operations to fail, then trying to help users decipher the error messages they
  get as a result.

* Implications for Resolution

** Dependency Resolution

  This one is obvious...we only have access to the repositories using
  the file:// protocol and living on a truly local filesystem when
  offline.

** Plugin Resolution

  This is similar to dependency resolution. Plugin repositories not

the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project's
build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.

If you think you have found a bug, please file an issue in the [Maven Issue Tracker][jira].

Documentation
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More information can be found on [Apache Maven Homepage][maven-home].

 that currently we have information about a project scattered across the project.xml and the
 various properties files. What needs to be done is to encapsulate all of this in the POM.

 Typically users parameterize the use of plugins, or have custom values like ${user.name}
 for use in elements like the <developerConnection/>. It would be idea if we