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+# Image tagging policy
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+This document describes Ark's image tagging policy.
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+## Released versions
+
+`gcr.io/heptio-images/ark:<SemVer>`
+
+Ark follows the [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) standard for releases. Each tag in the `github.com/heptio/ark` repository has a matching image, e.g. `gcr.io/heptio-images/ark:v0.8.0`.
+
+### Latest
+
+`gcr.io/heptio-images/ark:latest`
+
+The `latest` tag follows the most recently released version of Ark.
+
+## Development
+
+`gcr.io/heptio-images/ark:master`
+
+The `master` tag follows the latest commit to land on the `master` branch.
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