EDIT

Updating develop poms back to pre merge state

updating develop poms to master versions to avoid merge conflicts

updating poms for 4.12.0-SNAPSHOT development

cleanup

ref #6606 changes in cdmlib for bogota specimen import

some new methods for CdmPreferences

try to fix NPE in TaxonNodeByRankAndNameComparator

ref #6903 preferences for vaadin

remove model. as static prefix of predicate

• it is unclear why it was originally invented in such an inflexible way

Some utils methods for preferences