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Over time, different versions of the Profiles and of the underlying XML standard were published and each profile standard has been written with a specific baseline XML standard (“ERN”) in mind. The table below provides this mapping (note that the table does not differentiate between version 3.4.1 and 3.4):
| Business Profile | Release Profile | "Target" ERN |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 and 3.4 |
| 1.1 and 1.2 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| n/a | n/a | 4.0 |
| n/a | 2.0 | 4.1 |
While this table indicates that the Release Profile in version 1.3 is specifically for the ERN standard in version 3.8, most of the profile rules can — and should! — also be applied to Release notifications in accordance with older ERN versions. While some of the rules cannot be used (because they depend on a new feature in the ERN standard), most rules can. And even those than cannot be followed strictly still provide good guidance as to what to do.
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