Descriptive parent POM files

Make sure that your project's parent POM file is descriptive enough to list out what the project does, who the developers/contributors are, their contact details, the license under which the project artifacts are released, where to report issues, and likewise. A good example of a descriptive POM file can be found at http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/axis/axis2/java/core/trunk/modules/parent/pom.xml.

<project>
  <name>Apache Axis2 - Parent</name>
  <inceptionYear>2004</inceptionYear>
  <description>Axis2 is an effort to re-design and totally re-implement both Axis/Java……</description>
  <url>http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/</url>
  <licenses>
    <license>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</license>
  </licenses>
  <issueManagement>
    <system>jira</system>
    <url>http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2</url>
  </issueManagement...