in each project's pom.xml.

   - [modelVersion] tells maven which version of the object model this project
       is compliant with (to support future legacy concerns)

   - [artifactId] tells maven what the artifact name is for this particular
       project. Each project should have a distinct artifactId.

   - [version] tells maven what release of this artifact we're trying to produce.

    // can be passed back so that the default configuration information can be populated.
    //
    // We need to know the specific version so that we can look up the right version of the plugin descriptor
    // which tells us what the default configuration is.
    //

    /**
     * @return The plugins bound to the lifecycles of the specified packaging or {@code null} if the packaging is
     *         unknown.
     */