diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5eabc2..73e65f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,38 +1,20 @@
-# eForms Core Library 1.6.0 Release Notes
+# eForms Core Library 1.7.0 Release Notes
 
 The eForms Core Library is a collection of utilities used by the EFX Toolkit for Java Developers and other eForms applications.
 
 ## In this release
 
-### SDK entity improvements
+### SDK constants and resources
 
-- Versioned SDK entity classes (`SdkFieldV1`, `SdkFieldV2`, `SdkNodeV1`, `SdkNodeV2`, etc.) have been moved from the EFX Toolkit into the core library, consolidating version-specific implementations in a single location.
-- `SdkNode` now supports parent node references and ancestor chain traversal via `getAncestry()`.
-- `SdkField` now exposes repeatability information, parent node references, and parsed XPath metadata via `getXpathInfo()`.
-- Repository classes (`SdkNodeRepository`, `SdkFieldRepository`) now use two-pass loading to wire parent-child relationships during initialization.
+- Added new SDK path, filename, and resource constants, including support for the validation folder and the `fwd` forward folder used by SDK 2.
 
-### Privacy and data type support
+### Performance
 
-- Added `PrivacySettings` to `SdkField`, providing access to privacy code, justification, publication date, and related field references.
-- Introduced `SdkDataType` entity and `SdkDataTypeRepository` for field type-level metadata including privacy masking values.
-- Separated `duration` as a distinct data type from `measure`.
+- Replaced Reflections with ClassGraph for component scanning and share a single classpath scan across factories, reducing startup cost (`SdkComponentFactory`).
 
-### Notice subtype management
+### Fixes
 
-- Added `SdkNoticeSubtype` entity with intelligent ID parsing (prefix/number/suffix decomposition) and correct sorting order.
-- Added `SdkNoticeTypeRepository` to load and manage notice subtypes.
-
-### Utilities
-
-- Moved `NoticeDocument` and `SafeDocumentBuilder` from the eforms-notice-viewer into the core library. `NoticeDocument` provides secure XML parsing with accessors for notice subtype, SDK version, and language detection. `SafeDocumentBuilder` implements XXE prevention following OWASP guidelines.
-
-### Component registry
-
-- Added component types for dependency extraction (`EFX_COMPUTE_DEPENDENCY_EXTRACTOR`, `EFX_VALIDATION_DEPENDENCY_EXTRACTOR`) and EFX rules translation (`EFX_RULES_TRANSLATOR`).
-
-### Dependencies
-
-- Updated versions of various dependencies.
+- `SdkFieldV1` now maps the `measure` type to `duration`, consistent with the `duration`/`measure` split introduced in 1.6.0.
 
 ## Download
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 873fc67..435c7e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <groupId>eu.europa.ted.eforms</groupId>
   <artifactId>eforms-core-java</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.7.0</version>
 
   <name>eForms Core Library</name>
   <description>API and tools for eForms applications.</description>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-07-30T08:40:55Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2026-07-17T04:40:22Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
     <!-- Java compiler -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ted/eforms/sdk/SdkConstants.java b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ted/eforms/sdk/SdkConstants.java
index c6ebd00..d3c9d77 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ted/eforms/sdk/SdkConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ted/eforms/sdk/SdkConstants.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 import eu.europa.ted.eforms.sdk.resource.PathResource;
 
 public class SdkConstants {
-  
+
   public static final Path DEFAULT_SDK_ROOT = Path.of("eforms-sdk");
-  
+
   public static final String CODELISTS_DIR_NAME = "codelists";
   public static final String CODELISTS_JSON_FILE_NAME = "codelists.json";
 
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ public class SdkConstants {
   public static final String FIELDS_JSON_FIELDS_KEY = "fields";
   public static final String FIELDS_DIR_NAME = "fields";
 
-  public static final String NODES_JSON = "nodes.json";
-  public static final String FIELDS_JSON_FILENAME = "fields.json";
-  public static final String DATA_TYPES_JSON = "data-types.json";
-  public static final String BUSINESS_TERMS_JSON = "business-terms.json";
-  public static final String BUSINESS_ENTITIES_PROPERTIES_JSON = "business-entities-properties.json";
-  public static final String BUSINESS_ENTITIES_HIERARCHIES_JSON = "business-entities-hierarchies.json";
-  public static final String BUSINESS_ENTITIES_COMPOSITION_JSON = "business-entities-composition.json";
+  public static final String NODES_JSON_FILE_NAME = "nodes.json";
+  public static final String FIELDS_JSON_FILE_NAME = "fields.json";
+  public static final String DATA_TYPES_JSON_FILE_NAME = "data-types.json";
+  public static final String BUSINESS_TERMS_JSON_FILE_NAME = "business-terms.json";
+  public static final String BUSINESS_ENTITIES_PROPERTIES_JSON_FILE_NAME = "business-entities-properties.json";
+  public static final String BUSINESS_ENTITIES_HIERARCHIES_JSON_FILE_NAME = "business-entities-hierarchies.json";
+  public static final String BUSINESS_ENTITIES_COMPOSITION_JSON_FILE_NAME = "business-entities-composition.json";
 
   public static final String MIGRATION_DIR_NAME = "migration";
   public static final String MIGRATION_JSON_FILE_NAME = "migration.json";
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ public class SdkConstants {
   public static final String SDK_GROUP_ID = "eu.europa.ted.eforms";
   public static final String SDK_ARTIFACT_ID = "eforms-sdk";
   public static final String SDK_PACKAGING = "jar";
-  
+
   public static final String SCHEMAS_DIR_NAME = "schemas";
   public static final String SCHEMAS_JSON_FILE_NAME = "schemas.json";
   public static final String SCHEMATRONS_DIR_NAME = "schematrons";
-  
+
   public static final String TRANSLATIONS_DIR_NAME = "translations";
   public static final String TRANSLATIONS_JSON_FILE_NAME = "translations.json";
   public static final String VALIDATION_DIR_NAME = "validation";
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ public class SdkConstants {
   public static final String VIEW_TEMPLATES_JSON_FILE_NAME = "view-templates.json";
 
   /**
-   * Forward folder of SDK2+, it can exist in some folders. 
+   * Forward folder of SDK2+, it can exist in some folders.
    * Files in that folder can be used to preview SDK2 features.
    */
-  public static final String FWD = "fwd"; 
+  public static final String FWD_DIR_NAME = "fwd";
 
   private SdkConstants() {}
 
@@ -66,27 +66,28 @@ public enum SdkResource implements PathResource {
     EFX_GRAMMAR(Path.of("efx-grammar")),
 
     FIELDS(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME)),
-    
+    FIELDS_FWD(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD_DIR_NAME)),
+
     /**
      * Fields and nodes.
      */
-    FIELDS_JSON(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FIELDS_JSON_FILENAME)),
-    
-    BUSINESS_ENTITIES_COMPOSITION(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD, BUSINESS_ENTITIES_COMPOSITION_JSON)),
-    BUSINESS_ENTITIES_HIERARCHY(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD, BUSINESS_ENTITIES_HIERARCHIES_JSON)),
-    BUSINESS_ENTITIES_PROPERTIES(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD, BUSINESS_ENTITIES_PROPERTIES_JSON)),
-    BUSINESS_TERMS(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD, BUSINESS_TERMS_JSON)),
-    DATA_TYPES(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD, DATA_TYPES_JSON)),
-    
+    FIELDS_JSON(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FIELDS_JSON_FILE_NAME)),
+
+    FIELDS_FWD_BUSINESS_ENTITIES_COMPOSITION(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD_DIR_NAME, BUSINESS_ENTITIES_COMPOSITION_JSON_FILE_NAME)),
+    FIELDS_FWD_BUSINESS_ENTITIES_HIERARCHIES(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD_DIR_NAME, BUSINESS_ENTITIES_HIERARCHIES_JSON_FILE_NAME)),
+    FIELDS_FWD_BUSINESS_ENTITIES_PROPERTIES(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD_DIR_NAME, BUSINESS_ENTITIES_PROPERTIES_JSON_FILE_NAME)),
+    FIELDS_FWD_BUSINESS_TERMS(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD_DIR_NAME, BUSINESS_TERMS_JSON_FILE_NAME)),
+    FIELDS_FWD_DATA_TYPES(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD_DIR_NAME, DATA_TYPES_JSON_FILE_NAME)),
+
     /**
-     * JSON with array of fields.
+     * JSON with array of fields (forward folder).
      */
-    FIELDS_JSON_LIST(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD, FIELDS_JSON_FILENAME)),
-    
+    FIELDS_FWD_FIELDS_JSON(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD_DIR_NAME, FIELDS_JSON_FILE_NAME)),
+
     /**
-     * JSON with array of nodes.
+     * JSON with array of nodes (forward folder).
      */
-    NODES_JSON_LIST(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD, NODES_JSON)),
+    FIELDS_FWD_NODES_JSON(Path.of(FIELDS_DIR_NAME, FWD_DIR_NAME, NODES_JSON_FILE_NAME)),
 
     /**
      * Related to asset migration.
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public enum SdkResource implements PathResource {
      * Internationalisation, labels.
      */
     TRANSLATIONS(Path.of(TRANSLATIONS_DIR_NAME)),
-    
+
     /**
      * The index file for translations, only present in SDK 1.10.0 and later.
      */