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- Initial API versions only exist for new APIs. They are API versions 0.y.z. (without extension).
- Initial An initial API version may exist for several minor version numbers but should at some point become a first alpha API version 0.y.z-alpha.1
- The API version in the URL for initial API versions includes the first 2 version numbers: v0.y to enable testing during rapid development.
- No further initial API versions may be created once the first alpha API version 0.y.z-alpha.1 has been created for the API.
- Once a first public-release API version has been created, no further initial API versions are allowed.
alpha (alpha) API version
- A An alpha API version (extension -extension
alpha.m) is an intermediate , pre-release API version with changes with respect to the latest public-release a previous alpha API version. - The purpose of a an -alpha API version is to test an evolution of the API by the developer community.support rapid development of an API and its implementation for testing purposes.
- An A alpha API version provides the relevant alpha items of the release readiness checklist.
- A An alpha API version cannot be part of a CAMARA meta-release.
- It needs to go through the below API pre-release and release steps first.A alpha API version can be used by testers of the API
release-candidate (rc) API version
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