Integer Upgrade to 2.01
Version 2.01 was released on Tuesday 6 January 2015. This followed agreement from the the IATI Steering Committee to accept version 2.01 of the IATI Standard on the 16th October 2014.
Details about the specific proposals and public consultations which formed part of the for 2.01 upgrade are listed on the knowledge base in the 2.01 Integer Upgrade section Forum.
The full process and timetable followed for the 2.01 Integer Upgrade is outlined below.
| Milestone | Consultation | Timescale | Completion Date | Revised Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thematic proposals agreed by IATI Secretariat | Thursday 13th March 2014 | |||
| Publication of final thematic proposal, incorporating the wishes of the Secretariat | Monday 24th March 2014 | |||
| Technical Iteration 1 of the 2.01 standard is complete and is publicly available. A human readable version will be also be available via generated documentation. | Community can follow progress and participate via GitHub. | 4 weeks | Monday 28th April 2014 | |
| First technical consultation. The community has until the due date to inspect the 2.01 Standard and comment. | During this time the community should be inspecting and testing the standard, and logging bug reports, comments and suggestions. | 4 weeks | Monday 26th May 2014 | |
| Second iteration of the 2.01 standard is worked on to incorporate any changes, bug fixes, etc. | Community can follow progress via GitHub, and may be able to help fix tricky problems. | 4 weeks | Monday 23rd June 2014 | |
| Second technical consultation. The community has until the due date to inspect iteration 2 of the 2.01 Standard and comment. | During this time the community should be inspecting and testing the standard, and logging bug reports, comments and suggestions. | 4 weeks | Monday 28th July 2014 | |
| Third and Final iteration of the 2.01 standard is worked on to incorporate any changes, bug fixes, etc. | Community can follow progress via GitHub, and may be able to help fix tricky problems, and suggest pull requests | 3 weeks / 6 weeks | Monday 18th August 2014 | Monday 8th September |
| The community has until the due date to inspect the final iteration of the 2.01 Standard and comment. | During this time the community should be inspecting and testing the standard, and logging bug reports, comments and suggestions. | 2 weeks | Monday 1st September 2014 | Monday 22nd September |
| Final Version of 2.01 completed and ready for the Steering Committee | 1 week | Monday 8th September 2014 | Monday 29th September | |
| Steering committee formally accepts Version 2.01. 2.01 is set in stone. No more changes. | Mid September 2014 | October 15th/16th | ||
| Go live | This period of grace between approval of the upgrade and go live is primarily to ensure that systems that use IATI data can make all necessary preparations and adjustments. | 8 weeks | 6th January 2015 |