create component objects
updated documentation
new doc for component() function
updated doc
updated doc
'type' not requied when 'value' given
updated doc
pipeline() now contains 'component' objects pointing to modules/pipelines
created runComponent() for inline value case
runPipeline() now uses runComponent()
help for runComponent
exported runComponent
added componentToXML()
pipelineToXML uses componetToXML
added saveComponent function
remove 'name' from xml output in pipelineToXML; removed namespaceDefinitions from components in non-export case of pipelineToXML; added check for existence of targetDirectory in savePipeline
maintain components structure within loadPipeline()
added fetchXMLAttr function
documentation of new functions
documented amendSearchPaths()