diff --git a/.project b/.project
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>maven-smartgears-bom</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
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+#Fri Sep 06 18:21:19 CEST 2013
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
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+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
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+#Fri Sep 06 18:21:16 CEST 2013
+activeProfiles=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
+version=1
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
+		<groupId>org.gcube.tools</groupId>
+		<version>1.0.0</version>
+	</parent>
+	<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
+	<artifactId>maven-smartgears-bom</artifactId>
+	<version>${bom.version}</version>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+	<name>Maven BOM for the Smartgears FW</name>
+
+	<properties>
+		<bom.version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</bom.version>
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>common-smartgears</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT,)</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+</project>
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