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 # FMI Library Release Notes
-The release note list is typically a highlighting subset of all changes made. For full history, see resolved issues and commits.
 
-## 2.1.0
+The release notes are typically a highlighting subset of all changes made. For full history, see resolved issues and commits.
+
+Note that version 2.1 is the first version with release notes. Please see the commit history for older versions.
+
+## 2.1
 
 - Added functions to API for determining if DefaultExperiment values are defined in the XML (typically used to check if a default value will be returned by the getters for DefaultExperiment attributes)
 - Clarified that license is 3-Clause BSD 
+- FMI Library moved to GitHub