14 Change History
Release |
Description of change |
Change type |
Date approved |
Date for compliance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
New Code of Practice to replace Release 4. |
Breaking |
2017-07-01 |
2019-02-28 (with support for January 2019 usage) |
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Amendments, corrections and clarifications based on feedback and questions from the community. |
Fix |
2018-12-10 |
2019-02-28 (with support for January 2019 usage) |
|
Amendments, corrections and clarifications based on feedback and questions from the community. |
Fix |
2021-09-28 |
2022-02-28 (with support for January 2022 usage) |
|
Corrections and clarifications based on feedback and questions from the community. |
Fix |
2023-03-30 |
2023-04-28 (with support for March 2023 usage) |
|
Substantive changes to the Code of Practice, in line with feedback and questions from the community. |
Breaking |
2023-03-30 |
2025-01-01 (with support for January 2025 usage) |
|
Corrections and clarifications based on feedback and questions from the community. |
Fix |
2024-07-17 |
2025-01-14 (with support for January 2025 usage) |
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New features aligned with best practices, corrections and clarifications based on feedback and questions from the community. |
Feature |
2026-06-30 |
2025-06-30 (with support for July 2026 usage) |
Starting with Release 5.0.2 the COUNTER Code of Practice Release 5 is maintained in the GitHub repository Project-Counter/cop5, and all changes are tracked with GitHub issues and linked pull requests. The change log lists all changes by type and impact of the change.