Depending on what the directory represents ("groupId", "groupId/artifactId" or "groupId/artifactId/version"),
 the Maven Repository Metadata file contains 3 different sets of metadata:

 [[1]] in a "groupId" directory: a "groupId" directory may contain Maven plugins artifacts, which are described in metadata's <<<plugins>>> element,

 [[2]] in a "groupId/artifactId" directory: metadata describes <<<groupId>>>, <<<artifactId>>> and <<<versioning>>> element that

                    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
                    <groupId>test</groupId>
                    <artifactId>test</artifactId>
                    <version>1.0.0</version>
                    <build>
                        <plugins>
                            <plugin>
                                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>

      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-support</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>

-->

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <artifactId>aid</artifactId>
  <groupId>gid</groupId>
  <version>0.1</version>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>test</groupId>
        <artifactId>good</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>test</groupId>
        <artifactId>mip</artifactId>
        <version>${missing.property}</version>

            assertNotNull(dependency);
            assertEquals(expectedNamespaceUri, dependency.namespaceURI());

            Element groupId = DomUtils.findChildElement(dependency, "groupId");
            assertNotNull(groupId);
            assertEquals(expectedNamespaceUri, groupId.namespaceURI());
        }

        @Test
        @DisplayName("should convert modules to subprojects in 4.1.0")

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-api-core</artifactId>
      <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

        <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
        <artifactId>t06-b</artifactId>
        <version>1.1</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
        <artifactId>t06-c</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
        <artifactId>t06-d</artifactId>
        <version>1.2</version>
        <scope>test</scope>

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven-t10</groupId>
  <artifactId>p0</artifactId>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>p0</name>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <organization>
    <name>Codehaus</name>
  </organization>

  <dependencyManagement>

    <dependencies>

      <dependency>
        <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
        <artifactId>t10-a</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
  <artifactId>scope-provided</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <dependencies>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>maven-test-provided</groupId>
      <artifactId>scope-default</artifactId>
      <version>1.0</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>maven-test-provided</groupId>
      <artifactId>scope-test</artifactId>

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
  <artifactId>scope-runtime</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <dependencies>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>maven-test-runtime</groupId>
      <artifactId>scope-default</artifactId>
      <version>1.0</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>maven-test-runtime</groupId>
      <artifactId>scope-test</artifactId>