v1 alpha release

v1 alpha release

This release includes significant changes including several breaking changes.

Given that the repo is still in alpha / beta development stages these changes won't be discussed here in depth, except to note that:

• The graph cleaning methods have been substantially overhauled. The consolidation methods have changed substantially; see the documentation for examples of how to use the new methods.
• The documentation system has been upgraded: the latest version includes a python docstring parser that builds the markdown from the source code. The static site generator has been migrated from vuepress to vitepress.

The latest version is named for v1 (alpha) indicating that the intent is now to stabilise development going forward.