diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+target/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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+++ b/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<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>com.appliedmodels</groupId>
+  <artifactId>edifact-xml</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+
+    <java.version>1.6</java.version>
+    <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+  </build>
+</project>