IEA Database Version Release Notes

As of Fall 2007, it is planned that the IEA Database will be updated regularly (at least annually and perhaps quarterly). To help users identify improvements to the database and to allow users of the database to replicate previous research using the database, the Project will provide release numbers using a "year.update" format. The first version of the database that was installed on the iea.uoregon.edu website up until Fall 2007, should be referenced as Version 1.

The current version of the website (Version 2007.1) represents a fully modified and updated version that is the first complete version of the underlying dataset. For access to earlier versions of the database, contact the Project Director.

Updates and revisions will be posted on this page. Version numbers will change only to reflect the following changes to the database:

• addition of new agreements to the database
• changes in the classification of agreements in the database with respect to their classification as Multilateral/Bilateral/Other, as Environmental/Non-Environmental, or as Agreements/Non-Agreements. These classifications are reflected in the "Agreement Type" column.

Other modifications will be made regularly to the site to improve the agreement-related information for each of the agreements in the current version of the database and to improve the usability of the website. These modifications will NOT be reflected in new version numbers. The version number will be used to keep track of the total agreements in the database and the major categorization of agreements