Overview

Applies to: everything under standards/, the conformance profile in packages/ver-validator/, and the VER-F wire profile. Effective: 23 August 2026. Decision of record: ADR-0001.

VER carries two independent version planes. Conflating them is the single most common way a standard breaks its own consumers, so this document states which is which, what each one is allowed to change, and what nobody is allowed to touch.