The latest version of the DDI specification, the DDI 3.0 Candidate Release version is now available, following a vote of the DDI Alliance at its annual meeting, held this year in Montreal, Quebec, on May 19.
The release of the Candidate Version signals the beginning of an Implementation Period not to exceed nine months during which developers can use the Candidate Version for software development. The specification will remain stable during this period, although bugs that are discovered should be reported and will be fixed. The Candidate Release period is tentatively scheduled to end early in 2008. The DDI Alliance requests that current and prospective implementers who are interested in working with the Candidate Version register with the DDI's Technical Implementation Committee (TIC).