A convenient parent pom defining versions & scopes for common libraries and versions & configuration for common plugins via dependencyManagement & pluginManagement sections.
'uk.org.lidalia:parent:1.2.0'
<dependency>
<groupId>uk.org.lidalia</groupId>
<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
<version>1.2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency org="uk.org.lidalia" name="parent" rev="1.2.0"/>
"uk.org.lidalia", "parent", "1.2.0"