diff --git a/distro/INSTALL b/distro/INSTALL
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
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+++ b/distro/LICENSE
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+gCube System - License
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The gCube/gCore software is licensed as Free Open Source software conveying to the EUPL (http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/eupl).
+The software and documentation is provided by its authors/distributors "as is" and no expressed or
+implied warranty is given for its use, quality or fitness for a particular case.
diff --git a/distro/MAINTAINERS b/distro/MAINTAINERS
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+++ b/distro/MAINTAINERS
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+* Rena Tsantouli (e.tsantoylh@di.uoa.gr), NKUA, Greece
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diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/README
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+The gCube System - ${name}
+----------------------
+
+This work has been partially supported by the following European projects: DILIGENT (FP6-2003-IST-2), D4Science (FP7-INFRA-2007-1.2.2),
+D4Science-II (FP7-INFRA-2008-1.2.2), iMarine (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-2), and EUBrazilOpenBio (FP7-ICT-2011-EU-Brazil).
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+* Rena Tsantouli (e.tsantoylh@di.uoa.gr), NKUA, Greece.
+
+Version and Release Date
+------------------------
+${version}
+
+Description
+-----------
+${description}
+
+Download information
+--------------------
+
+Source code is available from SVN:
+${scm.url}
+
+Binaries can be downloaded from:
+
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+Documentation is available on-line from the Projects Documentation Wiki:
+https://gcube.wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/index.php/....
+
+
+Licensing
+---------
+
+This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
+
+ Removed ASL Session expiration
+ Included declarations for OAI-PMH caches in ehcache configuration file
+
+
+ Added class ASLGroupModel, used by portlets
+ Added class SchemaFieldPair, used by OAI-PMH extension
+ Added session constants
+ Added new ehcache declaration
+ Added methods in ASLSession for retrieving groupModel infos
+
+
+ Added check when setting the scope, because of the custom portal handler
+
+
+ Added method for separating user login through the login portlet from the one from bookmarks
+
+
+ Added ServiceUtils method for retrieving a service epr.
+
+
+ Extended API of ASLGroupModel.
+
+
+ Changed ehCache configuration to disable multicast.
+
+
+ Added methods to session for easy retrieval of user information.
+
+
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diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+
+ servicearchive
+
+ tar.gz
+
+ /
+
+
+ ${distroDirectory}
+ /
+ true
+
+ README
+ LICENSE
+ INSTALL
+ MAINTAINERS
+ changelog.xml
+
+ 755
+ true
+
+
+
+
+ ${distroDirectory}/profile.xml
+ /
+ true
+
+
+ target/${build.finalName}.jar
+ /${artifactId}
+
+
+ ${distroDirectory}/svnpath.txt
+ /${artifactId}
+ true
+
+
+
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diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/profile.xml
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+
+
+
+ Service
+
+ ${description}
+ ApplicationSupportLayer
+ ${artifactId}
+ 1.0.0
+
+
+ ${artifactId}
+ ${version}
+
+ ${groupId}
+ ${artifactId}
+ ${version}
+
+
+ ${build.finalName}.jar
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/distro/svnpath.txt b/distro/svnpath.txt
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index 0000000..f416f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/svnpath.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+${scm.url}