diff --git a/api-quick-start/pom.xml b/api-quick-start/pom.xml
index c94d6f9d5..40eb52786 100644
--- a/api-quick-start/pom.xml
+++ b/api-quick-start/pom.xml
@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
 <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">
-
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.openstack.docs</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <groupId>org.openstack.docs</groupId>
-  <artifactId>openstack-guide</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <artifactId>openstack-api-quick-start</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>OpenStack Guides</name>
+  <name>OpenStack API Quick Start</name>
+  <properties>
+    <!-- This is set by Jenkins according to the branch. -->
+    <release.path.name>local</release.path.name>
+    <comments.enabled>1</comments.enabled>
+  </properties>
   <!-- ################################################ -->
-  <!-- Use "mvn clean generate-sources" to run this POM -->
+  <!-- USE "mvn clean generate-sources" to run this POM -->
   <!-- ################################################ -->
-
   <build>
     <plugins>
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.rackspace.cloud.api</groupId>
         <artifactId>clouddocs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11.1</version>
+        <!-- version is set in ../pom.xml file -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>goal2</id>
@@ -68,26 +73,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>Rackspace Research Repositories</id>
-      <activation>
-        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
-      </activation>
-      <repositories>
-        <repository>
-          <id>rackspace-research</id>
-          <name>Rackspace Research Repository</name>
-          <url>http://maven.research.rackspacecloud.com/content/groups/public/</url>
-        </repository>
-      </repositories>
-      <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-          <id>rackspace-research</id>
-          <name>Rackspace Research Repository</name>
-          <url>http://maven.research.rackspacecloud.com/content/groups/public/</url>
-        </pluginRepository>
-      </pluginRepositories>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api-ref/pom.xml b/api-ref/pom.xml
index 59b5a6770..1cbaf43b9 100644
--- a/api-ref/pom.xml
+++ b/api-ref/pom.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@
   <!-- ################################################ -->
   <!-- USE "mvn clean generate-sources" to run this POM -->
   <!-- ################################################ -->
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.openstack.docs</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>org.openstack.identity</groupId>
-  <artifactId>docs</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0</version>
+  <artifactId>openstack-api-ref</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>OpenStack API Complete Reference</name>
   <properties>
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.rackspace.cloud.api</groupId>
         <artifactId>clouddocs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11.1</version>
+        <!-- version is set in ../pom.xml file -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>g1</id>
@@ -51,29 +55,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>Rackspace Research Repositories</id>
-      <activation>
-        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
-      </activation>
-      <repositories>
-        <repository>
-          <id>rackspace-research</id>
-          <name>Rackspace Research Repository</name>
-          <url>http://maven.research.rackspacecloud.com/content/groups/public/</url>
-        </repository>
-      </repositories>
-      <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-          <id>rackspace-research</id>
-          <name>Rackspace Research Repository</name>
-          <url>http://maven.research.rackspacecloud.com/content/groups/public/</url>
-          <snapshots>
-            <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
-          </snapshots>
-        </pluginRepository>
-      </pluginRepositories>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed8797cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<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.openstack.docs</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>api-quick-start</module>
+    <module>api-ref</module>
+  </modules>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>Rackspace Research Repositories</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>rackspace-research</id>
+          <name>Rackspace Research Repository</name>
+          <url>http://maven.research.rackspacecloud.com/content/groups/public/</url>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+      <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+          <id>rackspace-research</id>
+          <name>Rackspace Research Repository</name>
+          <url>http://maven.research.rackspacecloud.com/content/groups/public/</url>
+        </pluginRepository>
+      </pluginRepositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.rackspace.cloud.api</groupId>
+        <artifactId>clouddocs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.12.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>