| Date | Version | Content Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–09–21 | 1.0 | Articles | Initial release. |
| 2016–10–25 | 1.1 | Articles | Removed categories at section level. |
| Articles | Removed “continuous” and “theme” from list of issue types. | ||
| Books | Added book specification (initial release). | ||
| 2016–12–22 | 1.2 | Articles | Added requirement that a package with an issue-meta file must match an existing issue record |
| 2017–01–22 | 1.3 | Common | Expanded Address to include new child elements |
| 2017–03–27 | 1.4 | Articles | Updated XMLSpecJournProc narrative clarifying that cover images must meet required extensions (no PDF) |
| 1.4 | Articles | Added requirement that toc-content elements in issue-meta must be unique. | |
| 1.4 | Books | Removed restriction on links in section titles and headings. | |
| 1.4 | Books | Added support for subtitle in title-group. | |
| 1.4 | Common | Added support for name-alternatives in contrib. | |
| 1.4 | Books | Added 'month' and 'day' to book-meta/pub-date and updated publication date instructions. | |
| 1.4 | Books | Added support for pub-history in book-meta and book-part-meta. |