This document is a proposed new standard layout for remote repositories.

Status

This RFC is currently in the DRAFT state. Nothing in this RFC has been agreed or confirmed.

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Introduction

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The remote repository layout defines how the central repositories used by Apache Maven as well as a non-trivial number of third party clients can access the artifacts produced as versioned releases of dependent projects.

The basic unit of organisation in a repository is the project coordinates. The project coordinates consist of the pair groupId:artifactId.

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