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Requirement

Title	Service lifecycle information
Identifier	SWIM-SERV-110
Requirement	A service description shall include information on the lifecycle stage that the service is currently in and, if applicable, qualifying dates.
Rationale	This requirement ensures that the service consumer can assess the lifecycle stage and make a decision on whether to use the service.
Verification	Completeness: Verify that the element is included. Consistency: Not Applicable. Correctness: Not Applicable.
Examples/Notes	Example lifecycle stages include Operational, Prospective and Retired. Examples: Operational since 2020-04-07 Prospective until 2020-04-07 Retired from 2040-04-07
Level of Implementation	Mandatory

Guidance

Verification Support

Completeness

Check that:

[ ] The service description includes information on the lifecycle stage that the service is currently in.

[ ] The service description includes, if applicable, qualifying dates for the lifecycle stage.

Examples

The following example shows the content as a table.

service lifecycle information	lifecycle stage	Operational
service lifecycle information	qualifying date	since 2020-04-07

The following example shows an extract of the content of a JSON file that conforms to the Service Metadata Schema

The Service Metadata Schema uses a "serviceType" field to record the maturity of the description with regards to SWIM compliance. This is not required by the Specification but must be provided.

Example of SWIM-SERV-110 using Service Metadata Schema

"serviceCategorisation": {
 "serviceType": "SWIM_COMPLIANT",
 "lifeCycle": [{
  "lifeCycleStage": "OPERATIONAL",
  "from": "2020-04-07"
 }],
}

Complete examples are available at Example service description.

SWIM Supporting Material

SWIM-SERV-110 Service lifecycle information

Requirement

Guidance

Verification Support

Examples