This is a list of currently active interoperability specifications maintained by the Python Packaging Authority. The process for updating these standards, and for proposing new ones, is documented on pypa.io.

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   core-metadata
   version-specifiers
   dependency-specifiers
   declaring-build-dependencies
   declaring-project-metadata
   platform-compatibility-tags
   recording-installed-packages
   entry-points
   direct-url

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   source-distribution-format
   binary-distribution-format

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   pypirc
   simple-repository-api