New research outputs on ResearchEquals can now be versioned. Our update policy outlines the details, but in short: we provide one Digital Object Identifier (DOI) per version and have one DOI that always points to the latest version (akin to the versioning done by Zenodo).
When you publish a new output on ResearchEquals, you can set the version number using Semantic Versioning. Instead of version numbers that increase by one every time, Semantic Versioning provides three numbers for each output in the format MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH (e.g., 1.0.0). Each patch version adds aesthetic changes; minor versions extend the work, and major versions are superseding stable release. This means that everything before a major version 1.0.0 can be considered a draft.
Optionally, each version is accompanied by a short message describing the changes (i.e., a changelog). This is a brief description by the authors to indicate what has changed since the last version.
After publication, each output includes a transparent logbook of all the versions, so you can find each version with precision.
Versioned outputs became possible because of our major upgrade from early February, which laid the groundwork for this and other features. Email support@researchequals.com if you run into any points of feedback – this is the start of versioned outputs, and we will keep improving it with your input.