[NO JIRA] Set Java source/target levels in an attempt to get the stuff to compile on Jenkins
diff --git a/uima-as-parent/pom.xml b/uima-as-parent/pom.xml
index 49c8a05..d479ad1 100644
--- a/uima-as-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/uima-as-parent/pom.xml
@@ -136,37 +136,31 @@
     <org.apache.activemq.version>5.15.8</org.apache.activemq.version>
     <!-- level of SpringFramework this release depends on -->
     <org.springframework.version>4.3.18.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-
     <org.apache.camel.version>2.19.3</org.apache.camel.version>
-
     <org.apache.geronimo.jms.specs.version>1.1.1</org.apache.geronimo.jms.specs.version>
-
     <org.apache.geronimo.j2ee.specs.version>1.0.1</org.apache.geronimo.j2ee.specs.version>
-
     <org.apache.geronimo.servlet.specs.version>1.0</org.apache.geronimo.servlet.specs.version>
-
     <jetty.version>9.2.25.v20180606</jetty.version>
-
     <commons-pool.version>2.4.2</commons-pool.version>
-
     <xstream.version>1.4.10</xstream.version>
-
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
-
     <xmlbeans.version>3.1.0</xmlbeans.version>
-
     <slf4j.version>1.7.13</slf4j.version>
-
     <xpp3.version>1.1.4c</xpp3.version>
-
     <http.client.version>4.5.6</http.client.version>
-
     <http.core.version>4.4.10</http.core.version>
-
     <hawtbuff.version>1.11</hawtbuff.version>
-
     <junit.version>4.8.1</junit.version>
 
+    <!-- 
+     Configuring settings is best done through default properties that multiple plugins.
+     Local configurations within plugins should be avoided. Where plugins do not pick up default
+     properties already, they should be injected manually into the plugins. 
+    -->    
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+
     <!-- Needed for NOTICE file packaged in each jar under META-INF -->
     <uimaASNoticeText>
       Portions of UIMA-AS were originally developed by
@@ -184,7 +178,6 @@
       ${uimaASNoticeText}
 
     </postNoticeText>
-
   </properties>
 
 
@@ -493,10 +486,6 @@
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.1</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <source>1.8</source>
-            <target>1.8</target>
-          </configuration>
         </plugin>
 
         <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence