made to the spec as a result of the drafting process (major version <=
`2) or as a result of the incorporation of one or more approved Change Requests (major version > 2).
`The editorial version field is incremented each time a non-technical change is made to the spec, for example to correct trivial typographical
`errors. Note that any change which could conceivably have an effect on the interpretation of the technical provisions of a spec cannot be
`considered as editorial. (Thus changing the greater-than symbol > into the less-than symbol <, although only the result of a mistyped character, is
`not considered editorial, since it makes a profound difference to the interpretation of the technical provisions of the document.) Exceptionally, the
`editorial version is used to show the replacement of a new version of a spec within the period (normally three working weeks) immediately
`following the end of a TSG meeting prior to the "all specs available" deadline, even though the modification might be more than purely editorial.
`Such circumstances cover, for example, the late availability of C code or TTCN associated with a spec. The document's change history annex will
`always explain the nature of any such change.
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`The version number, consisting of the three numeric fields, is reflected in the filename of the TS or TR concerned. Each field is represented by a
`single character, and the mapping between version field value and the character representing that value in the filename is as shown in the table
`below:
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`version field value
`0
`1
`2
`3
`4
`5
`6
`7
`8
`9
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`filename character
`0
`1
`2
`3
`4
`5
`6
`7
`8
`9
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