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+# Acknowledgments
+
+The projects leading to this software have received funding from a series of European Union programmes including:
+
+- the Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
+    - [DILIGENT](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/004260) (grant no. 004260).
+- the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration 
+    - [D4Science](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/212488) (grant no. 212488);
+    - [D4Science-II](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/239019) (grant no.239019);
+    - [ENVRI](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/283465) (grant no. 283465);
+    - [iMarine](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/283644) (grant no. 283644);
+    - [EUBrazilOpenBio](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/288754) (grant no. 288754).
+- the H2020 research and innovation programme 
+    - [SoBigData](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/654024) (grant no. 654024);
+    - [PARTHENOS](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/654119) (grant no. 654119);
+    - [EGI-Engage](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/654142) (grant no. 654142);
+    - [ENVRI PLUS](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/654182) (grant no. 654182);
+    - [BlueBRIDGE](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/675680) (grant no. 675680);
+    - [PerformFISH](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/727610) (grant no. 727610);
+    - [AGINFRA PLUS](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/731001) (grant no. 731001);
+    - [DESIRA](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/818194) (grant no. 818194);
+    - [ARIADNEplus](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/823914) (grant no. 823914);
+    - [RISIS 2](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/824091) (grant no. 824091);
+    - [EOSC-Pillar](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/857650) (grant no. 857650);
+    - [Blue Cloud](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/862409) (grant no. 862409);
+    - [SoBigData-PlusPlus](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/871042) (grant no. 871042);
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
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-<ReleaseNotes>
-	<Changeset component="data-transfer-model-1.0.0" date="2016-02-22">
-		<Change>First Release</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="data-transfer-model-1.1.0" date="2016-09-09">
-		<Change>Added Destination</Change>
-		<Change>Added Plugin</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="data-transfer-model-1.2.0" date="2016-10-09">
-		<Change>Improved Plugin handling</Change>		
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="data-transfer-model-1.2.1" date="2017-02-19">
-		<Change>REST Constants</Change>		
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="data-transfer-model-1.2.2" date="2017-05-18">
-		<Change>Improved marshal checks JSON</Change>		
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="data-transfer-model-1.2.3" date="2017-11-27">
-		<Change>Added RemoteFileDescriptor</Change>		
-	</Changeset>
-</ReleaseNotes>
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-<assembly
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
-	<id>servicearchive</id>
-	<formats>
-		<format>tar.gz</format>
-	</formats>
-	<baseDirectory>/</baseDirectory>
-	<fileSets>
-		<fileSet>
-			<directory>${distroDirectory}</directory>
-			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
-			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
-			<includes>
-				<include>README</include>
-				<include>LICENSE</include>
-				<include>changelog.xml</include>
-			</includes>
-			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
-			<filtered>true</filtered>
-		</fileSet>
-	</fileSets>
-	<files>
-		<file>
-			<source>target/${build.finalName}.${project.packaging}</source>
-			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
-		</file>
-	</files>
-</assembly>
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Resource>
-    <ID></ID>
-    <Type>Service</Type>
-    <Profile>
-    	<Description>${description}</Description>
-        <Class>DataTransfer</Class>
-        <Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-		<Version>1.0.0</Version>
-        <Packages>
-            <Software>
-                <Description>${description}</Description>
-            	<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-				<Version>${version}</Version>
-				<MavenCoordinates>
-					<groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
-					<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
-					<version>${version}</version>
-				</MavenCoordinates>
-				<Type>library</Type>
-				<Files>
-					<File>${build.finalName}.jar</File>
-				</Files>
-			</Software>           
-        </Packages>
-    </Profile>
-</Resource>
-
-