An overall document update and new release

[zanete]

Why: What:

Scope of work:

• [x] Create a mock release to get a comprehensive list of changes (then stop it)
• [x] Share here to discuss what information is needed to update what docs
• [x] @manushak to review the PRs and identify where documentation is necessary
• [x] @manushak update docs and create the PRs in a separate branch
• [x] verify that there is docs for upsampling
• [x] verify that time sync and aggregation are covering new changes

Covers also

• 1011

• 1005

[narekhovhannisyan]

@jmcook1186 here are PRs which will be included in next release

What's Changed

• Sync release with main by @narekhovhannisyan in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/958
• Emit warning about node-level config by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/962
• Fix copy-param to support string and number for from by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/967
• Rename global-config to config by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/963
• Add mapping feature by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/923
• Fix --debug mode logs by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/969
• Improve debug logs by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/974
• Update mapping feature to map output parameters by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/973
• Move mapping functions by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/978
• Sci-embodied redesign by @narekhovhannisyan in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/995
• Fix broken manifests by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/998
• Update explain feature by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/996
• Time sync fix by @narekhovhannisyan in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/1003
• Granular aggregation by @narekhovhannisyan in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/1008
• feat(src): add support for appending to existing outputs by @jamescrowley in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/932
• Enhance plugins with an inline arithmetic feature by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/1004
• Fix manifests by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/1012
• Fix and add missing manifests by @manushak in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/1014
• user-defined upsampling resolution by @mouhamadalmounayar in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/if/pull/990

[zanete]

Documentation needed for at least

• [ ] --append
• [ ] Inline arithmetic
• [ ] Community PR for time Sync
• [ ] Plugin Factory
• [ ] Plugin builders guide

cc @jmcook1186 @narekhovhannisyan @manushak can you please review and indicate any other functionality that might have been skipped