All models implicitly inherit from a super-POM:
<project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding> </properties> <build> <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory> <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory> <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName> <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory> <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory> <scriptSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory> <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory> <resources> <resource> <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory> </resource> <resource> <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources-filtered</directory> <filtering>true</filtering> </resource> </resources> <testResources> <testResource> <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory> </testResource> <testResource> <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources-filtered</directory> <filtering>true</filtering> </testResource> </testResources> </build> <reporting> <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/site</outputDirectory> </reporting> </project>