3.0.0+ The default goal (or phase in Maven 2) to execute when none is specified for the project. Note that in case of a multi-module build, only the default goal of the top-level project is relevant, i.e. the default goals of child modules are ignored. Since Maven 3, multiple goals/phases can be separated by whitespace.

3.0.0+ This element describes all of the classpath resources such as properties files associated with a project. »

4.0.0+ This element describes all of the classpath resources such as properties files associated with a project's unit tests. »

4.0.0+ The directory where all files generated by the build are placed. The default value is target.

4.0.0+ The filename (excluding the extension, and with no path information) that the produced artifact will be called. The default value is ${artifactId}-${version}.

4.0.0+ The list of filter properties files that are used when filtering is enabled.

4.0.0+ Default plugin information to be made available for reference by projects derived from this one. »

4.0.0+ The list of plugins to use.