This page will describe the basic process for managing feature inclusion within a release, and the associated versioning strategy.
Features
Features proposed for inclusion in a release may be categorized as follows:
- User driven
- Users refers specifically to WMDA member registries (or their delegates) that currently use or intend to use the Match-Connect apis
- During the early design and implementation phases of Match-Connect, features will be proposed by the Match-Connect Steering Committee and participating pilot registries
- Following the pilot phase, all user driven features will be requested via the Match-Connect User Group RFC Process
- Implementation team driven
- Implementation team refers to the technical staff of the WMDA and their associates that are directly involved in the implementation of the Match-Connect apis
- The implementation team may need to include items in a release to resolve defects, improve underlying design, update dependencies / libraries and to keep the software in good, working order
Process
Whether user driven or implementation team driven, any inclusions will be logged / summarized in the WMDA Share under the Match-Connect Release Management page.