diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7ba5dd..1512516 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
 
-## [v1.7.0-SNAPSHOT] - 2020-11-20
+## [v1.7.0] - 2020-11-20
 
 - import range modified to resolve old repositories invalid url
 
diff --git a/FUNDING.md b/FUNDING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fa9eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FUNDING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# 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);
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diff --git a/changelog.xml b/changelog.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2dc2066..0000000
--- a/changelog.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-<ReleaseNotes>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.dataanalysis.dataminer.1-6-0"
-		date="2020-05-12">
-		<Change>Added storagehub retry in InputsManager class,
-			getLocalFile
-			method [#19253]
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.dataanalysis.dataminer.1-5-9"
-		date="2019-11-20">
-		<Change>Fixed Content-Type support for files in the results
-			of
-			computations [#18096]
-		</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.dataanalysis.dataminer.1-5-8"
-		date="2019-10-01">
-		<Change>Fixed https link for output parameter [#17659]</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.dataanalysis.dataminer.1-5-7"
-		date="2019-03-01">
-		<Change>Updated https support [#13024]</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.dataanalysis.dataminer.1-5-2"
-		date="2017-12-13">
-		<Change>added the right extension on output file</Change>
-		<Change>lock file created on execution</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.dataanalysis.dataminer.1-5-1"
-		date="2017-09-14">
-		<Change>added accounting on algorithm execution</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.dataanalysis.dataminer.1-5-0"
-		date="2017-07-31">
-		<Change>service interface classes moved to wps project</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.dataanalysis.dataminer.1-1-0"
-		date="2016-10-03">
-		<Change>First Release</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-</ReleaseNotes>
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diff --git a/descriptor.xml b/descriptor.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 83fba9c..0000000
--- a/descriptor.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<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>
-			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
-			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
-			<includes>
-				<include>README.md</include>
-				<include>LICENSE.md</include>
-				<include>CHANGELOG.md</include>
-				<include>profile.xml</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>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 92f43f0..861bc1e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.dataanalysis</groupId>
 	<artifactId>dataminer</artifactId>
-	<version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.7.0</version>
 	<name>dataminer</name>
 	<description>An e-Infrastructure service providing state-of-the art DataMining algorithms and ecological modelling approaches under the Web Processing Service (WPS) standard.</description>
 	
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.dataanalysis</groupId>
 			<artifactId>ecological-engine-geospatial-extensions</artifactId>
-			<version>[1.5.0,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<version>[1.5.2-SNAPSHOT,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/profile.xml b/profile.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 08b2fab..0000000
--- a/profile.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Resource>
-	<ID></ID>
-	<Type>Service</Type>
-	<Profile>
-		<Description>${project.description}</Description>
-		<Class>DataAnalysis</Class>
-		<Name>${project.name}</Name>
-		<Version>1.0.0</Version>
-		<Packages>
-			<Software>
-				<Name>${project.name}</Name>
-				<Description>${project.description}</Description>
-				<Version>${version}</Version>
-				<MavenCoordinates>
-					<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-					<artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
-					<version>${project.version}</version>
-				</MavenCoordinates>
-				<Type>Service</Type>
-				<Files>
-					<File>${project.build.finalName}.${project.packaging}</File>	
-				</Files>
-			</Software>
-		</Packages>
-	</Profile>
-</Resource>
-
-
-