# Version history

<table><thead><tr><th width="115">Version</th><th width="134">Date</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1.000</td><td>2022-10-01</td><td>The first official and public version 1 of the DiME data format specification. </td></tr><tr><td>1.001</td><td>2022-10-25</td><td>'DSC' should be used for specifying the DiME Standard Cryptography suite as header in raw encoded key materials. DSC to use Base 64 encoding.</td></tr><tr><td>1.002</td><td>2022-11-01</td><td>Verification process and integrity state results specified. Added issuer URL claim ("isu").</td></tr><tr><td>1.003</td><td>2023-02-10</td><td>Added Common Name claim ("cmn").</td></tr><tr><td>1.004</td><td>2023-03-08</td><td>Defined 'NaCl' cryptography suite to replace previous suite.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Further changes within the same major version, currently 1, will only be made as long as they do not break existing DiME items. However, changes may not, in some instances, be backwards compatible with existing implementations.


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