--- java/trunk/analysis/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/analysis/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-analysis</artifactId>
     <name>analysis</name>

-    <description>HPS analysis code</description>

+    <description>common analysis code</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/conditions/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/conditions/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-conditions</artifactId>
     <name>conditions</name>

-    <description>HPS conditions framework</description>

+    <description>extensions to the org.lcsim conditions framework</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/datacat/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/datacat/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-datacat</artifactId>
     <name>datacat</name>

-    <description>HPS data catalog wrappers and utilities</description>

+    <description>data catalog wrappers and utilities</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/detector-data/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/detector-data/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-detector-data</artifactId>
     <name>detector-data</name>

-    <description>detector conditions data for the HPS experiment</description>

+    <description>detector conditions data including text based conditions and compact XML files</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/distribution/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/distribution/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-distribution</artifactId>
     <name>distribution</name>

-    <description>runnable jar distribution and JAS plugin configuration</description>

+    <description>module for creating a standalone runnable bin jar for HPS Java</description>

     <properties>
         <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
     </properties>

--- java/trunk/ecal-readout-sim/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/ecal-readout-sim/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-ecal-readout-sim</artifactId>
     <name>ecal-readout-sim</name>

-    <description>HPS ECAL readout simulation</description>

+    <description>MC readout simulation</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/ecal-recon/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/ecal-recon/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-ecal-recon</artifactId>
     <name>ecal-recon</name>

-    <description>HPS ECAL reconstruction module</description>

+    <description>ECAL reconstruction algorithms</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/evio/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/evio/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-evio</artifactId>
     <name>evio</name>

-    <description>HPS EVIO utilities package</description>

+    <description>EVIO utilities including EVIO to LCIO event builders</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/integration-tests/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/integration-tests/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-integration-tests</artifactId>
     <name>integration-tests</name>

-    <description>Integration test suite for HPS Java</description>

+    <description>integration test suite</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/monitoring-app/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/monitoring-app/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-monitoring-app</artifactId>
     <name>monitoring-app</name>

-    <description>HPS online monitoring application</description>

+    <description>online monitoring application</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/monitoring-drivers/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/monitoring-drivers/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-monitoring-drivers</artifactId>
     <name>monitoring-drivers</name>

-    <description>Drivers for the MonitoringApplication</description>

+    <description>org.lcsim Drivers for using in the monitoring application</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/parent/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/parent/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <version>3.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>parent</name>

-    <description>HPS Java parent module POM</description>

+    <description>HPS Java parent POM</description>

     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.lcsim.cacheDir>${user.home}</org.lcsim.cacheDir>

--- java/trunk/plugin/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/plugin/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-plugin</artifactId>
     <name>plugin</name>

-    <description>HPS JAS3 Plugin</description>

+    <description>JAS3 Plugin</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/recon/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/recon/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-recon</artifactId>
     <name>recon</name>

-    <description>HPS recon code</description>

+    <description>reconstruction algorithms</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/record-util/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/record-util/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-record-util</artifactId>
     <name>record-util</name>

-    <description>Record processing utilities</description>

+    <description>record processing utilities for EVIO, LCIO and ET events</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/steering-files/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/steering-files/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-steering-files</artifactId>
     <name>steering-files</name>

-    <description>XML steering files</description>

+    <description>org.lcsim XML steering file resources</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/tracking/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/tracking/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-tracking</artifactId>
     <name>tracking</name>

-    <description>HPS tracking reconstruction module</description>

+    <description>tracking reconstruction algorithms</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/users/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/users/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-users</artifactId>
     <name>users</name>

-    <description>user code packages</description>

+    <description>miscellaneous user code</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>

--- java/trunk/util/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:44:30 UTC (rev 1181)
+++ java/trunk/util/pom.xml	2014-10-14 22:46:12 UTC (rev 1182)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hps-util</artifactId>
     <name>util</name>

-    <description>miscellaneous utility classes</description>

+    <description>various utility classes</description>

     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hps</groupId>
         <artifactId>hps-parent</artifactId>