Versioning policy

Semantic versioning

• Major (X.0.0): conceptual or semantic breaks
• Minor (X.Y.0): backward-compatible ontology extensions
• Patch (X.Y.Z): metadata/docs/non-semantic corrections

Files

• min.ttl: current stable version
• min-vX.Y.Z.ttl: immutable snapshot for release X.Y.Z
• Current stable line: 1.x (min.ttl -> v1.0.1)

Architecture note

• MIN is maintained as a single ontology in this repository (min.ttl + immutable snapshots).

Release checklist

1. Update owl:versionIRI and owl:versionInfo in min.ttl.
2. Create min-vX.Y.Z.ttl from released min.ttl.
3. Update validation assets (SPARQL/SHACL/scripts) if semantics changed.
4. Update CHANGELOG.md and docs pages.
5. Run full validation (uv run ontology-validate).
6. Tag release as vX.Y.Z.