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Core metadata specifications
============================

This page describes version 2.4, approved in August 2024.

Fields defined in the following specification should be considered valid,
complete and not subject to change. The required fields are:

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History
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- March 2001: Core metadata 1.0 was approved through :pep:`241`.
- April 2003: Core metadata 1.1 was approved through :pep:`314`:
- February 2010: Core metadata 1.2 was approved through :pep:`345`.
- February 2018: Core metadata 2.1 was approved through :pep:`566`.
- August 2024: Core metadata 2.4 was approved through :pep:`639`.

- Added ``Description-Content-Type`` and ``Provides-Extra``.
- Added canonical method for transforming metadata to JSON.
- Restricted the grammar of the ``Name`` field.
- Added the ``License-Expression`` field.
- Added the ``License-File`` field.

- March 2022: Core metadata 2.3 was approved through :pep:`685`.

- Restricted extra names to be normalized.

- October 2020: Core metadata 2.2 was approved through :pep:`643`.

- Added the ``Dynamic`` field.

- March 2022: Core metadata 2.3 was approved through :pep:`685`.
- February 2018: Core metadata 2.1 was approved through :pep:`566`.

- Restricted extra names to be normalized.
- Added ``Description-Content-Type`` and ``Provides-Extra``.
- Added canonical method for transforming metadata to JSON.
- Restricted the grammar of the ``Name`` field.

- August 2024: Core metadata 2.4 was approved through :pep:`639`.
- February 2010: Core metadata 1.2 was approved through :pep:`345`.

- Added the ``License-Expression`` field.
- Added the ``License-File`` field.
- April 2003: Core metadata 1.1 was approved through :pep:`314`:

- March 2001: Core metadata 1.0 was approved through :pep:`241`.

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