2026-04-07: 2.1.0: add search_terms support; obsolesce disease_slims POC in deference to upcoming full version
2025-12-09: 2.0.14: add sort postproc to POC disease_slims return column
2025-12-09: 2.0.13: add POC include_disease_slims Boolean flag to get_data()
2025-10-31: 2.0.12: standardize debug-layer SQL echo; adjust column_values() to handle known pathologies
2025-10-27: 2.0.11: cough bugfix for previous
2025-10-27: 2.0.10: integrate column_values() parameter validation with shared validation library; expand support for column_values( data_source ) to accept list values in addition to single strings
2025-10-22: 2.0.9: parametrize data_source check in column_values()
2025-10-20: 2.0.8: rename CDS to GC throughout
2025-10-08: 2.0.7: fix malformed column metadata selector inside collate=True provenance management in get_data()
2025-09-17: 2.0.6: update ternary numeric comparison handling for latest API ternary operator syntax support
2025-08-18: 2.0.2: update PyYAML build dependency
2025-08-18: 2.0.1: update default API URL
2025-08-18: 2.0.0: initial public release to PyPI