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>
<mailingLists>
<mailingList>
<name>Axis2 Developer List</name>
<subscribe>[email protected]</subscribe>
<unsubscribe>[email protected]</unsubscribe>
<post>[email protected]</post>
<archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/axis-java-dev/</archive>
<otherArchives>
<otherArchive>http://markmail.org/search/list:org.apache.ws.axis-dev</otherArchive>
</otherArchives>
</mailingList>
</mailingLists>
<developers>
<developer>
<name>Sanjiva Weerawarana</name>
<id>sanjiva</id>
<email>sanjiva AT wso2.com</email>
<organization>WSO2</organization>
</developer>
</developers>
<contributors>
<contributor>
<name>Dobri Kitipov</name>
<email>kdobrik AT gmail.com</email>
<organization>Software AG</organization>
</contributor>
</contributors>
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