Dynamic numeric patterns and frequencies (TEST)

Added note to remind myself of credentials for publishing

Fixes to getting started documentation

Added timestamp to log of metric submission

Improvement to logging logic and docs

Option to skip schema validation

Improvements to PUBLISH.md

Added author and bumped version of project

Added release tool to simplify releases

Added options to CLI and more checks and logs

Changes to documentation (mostly cosmetic)

Minor fix with parameter passing in main

Better handling of default file name

Improved functionality of tool as command-line executable

Updated dependencies and improved publishing docs