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-Release 1.1 ()
+Release 1.1 (03/10/2017)
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 - Introduced integration with Beamline Scheduling System:
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     with a given beamline proposal
 - Added the following functionality for managing DAQs:
   - Max. run time specification causes DAQ to be stopped automatically
-  - Target directory specification causes files to be uploaded into
+  - Destination directory specification causes files to be uploaded into
     a specific directory relative to experiment root path
   - Upload data/target directory on exit specify upload of the given
     directory automatically after DAQ completes
 - Added the following functionality for managing uploads:
-  - Target directory specification causes files to be uploaded into
+  - Destination directory specification causes files to be uploaded into
     a specific directory relative to experiment root path
+- Introduced framework for higher level beamline specific tools 
 - Introduced sphinx as python API documentation framework
+- Resolved possible timeout issue when starting DAQ or directory upload 
+  with a directory containing large number of files
+- Simplified data directory command line option for beamlines that use 
+  gridftp (via DM_DATA_DIRECTORY_MAP environment variable)
 
 Release 1.0 (01/31/2017)
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