Smile CDR Maturity Model

 

This section provides an explanation for the maturity model that you will see throughout this document. This model is meant to serve as an advisory for your implementation, documenting which features might require more technical attention in order to use in a production environment successfully.

List of Levels

 
Name Description
Early Access Program (EAP) Early Access features available for evaluation. Not suitable for production use
Limited Market Availability (LMA) Still subject to change. May require professional services support for production
Stable Suitable for production use
Deprecated No longer recommended. Support may end at some point in the future

Stable Features

 

Any features in the Smile CDR documentation that are not explicitly labelled as EAP (Early Access Program), LMA (Limited Market Availability), or Deprecated are considered to be Stable.

Early Access Program Features

 

Features marked as EAP are not recommended for production use. They are still for Early Access evaluation.

If a page contains such features, the page will be marked with the following banner:

This feature is Early Access and is not suitable for production use. Learn More.

Additionally, each section in the page that describes an Early Access feature will be marked with the following tag:

EAP

Limited Market Availability Features

 

Features marked as LMA may be used in production environments; however, they will often generally require professional services and other support from our development team in order to function well in a given implementation.

If a page contains such features, the page will be marked with the following banner:

This feature is a Limited Market feature and might require support to use in a production system. Learn More.

Additionally, each section in the page that describes a Limited Market feature will be marked with the following tag:

LMA

Deprecated Features

 

Features marked as Deprecated are no longer recommended for production use. Most of them have been superseded by other more recent features and they may not be supported in the future.

If a page contains such features, the page will be marked with the following banner:

This feature is deprecated. Learn More.

Additionally, each section in the page that describes a deprecated feature will be marked with the following tag:

Deprecated