Re: Breaking changes vs namespace versioning

Kevin Smith via Standards <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:14:03 +0100
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> On 26 Mar 2026, at 14:14, Matthew Wild <[email protected]> wrote:
> My understanding of
> community consensus is that introduction of new elements and
> attributes constitutes a breaking change. 

That’s what I’ve understood. You can add new stuff without changing namespace by putting the new stuff into a new namespace, leaving the parent intact, but you don’t add new elements/attributes to an existing namespace.

As with so many things, I fear this is tribal knowledge that we’ve never recorded.

/K

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