Merge branch 'hotfix/documentation_in_xml_files'
Merge branch 'release/v1.0.0'
Merge branch 'release/v1.0.1'
Merge branch 'release/v1.1.0'
Merge branch 'release/v1.2.0'
updated copyright year range in LICENSE.txt
Merge branch 'hotfix/copyright_year_range' into develop