Project multi-module parent pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <name>User Friendly Name That May Include Spaces</name>

    <groupId>io.novaordis.groupId</groupId>
    <artifactId>artifactId-root</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-1</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>

    <properties>

        <!--
            Dependencies
        -->

        <novaordis.utilities.version>4.7.2</novaordis.utilities.version>
        <slf4j.version>1.7.6</slf4j.version>
        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>


        <!--
            End of Dependencies
        -->

        <source.java.version>1.8</source.java.version>
        <target.java.version>1.8</target.java.version>
        <test.scratch.directory>target/test-scratch</test.scratch.directory>
        <test.log.directory>target</test.log.directory>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <maven.build.timestamp.format>MM/dd/yy</maven.build.timestamp.format>
        <release_date>${maven.build.timestamp}</release_date>
    </properties>

    <modules>
        <module>main</module>
        <module>release</module>
    </modules>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.novaordis.utilities</groupId>
            <artifactId>novaordis-utilities</artifactId>
            <version>${novaordis.utilities.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!--
            Testing Dependencies
        -->

        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>${junit.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!--
            End of Testing Dependencies
        -->

    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.5.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>${source.java.version}</source>
                    <target>${target.java.version}</target>
                    <debug>true</debug>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.0.1</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>attach-sources</id>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>jar</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.8</version>
                <dependencies>
                    <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
                        <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
                        <version>1.7.0</version>
                    </dependency>
                </dependencies>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <phase>generate-test-resources</phase>
                        <configuration>
                            <target>
                                <mkdir dir="${test.scratch.directory}"/>
                            </target>
                        </configuration>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>run</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <argLine>-Xmx512m</argLine>
                    <systemProperties>
                        <property>
                            <name>test.log.directory</name>
                            <value>${test.log.directory}</value>
                        </property>
                        <property>
                            <name>test.scratch.directory</name>
                            <value>${test.scratch.directory}</value>
                        </property>
                        <property>
                            <name>maven.injected.project.version</name>
                            <value>${project.version}</value>
                        </property>
                    </systemProperties>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>