diff --git a/providers/bgp/app/app.xml b/providers/bgp/app/app.xml
index d59b81a..aa5ddd1 100755
--- a/providers/bgp/app/app.xml
+++ b/providers/bgp/app/app.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~ Copyright 2015-2016 Open Networking Laboratory
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 <app name="org.onosproject.bgp" origin="ON.Lab" version="${project.version}"
+     category="default" url="http://onosproject.org"
      featuresRepo="mvn:${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}/xml/features"
      features="${project.artifactId}">
     <description>${project.description}</description>
+    <readme>BGP protocol southbound providers.</readme>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-bgpio/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-bgp-api/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-bgp-ctl/${project.version}</artifact>
diff --git a/providers/bgp/app/pom.xml b/providers/bgp/app/pom.xml
index 55451a9..b4b6b83 100755
--- a/providers/bgp/app/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/bgp/app/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~ Copyright 2015-2016 Open Networking Laboratory
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,40 +13,41 @@
   ~ See the License for the 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">
-        <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-        <parent>
-                <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-                <artifactId>onos-bgp-providers</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-                <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-        </parent>
+<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.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-bgp-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
 
-        <artifactId>onos-bgp-app</artifactId>
-        <packaging>pom</packaging>
-        <description>BGP protocol southbound providers</description>
+    <artifactId>onos-bgp-app</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <description>BGP protocol southbound providers</description>
 
-        <dependencies>
-                <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>onos-bgpio</artifactId>
-                        <version>${project.version}</version>
-                </dependency>
-                <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>onos-bgp-api</artifactId>
-                        <version>${project.version}</version>
-                </dependency>
-                <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>onos-bgp-ctl</artifactId>
-                        <version>${project.version}</version>
-                </dependency>
-                <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>onos-bgp-provider-topology</artifactId>
-                        <version>${project.version}</version>
-                </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-bgpio</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-bgp-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-bgp-ctl</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-bgp-provider-topology</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/providers/host/pom.xml b/providers/host/pom.xml
index 3debdd1..e32488a 100644
--- a/providers/host/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/host/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 
     <properties>
         <onos.app.name>org.onosproject.hostprovider</onos.app.name>
+        <onos.app.origin>ON.Lab</onos.app.origin>
+        <onos.app.category>default</onos.app.category>
+        <onos.app.url>http://onosproject.org</onos.app.url>
+        <onos.app.readme>ONOS host location provider.</onos.app.readme>
     </properties>
 
     <description>ONOS host location provider</description>
diff --git a/providers/lldp/pom.xml b/providers/lldp/pom.xml
index 206e200..03f945d 100644
--- a/providers/lldp/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/lldp/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 
     <properties>
         <onos.app.name>org.onosproject.lldpprovider</onos.app.name>
+        <onos.app.origin>ON.Lab</onos.app.origin>
+        <onos.app.category>default</onos.app.category>
+        <onos.app.url>http://onosproject.org</onos.app.url>
+        <onos.app.readme>ONOS LLDP link provider.</onos.app.readme>
     </properties>
 
     <description>ONOS LLDP link provider</description>
diff --git a/providers/netcfghost/pom.xml b/providers/netcfghost/pom.xml
index dadd6bf..340fb63 100644
--- a/providers/netcfghost/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/netcfghost/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
     <properties>
         <onos.app.name>org.onosproject.netcfghostprovider</onos.app.name>
         <onos.app.origin>ON.Lab</onos.app.origin>
+        <onos.app.category>default</onos.app.category>
+        <onos.app.url>http://onosproject.org</onos.app.url>
+        <onos.app.readme>Host provider that uses network config
+            service to discover hosts.</onos.app.readme>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/providers/netconf/app/app.xml b/providers/netconf/app/app.xml
index 288f0ab..d82268f 100644
--- a/providers/netconf/app/app.xml
+++ b/providers/netconf/app/app.xml
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 <app name="org.onosproject.netconf" origin="ON.Lab" version="${project.version}"
+     category="default" url="http://onosproject.org"
      featuresRepo="mvn:${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}/xml/features"
      features="${project.artifactId}">
     <description>${project.description}</description>
-
+    <readme>ONOS NetConf protocol southbound provider.</readme>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-netconf-api/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-netconf-ctl/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-drivers/${project.version}</artifact>
diff --git a/providers/null/pom.xml b/providers/null/pom.xml
index 8a66301..241ce14 100644
--- a/providers/null/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/null/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 
     <properties>
         <onos.app.name>org.onosproject.null</onos.app.name>
+        <onos.app.origin>ON.Lab</onos.app.origin>
+        <onos.app.category>default</onos.app.category>
+        <onos.app.url>http://onosproject.org</onos.app.url>
+        <onos.app.readme>ONOS null southbound provider.</onos.app.readme>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/providers/openflow/base/app.xml b/providers/openflow/base/app.xml
index 34e6b15..0720567 100644
--- a/providers/openflow/base/app.xml
+++ b/providers/openflow/base/app.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright 2014-2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~ Copyright 2014-2016 Open Networking Laboratory
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 <app name="org.onosproject.openflow-base" origin="ON.Lab" version="${project.version}"
+     category="default" url="http://onosproject.org"
      featuresRepo="mvn:${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}/xml/features"
      features="${project.artifactId}">
     <description>${project.description}</description>
-
+    <readme>OpenFlow protocol southbound provider.</readme>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-of-api/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-of-ctl/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-drivers/${project.version}</artifact>
diff --git a/providers/openflow/base/pom.xml b/providers/openflow/base/pom.xml
index 2fceba9..9716677 100644
--- a/providers/openflow/base/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/openflow/base/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright 2014-2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~ Copyright 2014-2016 Open Networking Laboratory
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/providers/ovsdb/app/pom.xml b/providers/ovsdb/app/pom.xml
index 863415a..2f548e6 100644
--- a/providers/ovsdb/app/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/ovsdb/app/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~ Copyright 2015-2016 Open Networking Laboratory
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/providers/ovsdb/base/app.xml b/providers/ovsdb/base/app.xml
index b6e3b3d..590059f 100644
--- a/providers/ovsdb/base/app.xml
+++ b/providers/ovsdb/base/app.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~ Copyright 2015-2016 Open Networking Laboratory
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 <app name="org.onosproject.ovsdb-base" origin="ON.Lab" version="${project.version}"
+     category="default" url="http://onosproject.org"
      featuresRepo="mvn:${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}/xml/features"
      features="${project.artifactId}">
-     <description>${project.description}</description>
-
+    <description>${project.description}</description>
+    <readme>OVSDB protocol southbound providers.</readme>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-ovsdb-rfc/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-ovsdb-api/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-ovsdb-ctl/${project.version}</artifact>
@@ -26,4 +27,4 @@
 
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-ovsdb-provider-device/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-ovsdb-provider-tunnel/${project.version}</artifact>
-</app>
+</app>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/ovsdb/device/pom.xml b/providers/ovsdb/device/pom.xml
index 6a8b917..65db7f4 100644
--- a/providers/ovsdb/device/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/ovsdb/device/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~ Copyright 2015-2016 Open Networking Laboratory
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/providers/pcep/app/app.xml b/providers/pcep/app/app.xml
index ea3d1d1..7c59db7 100644
--- a/providers/pcep/app/app.xml
+++ b/providers/pcep/app/app.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~ Copyright 2015-2016 Open Networking Laboratory
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 <app name="org.onosproject.pcep" origin="ON.Lab" version="${project.version}"
+     category="default" url="http://onosproject.org"
      featuresRepo="mvn:${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}/xml/features"
      features="${project.artifactId}">
     <description>${project.description}</description>
+    <readme>PCEP protocol southbound provider.</readme>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-app-pcep-api/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-pcepio/${project.version}</artifact>     
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-pcep-controller-api/${project.version}</artifact>     
diff --git a/providers/pcep/app/pom.xml b/providers/pcep/app/pom.xml
index 291facc..34bf213 100644
--- a/providers/pcep/app/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/pcep/app/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~ Copyright 2015-2016 Open Networking Laboratory
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,8 +14,9 @@
   ~ See the License for the 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>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
@@ -25,24 +27,24 @@
 
     <artifactId>onos-pcep</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-        <description>PCEP protocol southbound providers</description>
+    <description>PCEP protocol southbound providers</description>
 
-        <dependencies>
+    <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-app-pcep-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-                <dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-pcepio</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-                <dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-pcep-controller-api</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-                <dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-pcep-controller-impl</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
diff --git a/providers/rest/app/app.xml b/providers/rest/app/app.xml
index 1b4d681..e7139af 100644
--- a/providers/rest/app/app.xml
+++ b/providers/rest/app/app.xml
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 <app name="org.onosproject.restsb" origin="ON.Lab" version="${project.version}"
+     category="default" url="http://onosproject.org"
      featuresRepo="mvn:${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}/xml/features"
      features="${project.artifactId}">
     <description>${project.description}</description>
-
+    <readme>REST protocol southbound provider.</readme>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-restsb-api/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-restsb-ctl/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-drivers/${project.version}</artifact>
diff --git a/providers/snmp/app/app.xml b/providers/snmp/app/app.xml
index 758cce2..52e0152 100644
--- a/providers/snmp/app/app.xml
+++ b/providers/snmp/app/app.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 <app name="org.onosproject.snmp" origin="BTI Systems" version="${project.version}"
+     category="default" url="http://onosproject.org"
      featuresRepo="mvn:${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}/xml/features"
      features="${project.artifactId}">
     <description>${project.description}</description>
+    <readme>SNMP protocol southbound provider.</readme>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-snmp-provider-device/${project.version}</artifact>
     <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-snmp-provider-alarm/${project.version}</artifact>
 </app>
diff --git a/providers/snmp/app/pom.xml b/providers/snmp/app/pom.xml
index 9d680c8..5914e09 100644
--- a/providers/snmp/app/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/snmp/app/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~ Copyright 2015-2016 Open Networking Laboratory
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.