diff --git a/asterix-metadata/pom.xml b/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
index 8149c5b..438cb6e 100644
--- a/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 <!-- 
  ! Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- ! or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ ! or more contributor license agreements.See the NOTICE file
  ! distributed with this work for additional information
- ! regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ ! regarding copyright ownership.The ASF licenses this file
  ! to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
  ! "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- ! with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ ! with the License.You may obtain a copy of the License at
  !
- !   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ ! http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  !
  ! Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
  ! software distributed under the License is distributed on an
  ! "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- ! KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ ! KIND, either express or implied.See the License for the
  ! specific language governing permissions and limitations
  ! under the License.
  !-->
@@ -25,14 +25,18 @@
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-metadata</artifactId>
 
-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
-      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
-      <distribution>repo</distribution>
-      <comments>A business-friendly OSS license</comments>
-    </license>
-  </licenses>
+	<licenses>
+		<license>
+			<name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+			<url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+			<distribution>repo</distribution>
+			<comments>A business-friendly OSS license</comments>
+		</license>
+	</licenses>
+
+	<properties>
+		<appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+	</properties>
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
@@ -92,11 +96,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-                <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
-                        <version>${hyracks.version}</version>
-                </dependency>
-
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${hyracks.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>