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The most common practice I have used is to separate "version" from "revision,"
i.e., v1.2 corresponding to v1.2 of the product being documented, Rev A, B,
C, etc. This enables you to make document-only revisions and still have a
document that corresponds to the product (this assumes that the product has
a widely-disseminated version number, and not just revisions on some
engineering drawing somewhere).
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: <Anagha -dot- Mulay -at- smartstream-stp -dot- com>
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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 1:08 AM
Subject: Document Versions
>
> Hi,
>
> I need your help on how to decide on the version number of a document. We
> have a new product developed, which is given the same version number as
> the other products. For example, if one product X has version 4.2, then
> the new product is also given the same version number. In other words, the
> versions are standard across all the products.
>
> Now, my question is: What version should the document have? Should the
> document have the same version number, that is 4.2.
>
> I am not very clear with the document version? What is general pratice
> followed by other organizations?
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