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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def create_version(self, name, project, description=None, releaseDate=None, startDate=None, archived=False, released=False, ):
 """Create a version in a project and return a Resource for it. :param name: name of the version to create :type name: str :param project: key of the project to create the version in :type project: str :param description: a description of the version :type description: str :param releaseDate: the release date assigned to the version :type releaseDate: Optional[Any] :param startDate: The start date for the version :type startDate: Optional[Any] :param archived: Denotes whether a version should be archived. (Default: False) :type archived: bool :param released: Denotes whether a version is released. (Default: False) :type released: bool :rtype: Version """

        data = {
            'name': name,
            'project': project,
            'archived': archived,
            'released': released}
        if description is not None:
            data['description'] = description
        if releaseDate is not None:
            data['releaseDate'] = releaseDate
        if startDate is not None:
            data['startDate'] = startDate

        url = self._get_url('version')
        r = self._session.post(
            url, data=json.dumps(data))

        time.sleep(1)
        version = Version(self._options, self._session, raw=json_loads(r))
        return version