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This POM provides a parent from which SciJava-based projects can declare their build configurations. It ensures that projects all use a compatible build environment, as well as versions of dependencies and plugins. Projects extending this POM inherit the unified SciJava [Bill of Materials](https://imagej.net/develop/architecture#bill-of-materials): component versions which have been tested to work together.

This POM serves as the base for all Maven-based SciJava software, including:

| Fiji | ImageJ2 | ImgLib2 | KNIME | LOCI | SCIFIO | SciJava | FLIMLib | Virtual Cell |
|:----:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----:|:----:|:------:|:-------:|:----------:|:------------:|
| [![Fiji](https://scijava.org/icons/fiji-icon-64.png)](https://github.com/fiji) | [![ImageJ2](https://scijava.org/icons/imagej2-icon-64.png)](https://github.com/imagej) | [![ImgLib2](https://scijava.org/icons/imglib2-icon-64.png)](https://github.com/imglib) | [![KNIME](https://scijava.org/icons/knime-icon-64.png)](https://knime.org) | [![LOCI](https://scijava.org/icons/loci-icon-64.png)](https://github.com/uw-loci) | [![SCIFIO](https://scijava.org/icons/scifio-icon-64.png)](https://github.com/scifio) | [![SciJava](https://scijava.org/icons/scijava-icon-64.png)](https://github.com/scijava) | [![FLIMLib](https://scijava.org/icons/flimlib-icon-64.png)](https://github.com/flimlib) | [![Virtual Cell](https://scijava.org/icons/vcell-icon-64.png)](https://github.com/virtualcell) |

This POM is intended for use as the parent of your own Maven-based code.

## Examples

* [ImageJ2 command template](https://github.com/imagej/example-imagej-command)
* [ImageJ 1.x plugin template](https://github.com/imagej/example-legacy-plugin)
* [ImageJ2 tutorials](https://github.com/imagej/tutorials/tree/master/maven-projects)

## Documentation

The pom-scijava wiki contains articles on several topics:

* [Adding a new project to the SciJava POM](https://github.com/scijava/pom-scijava/wiki/Adding-a-new-project-to-the-SciJava-POM)
* [Addressing dependency clash](https://github.com/scijava/pom-scijava/wiki/Addressing-dependency-clash)
* [Versioning of SciJava projects](https://github.com/scijava/pom-scijava/wiki/Versioning-of-SciJava-projects)

## Getting help with Maven

For more information about Maven, see:

* [ImageJ Maven overview](https://imagej.net/develop/maven)
* [ImageJ Maven FAQ](https://imagej.net/develop/maven-faq)

## Troubleshooting

* [Setting empty metadata fields](https://github.com/scijava/pom-scijava-base#how-to-override-a-field-with-an-empty-value)