# OCI announces upcoming changes for registries

DevFeed: [OCI announces upcoming changes for registries](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/oci-announces-upcoming-changes-for-registries-13193.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/oci-announces-upcoming-changes-for-registries>)

Published: 2023-07-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>)

Tags: [image-manifest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/image-manifest.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [oci](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oci.md>), [oci-registry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oci-registry.md>), [oci-v1-1](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oci-v1-1.md>), [open-container-registry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-container-registry.md>), [registry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/registry.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>)

## AI overview

The Open Container Initiative announced upcoming changes in OCI Image and Distribution Specs v1.1. The changes include formalizing OCI Artifact handling, allowing manifests to reference other registry objects, and adding an API endpoint for discovering related objects.

## Source excerpt

The Open Container Initiative recently announced a list of major registry changes you can expect to see soon in OCI Image and Distribution Specs v1.1.