Semantic Versioning

A set of rules for assigning meaningful version numbers

Semantic Versioning is a specific scheme for assigning version numbers to releases of software.

It is widely used in several important software ecosystems.

• A good introductory guide: https://www.sitepoint.com/semantic-versioning-why-you-should-using/
• Official Documentation: https://semver.org/

Also of interest:

• Wikipedia article on software versioning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning