diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da1c06d..f81d90c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,211 @@
   <description>
     A revolutionary way to create robust, full-featured graphical applications in Java and C#, with striking visual effects such as zooming, animation and multiple representations.
   </description>
+  <properties>
+    <!--
+      http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/POM+Element+for+Source+File+Encoding
+    -->
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <httpbase>http://www.piccolo2d.org/java</httpbase>
+    <httpsitebase>${httpbase}/site</httpsitebase>
+    <!--
+      ftpbase>ftp://jcurl.org</ftpbase>
+      <ftpsitebase>${ftpbase}/site</ftpsitebase
+    -->
+    <scpbase>
+      <!--
+        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for
+        artifact upload.
+      -->
+    </scpbase>
+    <scpsitebase>
+      <!--
+        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for maven
+        site upload.
+      -->
+    </scpsitebase>
+  </properties>
+  <url>${httpsitebase}/${pom.artifactId}/${pom.version}</url>
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>Google Code</system>
+    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/issues/list</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+  <inceptionYear>1995</inceptionYear>
+  <ciManagement>
+    <system>hudson</system>
+    <url>http://allain.homelinux.org:2121/</url>
+  </ciManagement>
+  <mailingLists>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Piccolo2D Announce</name>
+      <subscribe>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce/subscribe
+      </subscribe>
+      <post>piccolo2d-announce@googlegroups.com</post>
+      <archive>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce
+      </archive>
+    </mailingList>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Piccolo2D Users</name>
+      <subscribe>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users/subscribe
+      </subscribe>
+      <post>piccolo2d-users@googlegroups.com</post>
+      <archive>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users
+      </archive>
+    </mailingList>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Piccolo2D Dev</name>
+      <subscribe>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev/subscribe
+      </subscribe>
+      <post>piccolo2d-dev@googlegroups.com</post>
+      <archive>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev
+      </archive>
+    </mailingList>
+  </mailingLists>
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>BSD PUBLIC LICENSE</name>
+      <url>http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php</url>
+      <distribution>manual</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses> 
+  <organization>
+    <name>Piccolo2D</name>
+    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
+  </organization>
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>allain.lalonde</id>
+      <name>Allain Lalonde</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <email>allain@machete.ca</email>
+      <url>http://www.machete.ca</url>
+      <timezone>-5</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>bederson</id>
+      <name>bederson</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-9</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>heuermh</id>
+      <name>Michael L Heuer</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-6</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>jesse</id>
+      <name>jesse</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-9</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>mr0738@mro.name</id>
+      <name>mr0738@mro.name</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+1</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>reids@colorado.edu</id>
+      <name>reids@colorado.edu</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-8</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>sjc@browsecode.org</id>
+      <name>sjc@browsecode.org</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-8</timezone>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+  <contributors>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Alexander Kurtakov</name>
+      <email>akurtakov@gmail.com</email>
+      <url>http://akurtakov.blogspot.com</url>
+      <organization>Red Hat Inc.</organization>
+      <organizationUrl>http://redhat.com</organizationUrl>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+2</timezone>
+    </contributor>
+  </contributors>
+  <build>
+    <!--
+      extensions> <extension> <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId> </extension> </extensions
+    -->
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <verbose>true</verbose>
+          <fork>true</fork>
+          <encoding>ascii</encoding>
+          <optimize>false</optimize>
+          <debug>false</debug>
+          <compilerVersion>1.4</compilerVersion>
+          <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
+          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+          <source>1.4</source>
+          <target>1.4</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <connectionType>developerConnection</connectionType>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>  
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <!--
+      use a ~/.m2/settings.xml like this: <settings> <profiles> <profile>
+      <id>piccolo2d</id> <activation>
+      <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <properties>
+      <piccolo2d.file.site.base>file:///var/www/piccolo2d/</piccolo2d.file.site.base>
+      </properties> </profile> </profiles> </settings>
+    -->
+    <site>
+      <id>maven.site</id>
+      <url>${piccolo2d.file.site.base}</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>  
   <scm>
     <connection>
       scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk
@@ -21,7 +226,6 @@
     </developerConnection>
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse</url>
   </scm>
-  <build />
   <reporting />
   <modules>
     <module>core</module>