Added support for 2.7 Assets

[wsobel]

Added the following asset types, test, and validation:

• Part
• PartArchetype
• Process
• ProcessArchetype
• Task
• TaskArchetype

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This pull request adds support for MTConnect 2.7 Assets, introducing six new asset types: Part, PartArchetype, Process, ProcessArchetype, Task, and TaskArchetype. The implementation includes comprehensive test coverage, validation logic, and integration with the existing asset system.

Key Changes

• Introduced new asset types with factory methods and registration mechanisms for Part, Process, and Task (both base and archetype variants)
• Added Target classes to support device targeting and requirement tables used by the new assets
• Enhanced the entity framework to support DataSet values and improved JSON printing for entity lists
• Updated version number to 2.7.0 RC1

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 26 out of 26 changed files in this pull request and generated 8 comments.

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File	Description
src/mtconnect/asset/part.hpp/.cpp	Implements Part and PartArchetype assets with customer and identifier support
src/mtconnect/asset/process.hpp/.cpp	Implements Process and ProcessArchetype assets with routing and activity group support
src/mtconnect/asset/task.hpp/.cpp	Implements Task and TaskArchetype assets with collaborator and coordinator support
src/mtconnect/asset/target.hpp/.cpp	Implements Target framework including device targets, groups, refs, and requirements
src/mtconnect/agent.cpp	Registers new asset types with the agent
src/mtconnect/entity/xml_parser.cpp	Adds support for parsing DataSet values
src/mtconnect/entity/json_printer.hpp	Improves entity list printing for version 2+
src/mtconnect/entity/factory.hpp	Adds value DataSet and table detection methods
test_package/part_test.cpp	Comprehensive tests for Part assets (633 lines)
test_package/process_test.cpp	Comprehensive tests for Process assets (771 lines)
test_package/task_test.cpp	Comprehensive tests for Task assets (1298 lines)
test_package/target_test.cpp	Tests for Target framework (421 lines)
test_package/CMakeLists.txt	Adds new test executables
agent_lib/CMakeLists.txt	Includes new asset source files
CMakeLists.txt	Updates version to 2.7.0 RC1

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