diff --git a/distro/INSTALL b/distro/INSTALL
deleted file mode 100644
index 16714f0..0000000
--- a/distro/INSTALL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Used as library to communicate with Geonetwork
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
index 630ba97..2d9616a 100644
--- a/distro/LICENSE
+++ b/distro/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-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.
+${gcube.license}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/MAINTAINERS b/distro/MAINTAINERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 24caa66..0000000
--- a/distro/MAINTAINERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-* Sinibaldi Fabio (fabio.sinibaldi@isti.cnr.it),  CNR Pisa, 
-Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo". 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
index 22018b9..45458a4 100644
--- a/distro/README
+++ b/distro/README
@@ -1,46 +1,66 @@
-The gCube System - MetadataManager
-------------------------------------------------------------
-
-This work has been partially supported by the following European projects: iMarine (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-2), and EUBrazilOpenBio (FP7-ICT-2011-EU-Brazil).
-
+The gCube System - ${name}
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+${description}
+ 
+ 
+${gcube.description}
+ 
+${gcube.funding}
+ 
+ 
+Version
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+${version} (${buildDate})
+ 
+Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes.
+ 
 
 
 Authors
--------
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+* Fabio Sinibaldi (fabio.sinibaldi-AT-isti.cnr.it) Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy).  
 
-* Sinibaldi Fabio (fabio.sinibaldi@isti.cnr.it),  CNR Pisa, 
-Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo". 
-  
-  
-Version and Release Date
-------------------------
-
-v. 1.0.0 (2013-03-01)
-        * Geonetwwork interaction
-
-Description
+Maintainers
 -----------
-Geonetwork communication layer
-  
-  Download information
---------------------
-
-Source code is available from SVN:
-http://svn.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/spatial-data/geonetwork
+ 
+* Fabio Sinibaldi (fabio.sinibaldi-AT-isti.cnr.it) Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy).  
 
 
+ 
+Download information
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+Source code is available from SVN: 
+    ${scm.url}
+ 
+Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website: 
+   ${gcube.website}
+ 
+Installation
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+Installation documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
+    ${gcube.wikiRoot}/Legacy_ISO_Metadata_Publishing
+ 
 Documentation 
--------------
-Documentation is available on-line from the Projects Documentation Wiki:
-
-https://technical.wiki.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/documentation/index.php
-
-
-
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
+    ${gcube.wikiRoot}/Legacy_ISO_Metadata_Publishing
+    ${gcube.wikiRoot}/Legacy_ISO_Metadata_Publishing
+     
+ 
+Support 
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool:
+    ${gcube.issueTracking}
+ 
+ 
 Licensing
----------
-
-This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
-
-
-
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
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diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
index 21d8c88..dc46ade 100644
--- a/distro/descriptor.xml
+++ b/distro/descriptor.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 			<includes>
 				<include>README</include>
 				<include>LICENSE</include>
-				<include>INSTALL</include>
-				<include>MAINTAINERS</include>
 				<include>changelog.xml</include>
 			</includes>
 			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
@@ -25,18 +23,8 @@
 	</fileSets>
 	<files>
 		<file>
-			<source>${distroDirectory}/profile.xml</source>
-			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
-			<filtered>true</filtered>
-		</file>
-		<file>
-			<source>target/${build.finalName}.jar</source>
+			<source>target/${build.finalName}.${project.packaging}</source>
 			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
 		</file>
-		<file>
-			<source>${distroDirectory}/svnpath.txt</source>
-			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
-			<filtered>true</filtered>
-		</file>
 	</files>
 </assembly>
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diff --git a/distro/svnpath.txt b/distro/svnpath.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ccf8d7f..0000000
--- a/distro/svnpath.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://svn.research-infrastructures.eu/d4science/gcube/branches/spatial-data/geonetwork
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe752e9..d47f8ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -128,4 +128,5 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	
+	<description>Java library used to communicate with GeoNetwork instances.</description>
 </project>
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