diff --git a/asterixdb-jdbc/pom.xml b/asterixdb-jdbc/pom.xml
index 744287d..523282c 100644
--- a/asterixdb-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@
 <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>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
   <artifactId>apache-asterixdb-jdbc</artifactId>
   <version>0.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <url>${implementation.url}</url>
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../../asterixdb/asterixdb/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
+    <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
+    <version>18</version>
+    <relativePath />
   </parent>
   <licenses>
     <license>
@@ -49,25 +49,422 @@
     <file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>
     <source.jdk.version>8</source.jdk.version>
     <target.jdk.version>8</target.jdk.version>
+    <javac.xlint.value>all</javac.xlint.value>
+    <jvm.extraargs />
+    <source-format.goal>format</source-format.goal>
+    <source-format.skip>false</source-format.skip>
+    <import-sort.goal>sort</import-sort.goal>
+    <import-sort.skip>false</import-sort.skip>
+    <maven.test.skip>false</maven.test.skip>
+    <skipTests>false</skipTests>
+    <skip.surefire.tests>${skipTests}</skip.surefire.tests>
+    <skip.testResources>${maven.test.skip}</skip.testResources>
+    <test.includes>${global.test.includes}</test.includes>
+    <test.excludes>${global.test.excludes}</test.excludes>
 
     <implementation.title>Apache AsterixDB JDBC - ${project.name}</implementation.title>
     <implementation.url>https://asterixdb.apache.org/</implementation.url>
     <implementation.version>${project.version}</implementation.version>
     <implementation.vendor>${project.organization.name}</implementation.vendor>
   </properties>
+
   <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes combine.children="append">
+            <exclude>**/DEPENDENCIES</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+          <archive>
+            <addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
+            <manifest>
+              <addDefaultImplementationEntries>false</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
+              <addDefaultSpecificationEntries>false</addDefaultSpecificationEntries>
+            </manifest>
+            <manifestEntries>
+              <Implementation-Title>${implementation.title}</Implementation-Title>
+              <Implementation-URL>${implementation.url}</Implementation-URL>
+              <Implementation-Version>${implementation.version}</Implementation-Version>
+              <Implementation-Vendor>${implementation.vendor}</Implementation-Vendor>
+            </manifestEntries>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
+          <outputXML>true</outputXML>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>analyze-only</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <addDefaultLicenseMatchers>false</addDefaultLicenseMatchers>
+          <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+          <licenses>
+            <license implementation="org.apache.rat.analysis.license.ApacheSoftwareLicense20" />
+          </licenses>
+          <licenseFamilies>
+            <licenseFamily implementation="org.apache.rat.license.Apache20LicenseFamily" />
+          </licenseFamilies>
+          <excludeSubProjects>true</excludeSubProjects>
+          <excludes combine.children="append">
+            <exclude>**/*.iml</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
+          <forkCount>1</forkCount>
+          <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
+          <argLine>-enableassertions -Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xdebug
+            -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8000,suspend=n ${coverageArgLine}
+          </argLine>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
+            <log4j.configurationFile>${testLog4jConfigFile}</log4j.configurationFile>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
+          <includes>
+            <include>${test.includes}</include>
+          </includes>
+          <excludes combine.children="append">
+            <exclude>${test.excludes}</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+          <skipTests>${skip.surefire.tests}</skipTests>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
+            <log4j.configurationFile>${testLog4jConfigFile}</log4j.configurationFile>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>${source.jdk.version}</source>
+          <target>${target.jdk.version}</target>
+          <compilerArgument>-Xlint:${javac.xlint.value}</compilerArgument>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>verify-style</id>
+            <phase>process-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <logViolationsToConsole>true</logViolationsToConsole>
+          <checkstyleRules>
+            <module name="Checker">
+              <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
+              <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
+              <module name="FileTabCharacter" />
+              <module name="TreeWalker">
+                <module name="AvoidStarImport">
+                  <property name="allowStaticMemberImports" value="true"/>
+                </module>
+              </module>
+            </module>
+          </checkstyleRules>
+          <includes>**/*.java,**/*.jj</includes>
+          <resourceIncludes>**/*.properties,**/*.xml,**/*.xsd,**/*.sh</resourceIncludes>
+          <sourceDirectories>${project.build.sourceDirectory},${project.build.testSourceDirectory}</sourceDirectories>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>check-pom-packaging</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <exportAntProperties>true</exportAntProperties>
+              <target xmlns:unless="ant:unless">
+                <condition property="skipPomEnforcement">
+                  <not><equals arg1="${project.packaging}" arg2="pom"/></not>
+                </condition>
+                <echo message="will enforce non-existence of test source dir due to ${project.packaging} packaging" unless:set="skipPomEnforcement"/>
+              </target>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>ensure-no-tests-for-pom-packaging</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireFilesDontExist>
+                  <files>
+                    <file>${project.build.testSourceDirectory}</file>
+                  </files>
+                  <message>#### Tests cannot exist in projects with '${project.packaging}' packaging!</message>
+                </requireFilesDontExist>
+              </rules>
+              <skip>${skipPomEnforcement}</skip>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-versions</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireMavenVersion>
+                  <version>[3.3.9,)</version>
+                </requireMavenVersion>
+                <requireJavaVersion>
+                  <version>[11,)</version>
+                </requireJavaVersion>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>ensure-no-duplicate-deps</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <banDuplicatePomDependencyVersions/>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-testResources</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>testResources</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <skip>${skip.testResources}</skip>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>net.revelc.code.formatter</groupId>
+        <artifactId>formatter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>${source-format.goal}</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <configFile>${root.dir}/AsterixCodeFormatProfile.xml</configFile>
+          <skipFormatting>${source-format.skip}</skipFormatting>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>net.revelc.code</groupId>
+        <artifactId>impsort-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>${import-sort.goal}</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <groups>java,javax,org,com,*</groups>
+          <removeUnused>true</removeUnused>
+          <skip>${import-sort.skip}</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.8.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>0.12</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>net.revelc.code.formatter</groupId>
+          <artifactId>formatter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>net.revelc.code</groupId>
+          <artifactId>impsort-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.2.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.9.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.21.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.21.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.8</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.0.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.6.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.2.4</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+        <version>3.12.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
+        <version>4.4</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+        <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+        <version>4.4.14</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+        <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+        <version>4.5.13</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12.3</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12.3</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12.3</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>junit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        <version>4.13</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
   <modules>
     <module>asterix-jdbc-core</module>
     <module>asterix-jdbc-driver</module>
+    <module>asterix-jdbc-taco</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
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