diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59cd6f2..36a88da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ This project implements the [OTX Checker Bundle](checker_bundle_doc.md) for the
 The ASAM Quality Checker OTX library contains a short representative list of check examples for [Open Test sequence eXchange (OTX)](https://report.asam.net/otx-iso-13209-open-test-sequence-exchange-format)
 to showcase the functionality and implementation (it shall not be a reference implementation) for the ASAM Quality Checker project. 
 
+**Disclaimer**: The current version is a release candidate. The first official release is expected to be in November.
+
 - [asam-qc-otx](#asam-qc-otx)
   - [Installation and usage](#installation-and-usage)
     - [Installation using pip](#installation-using-pip)
@@ -184,3 +186,34 @@ You need to have pre-commit installed and install the hooks:
 ```
 pre-commit install
 ```
+
+**To implement a new checker:**
+
+1. Create a new Python module for each checker.
+2. Specify the following global variables for the Python module
+
+| Variable | Meaning |
+| --- | --- |
+| `CHECKER_ID` | The ID of the checker |
+| `CHECKER_DESCRIPTION` | The description of the checker |
+| `CHECKER_PRECONDITIONS` | A set of other checkers in which if any of them raise an issue, the current checker will be skipped |
+| `RULE_UID` | The rule UID of the rule that the checker will check |
+
+3. Implement the checker logic in the following function:
+
+```python
+def check_rule(checker_data: models.CheckerData) -> None:
+    pass
+```
+
+4. Register the checker module in the following function in [main.py](qc_otx/main.py).
+
+```python
+def run_checks(config: Configuration, result: Result) -> None:
+    ...
+    # Add the following line to register your checker module
+    execute_checker(your_checker_module, checker_data)
+    ...
+```
+
+All the checkers in this checker bundle are implemented in this way. Take a look at some of them before implementing your first checker.
diff --git a/checker_bundle_doc.md b/checker_bundle_doc.md
index ae5cd2b..82559b0 100644
--- a/checker_bundle_doc.md
+++ b/checker_bundle_doc.md
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Checker bundle: otxBundle
 
-* Build version:  0.1.0
+* Build version:  v1.0.0-rc.1
 * Description:    OTX checker bundle
 
 ## Parameters
 
 * InputFile 
+* resultFile 
 
 ## Checkers
 
diff --git a/manifest_templates/windows_otx_manifest.json b/manifest_templates/windows_otx_manifest.json
index 25f9315..30f1eef 100644
--- a/manifest_templates/windows_otx_manifest.json
+++ b/manifest_templates/windows_otx_manifest.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "name": "otxBundle",
       "exec_type": "executable",
       "module_type": "checker_bundle",
-      "exec_command": "cd %ASAM_QC_FRAMEWORK_WORKING_DIR% && qc_otx -c %ASAM_QC_FRAMEWORK_CONFIG_FILE%"
+      "exec_command": "cd \"%ASAM_QC_FRAMEWORK_WORKING_DIR%\" && qc_otx -c \"%ASAM_QC_FRAMEWORK_CONFIG_FILE%\""
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3aab2d9..2da37d4 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "asam-qc-baselib"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "1.0.0rc1"
 description = "Python base library for ASAM Quality Checker Framework"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "^3.10"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pydantic-xml = "^2.11.0"
 type = "git"
 url = "https://github.com/asam-ev/qc-baselib-py.git"
 reference = "develop"
-resolved_reference = "bfed12fc6f1bbd2cab97f74a6c9aa0e0faaef7b3"
+resolved_reference = "8183d1cef7346e3c1c1972e31a98b89ea1876e10"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "black"
@@ -471,13 +471,13 @@ typing-extensions = ">=4.6.0,<4.7.0 || >4.7.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pydantic-xml"
-version = "2.12.1"
+version = "2.13.0"
 description = "pydantic xml extension"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pydantic_xml-2.12.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5de8394dde00d00a899b85fd8e0b915e6f144a068675d8efcbaa225fdcce3880"},
-    {file = "pydantic_xml-2.12.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:31623e9b287ef9eb1dda4caa92e893e3ac977f0327e1d76fd8a36879e455cea1"},
+    {file = "pydantic_xml-2.13.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:da6f59041c5f9ef8b33115739e3dfca55d6f8388b89fc6c234406c1c3cbe3acd"},
+    {file = "pydantic_xml-2.13.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:92737661c644681054bb06ed86bac492a905bfda99eaac0659ef470c8589a290"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -512,13 +512,13 @@ dev = ["argcomplete", "attrs (>=19.2)", "hypothesis (>=3.56)", "mock", "pygments
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tomli"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "2.0.2"
 description = "A lil' TOML parser"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "tomli-2.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:939de3e7a6161af0c887ef91b7d41a53e7c5a1ca976325f429cb46ea9bc30ecc"},
-    {file = "tomli-2.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:de526c12914f0c550d15924c62d72abc48d6fe7364aa87328337a31007fe8a4f"},
+    {file = "tomli-2.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2ebe24485c53d303f690b0ec092806a085f07af5a5aa1464f3931eec36caaa38"},
+    {file = "tomli-2.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d46d457a85337051c36524bc5349dd91b1877838e2979ac5ced3e710ed8a60ed"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9a3814c..e4ebe22 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "asam-qc-otx"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "1.0.0rc1"
 description = "This project implements the Open Test sequence eXchange Checker for the ASAM Quality Checker project."
 authors = ["Danilo Romano <danilo@ivex.ai>"]
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/qc_otx/constants.py b/qc_otx/constants.py
index 7a9dee2..7f29a9c 100644
--- a/qc_otx/constants.py
+++ b/qc_otx/constants.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 BUNDLE_NAME = "otxBundle"
-BUNDLE_VERSION = "0.1.0"
+BUNDLE_VERSION = "v1.0.0-rc.1"
diff --git a/qc_otx/main.py b/qc_otx/main.py
index 5203ecf..c50475f 100644
--- a/qc_otx/main.py
+++ b/qc_otx/main.py
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ def main():
     result = Result()
     result.register_checker_bundle(
         name=constants.BUNDLE_NAME,
-        build_date=datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
         description="OTX checker bundle",
         version=constants.BUNDLE_VERSION,
         summary="",