> I'm looking for a peer-reviewed solutions for managing versions (dll  
> compatibiity, data formats, etc.).  If they exist, they're pretty  
> hard to find.   ( FWIW, searches with the terms "version"  or  
> "versioning" aren't very helpful :-() 

> [...snip...]

> Have there been any discussions on this topic in the boost domain?  
> If so, how would I find it? 

> Any one have ideas where else I could look?  Or any useful codewords to search
> for. 

Oooh, dead air! 

Er,  would anyone be interested in discussing this issue or reviewing a proposed base class?  

Feel free to contact me off-list.

Thnx,

---rich