The maven pom contain some usefull information like :
- short description
- long description
- dependancies list with the version to use
- version number with cvs tag/branch to use to have them
<project>
<id/> Identifiant of the project : maven-xrn-plugin
<name/> Real name of the project : Maven XMLReleaseNotes
Plugin
<groupId/> The project group in the maven repository :
xmlreleasenote
<currentVersion/> Version in dev : 0.17.3
<organization> Corporate info
<name/>
<url/>
<logo/>
</organization>
<inceptionYear/> for the "copyrigth" info
<description/> Long description of the project
<shortDescription/> Resume of the project on a single line
<url/> the project's homepage.
<distributionSite/> server where the final distributions
will be published
<versions> CVS Tag for the previous version
<version>
<id/>
<name/>
<tag/>
</version>
</versions>
<branches>CVS branch for the previous version
<branch>
<tag/>
</branch>
</branches>
<mailingLists> Can be usefull
<mailingList>
<name/>
<subscribe/>
<unsubscribe/>
<archive/>
</mailingList>
</mailingLists>
<developers> Developers info
<developer>
<name/>
<id/>
<email/>
<organization/>
<roles>
<role/>
</roles>
<url/>
<timezone/>
</developer>
</developers>
<contributors> contributors info
<contributor>
<name/>
<email/>
<organization/>
<roles>
<role/>
</roles>
<url/>
<timezone/>
</contributor>
</contributors>
<licenses> Maybe
<license>
<name/>
<url/>
<distribution/>
</license>
</licenses>
<dependencies> List of dependancies with there version
They can be doanload on http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/\[groupId]/[type]s/[artifactId]-[version].[type]
<dependency>
<groupId/>
<artifactId/>
<version/>
<type/>
<url/> Project that own the dependance url
</dependency>
</dependencies>
...
</project>
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This is already forecast, and is available through the XSLT
model plugin named 'MavenModel.xsl'.
However, this plugin that reads information from the POM,
does not extract all valuable information.
If you can explain to me very precisely where to find the
information in the POM, I'll do that in a glimpse...
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<project>
<id/> Identifiant of the project : maven-xrn-plugin
<name/> Real name of the project : Maven XMLReleaseNotes
Plugin
<groupId/> The project group in the maven repository :
xmlreleasenote
<currentVersion/> Version in dev : 0.17.3
<organization> Corporate info
<name/>
<url/>
<logo/>
</organization>
<inceptionYear/> for the "copyrigth" info
<description/> Long description of the project
<shortDescription/> Resume of the project on a single line
<url/> the project's homepage.
<distributionSite/> server where the final distributions
will be published
<versions> CVS Tag for the previous version
<version>
<id/>
<name/>
<tag/>
</version>
</versions>
<branches>CVS branch for the previous version
<branch>
<tag/>
</branch>
</branches>
<mailingLists> Can be usefull
<mailingList>
<name/>
<subscribe/>
<unsubscribe/>
<archive/>
</mailingList>
</mailingLists>
<developers> Developers info
<developer>
<name/>
<id/>
<email/>
<organization/>
<roles>
<role/>
</roles>
<url/>
<timezone/>
</developer>
</developers>
<contributors> contributors info
<contributor>
<name/>
<email/>
<organization/>
<roles>
<role/>
</roles>
<url/>
<timezone/>
</contributor>
</contributors>
<licenses> Maybe
<license>
<name/>
<url/>
<distribution/>
</license>
</licenses>
<dependencies> List of dependancies with there version
They can be doanload on
http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/\[groupId]/[type]s/[artifactId]-[version].[type]
<dependency>
<groupId/>
<artifactId/>
<version/>
<type/>
<url/> Project that own the dependance url
</dependency>
</dependencies>
...
</project>