diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
index 27b8583..c78e82a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
index 86af40a..70c777d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
                                     </goals>
                                 </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                 <action>
-                                    <ignore></ignore>
+                                    <ignore />
                                 </action>
                             </pluginExecution>
                         </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml
index f71f3a2..aae0829 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@
                 <configuration>
                   <target if="coverage" unless="skipTests">
                     <echo message="Generating JaCoCo Reports" />
-                    <property name="asterix.dir" location="${basedir}/../.."/>
+                    <property name="asterix.dir" location="${basedir}/../.." />
 
                     <!-- gather all of the source dirs -->
                     <pathconvert property="source.dirs" pathsep=",">
                       <dirset dir="${asterix.dir}">
-                        <include name="**/src/main/java"/>
+                        <include name="**/src/main/java" />
                       </dirset>
                     </pathconvert>
 
-                    <echo message="asterix dir: ${asterix.dir}/"/>
-                    <echo message="asterix source dirs: ${source.dirs}/"/>
+                    <echo message="asterix dir: ${asterix.dir}/" />
+                    <echo message="asterix source dirs: ${source.dirs}/" />
 
                     <taskdef name="report" classname="org.jacoco.ant.ReportTask">
                       <classpath path="${basedir}/target/jacoco-jars/org.jacoco.ant.jar" />
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@
                         <group name="AsterixDB">
                           <classfiles>
                             <fileset dir="${asterix.dir}">
-                              <include name="**/target/classes/**/*.class"/>
-                              <exclude name="**/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-1.x/**"/>
+                              <include name="**/target/classes/**/*.class" />
+                              <exclude name="**/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-1.x/**" />
                             </fileset>
                           </classfiles>
                           <sourcefiles encoding="UTF-8">
                             <multirootfileset basedirs="${source.dirs}" type="file">
-                              <include name="**/*.java"/>
+                              <include name="**/*.java" />
                             </multirootfileset>
                           </sourcefiles>
                         </group>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
index e29119e..b80c232 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
  ! specific language governing permissions and limitations
  ! under the License.
  !-->
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
@@ -114,7 +111,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
index 3aaa17b..2247151 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
  ! specific language governing permissions and limitations
  ! under the License.
  !-->
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
index c6d1e4a..bce61d5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
  ! specific language governing permissions and limitations
  ! under the License.
  !-->
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
@@ -111,7 +108,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml
index 15beaf9..ff9e75c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 55677d8..8f875ff 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
     <version>16</version>
-    <relativePath/>
+    <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
   <licenses>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <jvm.extraargs/>
+    <jvm.extraargs />
     <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
     <runSlowAQLTests>false</runSlowAQLTests>
     <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
             <module name="Checker">
               <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
               <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
-              <module name="FileTabCharacter"/>
+              <module name="FileTabCharacter" />
             </module>
           </checkstyleRules>
           <includes>**/*.java,**/*.jj</includes>
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
@@ -387,25 +387,25 @@
     <profile>
       <id>optimizer-tests</id>
       <properties>
-        <optimizer.tests/>
+        <optimizer.tests />
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>metadata-tests</id>
       <properties>
-        <metadata.tests/>
+        <metadata.tests />
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>execution-tests</id>
       <properties>
-        <execution.tests/>
+        <execution.tests />
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>invalid-tests</id>
       <properties>
-        <invalid.tests/>
+        <invalid.tests />
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
       <properties>
-        <coverage/>
+        <coverage />
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
         </property>
       </activation>
       <properties>
-        <coverageArgLine/>
+        <coverageArgLine />
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
index fc93952..a1dfa39 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
index 30ee4bb..b8dc650 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@
             <configuration>
               <tasks>
                 <ant antfile="build-script.xml" target="build">
-                  <property name="main.class" value="org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.tests.script.IdentityStreamingScript"/>
-                  <property name="script.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
-                  <property name="jvm.params" value=""/>
-                  <property name="program.params" value=""/>
-                  <property name="source" value="${basedir}/src/main/scripts/run"/>
-                  <property name="target.dir" value="${basedir}/target/testscripts"/>
-                  <property name="target" value="idscript"/>
+                  <property name="main.class" value="org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.tests.script.IdentityStreamingScript" />
+                  <property name="script.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                  <property name="jvm.params" value="" />
+                  <property name="program.params" value="" />
+                  <property name="source" value="${basedir}/src/main/scripts/run" />
+                  <property name="target.dir" value="${basedir}/target/testscripts" />
+                  <property name="target" value="idscript" />
                 </ant>
               </tasks>
             </configuration>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-nc-service/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-nc-service/pom.xml
index 4073697..2e4012e 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-nc-service/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-nc-service/pom.xml
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
  ! specific language governing permissions and limitations
  ! under the License.
  !-->
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
      <artifactId>hyracks-control</artifactId>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
index aee7508..e6bb340 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
  ! under the License.
  !-->
 
-<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">
+<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>
   <artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
   <name>hyracks-data-std</name>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index d1501ca..6cfd941 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
  ! under the License.
  !-->
 
-<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">
+<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>
   <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
   <name>hyracks-dataflow-std</name>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
index a7c7a15..d85c289 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             <phase>package</phase>
             <configuration>
               <target>
-                <chmod file="target/appassembler/bin/*" perm="755"/>
+                <chmod file="target/appassembler/bin/*" perm="755" />
               </target>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 7784199..a315c1d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                                       </goals>
                                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                   <action>
-                                      <ignore></ignore>
+                                      <ignore />
                                   </action>
                               </pluginExecution>
                           </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml
index 735bea6..670c85e 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
  ! under the License.
  !-->
 
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
index 8277ef8..bab356b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
  ! under the License.
  !-->
 
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/pom.xml
index 7c98990..41d2410 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/pom.xml
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/pom.xml
index bd5c9c0..70dfa38 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 4a85156..1a0ed20 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
     <version>16</version>
-    <relativePath/>
+    <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
   <licenses>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
-    <jvm.extraargs/>
+    <jvm.extraargs />
     <sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${env.PWD}/target/jacoco-merged.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
 
     <!-- Definition of tests in various categories which may be excluded -->
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
             <module name="Checker">
               <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
               <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
-              <module name="FileTabCharacter"/>
+              <module name="FileTabCharacter" />
             </module>
           </checkstyleRules>
           <includes>**/*.java,**/*.jj</includes>
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
     <profile>
       <id>hanging-pregelix-tests</id>
       <properties>
-        <hanging.pregelix.tests/>
+        <hanging.pregelix.tests />
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
       <properties>
-        <coverage/>
+        <coverage />
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
         </property>
       </activation>
       <properties>
-        <coverageArgLine/>
+        <coverageArgLine />
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>