This page provides a template for a basic maven pom file.  All fields marked with "####" should be filled in with appropriate values.

<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>
  <groupId>####</groupId
  <artifactId>####</artifactId>
  <name>####</name>
  <version>####</version>
  <description>####</description>
  <licenses>
    <license>
      <name>####</name>
      <url>####</url>
    </license>
  </licenses>
</project>

For more information about the format of the pom, such as adding dependencies, see the Maven model.

Here is a complete example pom, from the jboss-test project.  The license information in this example is inherited from the JBoss parent pom.

<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">
  <parent>
    <groupId>org.jboss</groupId>
    <artifactId>jboss-parent</artifactId>
    <version>4</version>
  </parent>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>org.jboss.test</groupId>
  <artifactId>jboss-test</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <name>JBoss Test</name>
  <version>1.1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <description>Common test support classes</description>
  <url>http://www.jboss.org</url>
  <scm>
    <connection>scm:svn:http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbossas/projects/test/trunk</connection>
    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.jboss.org/repos/jbossas/projects/test/trunk</developerConnection>
  </scm>

  <properties>
    <version.apache.ant>1.7.0</version.apache.ant>
  </properties>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <!-- Dependency Plugin Configuration -->
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>      
      <plugin>
        <!-- To call this plugin, use mvn assembly:assembly -->
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.2-beta-1</version>
        <configuration>
          <descriptors>
            <descriptor>src/main/assembly/dist.xml</descriptor>
          </descriptors>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>      
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>        
        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>        
        <configuration>
          <tagBase>https://svn.jboss.org/repos/jbossas/projects/test/tags</tagBase>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  
  <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
       <version>${version.apache.ant}</version>
     </dependency>     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant-junit</artifactId>
       <version>${version.apache.ant}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>jboss-logging-spi</artifactId>
       <version>2.0.5.GA</version>
     </dependency>     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>jboss-logging-log4j</artifactId>
       <version>2.0.5.GA</version>
     </dependency>     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jboss</groupId>
       <artifactId>jboss-common-core</artifactId>
       <version>2.2.7.GA</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
        <groupId>jboss.profiler.jvmti</groupId>
        <artifactId>jboss-profiler-jvmti</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.0.CR5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>3.8.1</version>
     </dependency>     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <version>1.2.14</version>
     </dependency>   
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jboss.jbossas</groupId>
       <artifactId>jboss-server-manager</artifactId>
       <version>1.0.3-alpha-2</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   
</project>