A preservation service will work with a publisher to determine the version(s) of record. If there may be multiple versions of record, or if draft versions are considered significant, the parameters of these should be clearly defined. In addition, these versions should be identified in a formal way so that automated updates can occur as needed while retaining clarity across the preservation copies.
These guidelines relate to other aspects of versioning:
- 23 - Express versioning in bibliographic metadata
- 31 - Assign new identifiers to significant versions