diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
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+${gcube.license}
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diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
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+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
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+* Costantino Perciante(costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy).
+ 
+Maintainers
+-----------
+ 
+* Costantino Perciante(costantino.perciante@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} 
+ 
+Documentation 
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
+    ${gcube.wikiRoot}
+ 
+Support 
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool:
+    ${gcube.issueTracking}
+ 
+ 
+Licensing
+--------------------------------------------------
+ 
+This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
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diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
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+<ReleaseNotes>
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.information-system.resource-checker-se-plugin.1-0-0" date="2017-04-29">
+		<Change>First Release</Change>	
+	</Changeset>
+</ReleaseNotes>
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diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
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+<assembly
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
+	<id>servicearchive</id>
+	<formats>
+		<format>tar.gz</format>
+	</formats>
+	<baseDirectory>/</baseDirectory>
+	<fileSets>
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>${distroDirectory}</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+			<includes>
+				<include>README</include>
+				<include>LICENSE</include>
+				<include>changelog.xml</include>
+				<include>profile.xml</include>
+			</includes>
+			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
+			<filtered>true</filtered>
+		</fileSet>
+	</fileSets>
+	<files>
+		<file>
+			<source>target/${build.finalName}.${project.packaging}</source>
+			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+		</file>
+	</files>
+</assembly>
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diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Resource>
+	<ID />
+	<Type>Plugin</Type>
+	<Profile>
+		<Description>{description}</Description>
+		<Class>${serviceClass}</Class>
+		<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
+		<Version>1.0.0</Version>
+		<Packages>
+			<Software>
+				<Description>{description}</Description>
+				<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
+				<Version>${version}</Version>
+				<MavenCoordinates>
+					<groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
+					<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
+					<version>${version}</version>
+				</MavenCoordinates>
+				<Type>Plugin</Type>
+				<Files>
+					<File>${build.finalName}.jar</File>
+				</Files>
+			</Software>
+		</Packages>
+	</Profile>
+</Resource>
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