Add the function NIST.traditional.NIST.is_binary(), checking if a particular field is stored as binary data or not

Change the return type of the NIST_MDD.get_by_pairing_name() function (from list of Annotations to AnnotationList)

Add the parameter in the AnnotationList constructor to select the type of Annotation (Annotation, Minutia or Core)

Migrate the 'annotate()' function to use Annotation object (and upgrade all calls to the annotate() function accordingly)