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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
+  <artifactId>sample</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <name>OpenRefine - Sample extension</name>
+  <description>Example extension provided for demonstration purposes</description>
+  <url>http://openrefine.org/</url>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
+    <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <finalName>openrefine-sample</finalName>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <outputDirectory>module/MOD-INF/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.8</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>add-source</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <sources>
+                <source>src</source>
+              </sources>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.1</version>
+            <configuration>
+                <skip>true</skip>
+            </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+     <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
+      <artifactId>main</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+      <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+      <version>2.5</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+   <!-- add here the dependencies of your extension -->
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
+      <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
+      <version>6.9.10</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
+