diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4541a7b..9f6db9a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .bundle/
 vendor/
+Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c617a70..4435e6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,3 +17,34 @@ Rather than using bash directly, you have the option to mount the repository and
 Included fixed software versions, see: [build_versions.json](build_versions.json)
 
 For any given container tag you can lookup the specific versions here: `https://github.com/betadots/pdc/blob/$TAG/build_versions.json`
+
+## Version schema
+
+The version schema has the following layout:
+
+```text
+v<container.major>.<container.minor>.<container.patch>-<puppet.major>
+```
+
+Example usage:
+
+```shell
+docker run -ti --rm ghcr.io:betadots/pdc:v1.0.1-8 bash
+```
+
+| Name | Description |
+| --- | --- |
+| container.major | Describes the major version of the base container (Ubunutu 22.04) or incompatible changes |
+| container.minor | Describes new features or refactoring with backward compatibility |
+| container.patch | Describes if minor changes or bugfixes have been implemented |
+| puppet.major | Describes the contained major Puppet version (7 or 8) |
+
+### other tags
+
+```text
+latest
+latest-<puppet.major>
+main-<puppet.major>
+```
+
+`latest` should be self-explanatory. The `main` tags are built with every push to the main branch and can be regarded as development tags.
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 1f43edd..dd76d89 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 # How to make a release
 
-Create a Release PR.
-The release branch has to have the version in the name, because this will be used as `future_version` of the github cnahgelog generator.
+Initiate a Release Pull Request (PR). Ensure that the release branch includes the version in its name, as this will be utilized as the 'future_version' for the GitHub changelog generator.
+
+See Rakefile
+
+```ruby
+    config.future_release = `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`.strip.split('-', 2).last
+```
+
+Create a Release PR:
 
 ```shell
 git switch main
 git pull -r
-git switch -c release-v1.0.0
+git switch -c release-vX.Y.Z
 
 bundle config set --local path vendor/bundle
 bundle config set --local with 'release'
@@ -14,8 +21,8 @@ bundle install
 
 CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN="token_MC_tokenface" bundle exec rake changelog
 
-git commit -am 'Release v1.0.0'
-git push origin release-v1.0.0
+git commit -am 'Release vX.Y.Z'
+git push origin release-vX.Y.Z
 ```
 
 After the merge do:
@@ -23,6 +30,6 @@ After the merge do:
 ```shell
 git switch main
 git pull -r
-git tag v1.0.0
+git tag vX.Y.Z
 git push --tags
 ```