diff --git a/templates/INSTALL b/templates/INSTALL
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diff --git a/templates/LICENSE b/templates/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.
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diff --git a/templates/MAINTAINERS b/templates/MAINTAINERS
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+Giancarlo Panichi (giancarlo.panichi@isti.cnr.it), CNR Pisa, Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo"
diff --git a/templates/README b/templates/README
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+The gCube System - ${name}
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This work has been supported by the following European projects: iMarine (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-2)
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+Giancarlo Panichi (giancarlo.panichi@isti.cnr.it), CNR Pisa, 
+Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo"
+
+  
+Version and Release Date
+------------------------
+
+v. ${version} (${release.date})
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+${project.description}
+  
+Download information
+--------------------
+Source code URL: ${scm.url}
+
+
+Documentation 
+-------------
+
+${project.description}
+
+
+Licensing
+---------
+
+This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
+
+
+
diff --git a/templates/changelog.xml b/templates/changelog.xml
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+<ReleaseNotes>
+	<Changeset component="${groupId}.${artifactId}.1-0-0"
+		date="2013-10-18">
+		<Change>First Release</Change>
+	</Changeset>
+</ReleaseNotes>
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diff --git a/templates/descriptor.xml b/templates/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>${distroDirectory}</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+			<includes>
+				<include>README</include>
+				<include>LICENSE</include>
+				<include>INSTALL</include>
+				<include>MAINTAINERS</include>
+				<include>changelog.xml</include>
+			</includes>
+			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
+		</fileSet>
+	</fileSets>
+	<files>
+		<file>
+			<source>${distroDirectory}/svnpath.txt</source>
+			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+		</file>
+		<file>
+			<source>${configDirectory}/profile.xml</source>
+			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+		</file>
+		<file>
+			<source>target/${build.finalName}.${packaging}</source>
+			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+		</file>
+	</files>
+</assembly>
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diff --git a/templates/profile.xml b/templates/profile.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Resource>
+	<ID></ID>
+	<Type>Service</Type>
+	<Profile>
+		<Description>${project.description}</Description>
+		<Class>PortletsUser</Class>
+		<Name>${project.name}</Name>
+		<Version>1.0.0</Version>
+		<Packages>
+			<Software>
+				<Description>${project.description}</Description>
+				<Name>${project.name}</Name>
+				<Version>${version}</Version>
+				<MavenCoordinates>
+					<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+					<artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
+				</MavenCoordinates>
+				<Type>library</Type>
+				<Files>
+					<File>${project.build.finalName}.${project.packaging}</File>
+				</Files>
+			</Software>
+		</Packages>
+	</Profile>
+</Resource>
+
+
diff --git a/templates/svnpath.txt b/templates/svnpath.txt
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+${scm.url}
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