diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4597bb7..4dc6d75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,10 +23,15 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <!-- Shared parent. Doesn't define a lot of things about Apache like general mailing lists, but does
-       define the settings common to all projects at Apache -->
+       define the settings common to all projects at Apache 
+       
+       As of Version 6, this includes a standard release profile that all projects can use. If the profile is not appropriate for your project, define your own release profile and change the release plugin configuration parameter <arguments> </arguments> to activate your profile instead of the apache-release profile.
+       
+      Standard versions of plugins are also defined, these may be overridden by individual projects as well.
+       -->
   <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
   <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-  <version>6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>6</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>The Apache Software Foundation</name>
   <description>
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@
     <repository>
       <id>apache.snapshots</id>
       <name>Apache Snapshot Repository</name>
-      <url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots/</url>
+      <url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots</url>
       <releases>
         <enabled>false</enabled>
       </releases>
@@ -85,11 +90,244 @@
     <distMgmtSnapshotsName>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</distMgmtSnapshotsName>
     <distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>
     <organization.logo>http://www.apache.org/images/asf_logo_wide.gif</organization.logo>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/pom/trunk/asf</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/pom/trunk/asf</developerConnection>
-    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/pom/trunk/asf</url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/pom/tags/apache-6</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/pom/tags/apache-6</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/pom/tags/apache-6</url>
   </scm>
+  
+  <build>
+     <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <!-- set versions of common plugins for reproducibility, ordered alphabetically -->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.3</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.3</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0.2</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <source>1.4</source>
+            <target>1.4</target>
+            <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-docck-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-beta-1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.3</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <archive>
+              <manifest>
+                <addDefaultSpecificationEntries>true</addDefaultSpecificationEntries>
+                <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
+              </manifest>
+            </archive>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <!-- START SNIPPET: release-plugin-configuration -->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0-beta-9</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+            <goals>deploy</goals>
+            <arguments>-Papache-release</arguments>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <!-- END SNIPPET: release-plugin-configuration -->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.3</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0.4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4.3</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>clirr-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+          <artifactId>plexus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.3.8</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
+          <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- We want to package up license resources in the JARs produced -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>process</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <resourceBundles>
+                <resourceBundle>org.apache:apache-jar-resource-bundle:1.4</resourceBundle>
+              </resourceBundles>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins> 
+ </build>
+ 
+ <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.1</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+  
+  <profiles>
+      <!-- START SNIPPET: release-profile -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>apache-release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <!-- We want to sign the artifact, the POM, and all attached artifacts -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <passphrase>${gpg.passphrase}</passphrase>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <!-- We want to deploy the artifact to a staging location for perusal -->
+          <plugin>
+            <inherited>true</inherited>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <updateReleaseInfo>true</updateReleaseInfo>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <!-- END SNIPPET: release-profile -->
+  </profiles>
 </project>