diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
index 8fb0e26..abdea9a 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
 encoding//src/main/resources=UTF-8
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/distro/INSTALL b/distro/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..139597f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+
diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdb5851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..680cebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/MAINTAINERS
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Mantainers
+-------
+
+* Massimiliano Assante (massimiliano.assante@isti.cnr.it), CNR Pisa, 
+  Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo".
+
diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8989b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/README
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+The gCube System -  VRE Members Portlet
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+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), Parthenos (H2020-INFRADEV-1-2014-1), BlueBridge (H2020-EINFRA-2015-1).   
+
+Authors
+-------
+Massimiliano Assante		
+* 
+Version and Release Date
+------------------------
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+
+Download information
+--------------------
+Source code is available from SVN:
+
+
+Binaries can be downloaded from:
+
+
+Documentation 
+-------------
+Documentation is available on-line from the Projects Documentation Wiki:
+
+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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ac0d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<ReleaseNotes>	
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portal.plugins-social-dockbar-hook-6.3.0" date="2015-10-06">
+		<Change>First Version</Change>
+	</Changeset>
+</ReleaseNotes>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4efc827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<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>${distroDirectory}</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+			<includes>
+				<include>README</include>
+				<include>LICENSE</include>
+				<include>INSTALL</include>
+				<include>MAINTAINERS</include>
+				<include>changelog.xml</include>
+			</includes>
+			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
+			<filtered>true</filtered>
+		</fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>target/apidocs</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}/doc/api</outputDirectory>
+			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
+		</fileSet>
+	</fileSets>
+	<files>
+		<file>
+			<source>${distroDirectory}/profile.xml</source>
+			<outputDirectory>./</outputDirectory>
+			<filtered>true</filtered>
+		</file>
+		<file>
+			<source>target/${build.finalName}.war</source>
+			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+		</file>
+		<file>
+			<source>${distroDirectory}/svnpath.txt</source>
+			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+			<filtered>true</filtered>
+		</file>
+	</files>
+</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee9da4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/profile.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<ID></ID>
+	<Type>Service</Type>
+	<Profile>
+		<Description>gCube VRE Members Portlet</Description>
+		<Class>PortletUser</Class>
+		<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
+		<Version>${version}</Version>
+		<Packages>
+			<Software>
+				<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
+				<Version>${version}</Version>
+				<MavenCoordinates>
+					<groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
+					<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
+					<version>${version}</version>
+				</MavenCoordinates>
+				<Files>
+					<File>target/${build.finalName}.war</File>
+				</Files>
+			</Software>
+		</Packages>
+	</Profile>
+</Resource>
diff --git a/distro/svnpath.txt b/distro/svnpath.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edacb04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/svnpath.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+${scm.url} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86bccbe..7a47128 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 <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>
+	<parent>
+		<artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
+		<groupId>org.gcube.tools</groupId>
+		<version>1.0.0</version>
+	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portal.liferay</groupId>
 	<artifactId>social-dockbar-hook</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>