Web Services API Versioning

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Published on 2009-11-05T09:21:38Z Indexed on 2010/03/13 4:37 UTC
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I offer a small Web Services API to my clients which I plan to evolve over time. So I need some sort of versioning, but I can't find any information about how you do something like that.

Is there a best practise?

How can I keep adding new functionality without breaking compatibility with the web services consumers?

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