Merge pull request #220 from CDOT-CV/release-notes-2025-q3

Release Notes 2025 Q3 (5.0.2)

Author: dmccoystephenson

docs/Release_notes.md

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 JPO-ODE Release Notes
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+Version 5.0.2, released October 2025
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+### **Summary**
+This release introduces expanded support for the latest J2735 2024 message standards through a breaking rework of the POJO data models, impacting all message types and associated pipelines. This release includes major updates to the BSM, SPaT, MAP, SRM, SSM, PSM, and TIM pipelines, along with new pipelines for RTCM, RSM, and SDSM messages. It also refines CI/CD workflows, enhances release validation procedures, and updates dependencies for improved stability and compatibility. These changes modernize the codebase, improve system reliability, and improve ongoing development and deployment efforts.
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+Enhancements in this release:
+- [USDOT PR 580](https://github.com/usdot-jpo-ode/jpo-ode/pull/580): SDSM Support
+- [USDOT PR 587](https://github.com/usdot-jpo-ode/jpo-ode/pull/587): SDSM Kafka Topic Creation Fix
+- [CDOT PR 201](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/201): J2735 2024 BSM Pipeline Improvements
+- [CDOT PR 203](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/203): Modify Sonar CI Job
+- [CDOT PR 204](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/204): J2735 2024 SPaT Pipeline Improvements
+- [CDOT PR 205](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/205): J2735 2024 Map Pipeline Improvements
+- [CDOT PR 206](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/206): Update release process documentation with new validation steps
+- [CDOT PR 207](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/207): Ensure the artifact publish CI recursively initializes submodules
+- [CDOT PR 208](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/208): J2735 2024 SRM Pipeline Improvements
+- [CDOT PR 209](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/209): J2735 2024 SSM Pipeline Improvements
+- [CDOT PR 210](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/210): J2735 2024 PSM Pipeline Improvements
+- [CDOT PR 211](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/211): J2735 2024 TIM Pipeline Improvements
+- [CDOT PR 212](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/212): New RTCM Pipeline
+- [CDOT PR 213](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/213): Update jpo-asn-pojos commit
+- [CDOT PR 214](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/214): Update jpo-ode versions and jpo-asn-pojos commit reference
+- [CDOT PR 215](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/215): Bug Fix: Support open type XML deserialization of special characters
+- [CDOT PR 216](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/216): New RSM Pipeline
+- [CDOT PR 217](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/217): Bugfix/spring upgrade
+- [CDOT PR 218](https://github.com/CDOT-CV/jpo-ode/pull/218): Fix: run tests in ci.yml without sonar when not in USDOT-owned branch
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 Version 4.1.2, released June 2025
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 ### **Summary**