From 19959672ae6e3570f2c8dc7ff4d0f9480a6b3429 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Holmes Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 12:38:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] removed stability note and moved key info for 1.0.0 --- README.md | 23 +++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a51643b8..70ea3246 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ including sources such as aircraft and drone and data such as hyperspectral opti synthetic aperture radar (SAR), video, point clouds, lidar, digital elevation models (DEM), vector, machine learning labels, and composites like NDVI and mosaics. STAC is intentionally designed with a minimal core and flexible -extension mechanism to support a broad set of use cases. +extension mechanism to support a broad set of use cases. This specification +has matured over the past several years, and is used in [numerous production +deployments](https://stacindex.org/catalogs). This is advantageous to providers of geospatial data, as they can simply use a well-designed, standard format and API without needing to design their own proprietary one. @@ -43,22 +45,15 @@ with a well-defined set of additional attributes ("foreign members"). The **STAC extends the **[OGC API - Features - Part 1: Core](http://docs.opengeospatial.org/is/17-069r3/17-069r3.html)** with additional web service endpoints and object attributes. -## Stability Note - -This specification has matured over the past several years, and is used in -[numerous production deployments](https://stacindex.org/catalogs). -With the 1.0.0 release, implementors should expect that most definitions will remain -stable. Our goal -is to maintain backwards-compatiblity within the core for a long time. -The STAC specification follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/), so once -1.0.0 is reached, any breaking change will require the spec to go to 2.0.0. - ## Current version and branches The [master branch](https://github.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/tree/master) is the 'stable' -version of the spec. It is currently version **1.0.0** of the specification. The -[dev](https://github.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/tree/dev) branch is where active development takes place, -and may have inconsistent examples. Whenever dev stabilizes, a release is cut and we +version of the spec. It is currently version **1.0.0** of the specification. The STAC specification +follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/), so any breaking change will require the spec to +go to 2.0.0. + +The [dev](https://github.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/tree/dev) branch is where active development +takes place, and may have inconsistent examples. Whenever dev stabilizes, a release is cut and we merge `dev` in to `master`. So `master` should be stable at any given time. More information on how the STAC development process works can be found in [process.md](process.md).