diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5477761ff..1db2ceb9f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,19 +3,7 @@ jdk:
 - oraclejdk8
 env:
   global:
-  - NODE_VERSION: 6
-before_install:
-- nvm install $NODE_VERSION
-before-script:
--
-script:
-- (npm install -g @angular/cli)
- && (cd lib && mvn clean install)
- && (cd rest && mvn clean install)
- && (cd workplace && npm install && ng build --environment=prod)
- && (cd admin && npm install && ng build --environment=prod)
- && (cd monitor && npm install && ng build --environment=prod)
-
+    - NODE_VERSION: 6
 cache:
   timeout: 604800 #1 week
   directories:
@@ -23,6 +11,10 @@ cache:
   - "workplace/node_modules"
   - "admin/node_modules"
   - "monitor/node_modules"
+install:
+- mvn clean install -f lib/ -DskipTests=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -B
+script:
+- lib/deployment/deploy.sh --dry-run lib/ lib/taskana-core/ lib/taskana-spring/ lib/taskana-cdi/
 deploy:
   provider: cloudfoundry
   username: tobias.schaefer@novatec-gmbh.de
@@ -32,5 +24,4 @@ deploy:
   organization: '"NovaTec Consulting GmbH"'
   space: Taskana
   on:
-    repo: Taskana/taskana
-
+    repo: Taskana/taskana
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/deployment/codesigning.asc.enc b/lib/deployment/codesigning.asc.enc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5898a7fd4
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/deployment/codesigning.asc.enc differ
diff --git a/lib/deployment/deploy.sh b/lib/deployment/deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ebe09c2f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/deployment/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e #fail fast
+
+reqRepo="Taskana/taskana"
+
+#H Usage:
+#H   deploy.sh [OPTION] <parent dir> <project dir> [project dir ...]
+#H Where OPTION is one of
+#H   --help: prints this help messge
+#H   --dry-run: echos all commands instead of excecution
+function helpAndExit {
+  cat "$0" | grep "^#H" | cut -c4-
+  exit 0
+}
+
+# decripting gpg keys and importing them (needed to sign artifacts)
+# Global:
+#   $encrypted_fbbd56f3fa0c_key: decription key 
+#   $encrypted_fbbd56f3fa0c_iv: initialisation vector
+# Arguments:
+#   $1: basedir
+function decodeAndImportKeys {
+  $debug openssl aes-256-cbc -K "$encrypted_fbbd56f3fa0c_key" -iv "$encrypted_fbbd56f3fa0c_iv" -in "$1/codesigning.asc.enc" -out "$1/codesigning.asc" -d
+  $debug gpg --import "$1/codesigning.asc"
+}
+
+
+# deploying a given project
+# Arguments:
+#   $1: project folder (dir)
+#   $2: profile name
+#   $3: settings file (dir)
+function deploy {
+  $debug mvn deploy -f "$1" -P "$2" --settings "$3" -DskipTests=true -B -U
+}
+
+function push_new_poms() {
+  #setup username
+  git config --global user.email "travis@travis-ci.org"
+  git config --global user.name "Travis CI"
+
+  #commit all poms
+  git checkout -b "$branch"
+  git add "./*pom.xml"
+  git commit -m "Updated poms to version ${TRAVIS_TAG##v}-SNAPSHOT"
+
+  #push poms (authentication via GH_TOKEN)
+  git remote add origin-pages "https://$GH_TOKEN@github.com/Taskana/taskana.git" >/dev/null 2>&1
+  git push --quiet --set-upstream origin-pages "$branch"
+}
+
+function main {
+  if [[ "$1" = '--help' || $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+    helpAndExit
+  fi 
+
+  local debug=
+  if [[ "$1" = '--dry-run' ]]; then
+    debug=echo
+    shift
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -z "$debug" && ("$TRAVIS" != 'true' || -z "$encrypted_fbbd56f3fa0c_key" || -z "$encrypted_fbbd56f3fa0c_iv") ]]; then
+    echo "you are not travis or travis does not have the correct encryption key and iv" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$TRAVIS" == 'true' && "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" != "$reqRepo" ]]; then
+    echo "Skipping release to sonatype because this repo's name does not match with: $reqRepo"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  decodeAndImportKeys `dirname "$0"`
+  if [[ "$TRAVIS_TAG" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    #check if tagged commit is a head commit of any branch
+    local commit=`git ls-remote origin | grep "$TRAVIS_TAG" | cut -c1-40`
+    local branch=`git ls-remote origin | grep -v refs/tags | grep "$commit" | sed "s/$commit.*refs\/heads\///"`
+    if [[ -z $branch ]]; then
+      echo "tag $TRAVIS_TAG is not a head commit. Can not release" >&2
+      exit 1;
+    fi
+    mvn org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.5:set -f "$1" -DnewVersion="${TRAVIS_TAG##v}"   -DartifactId=*  -DgroupId=*
+    local profile="release"
+  else
+    local profile="snapshot"
+  fi 
+  shift
+  for dir in "$@"; do
+    deploy "$PWD/$dir" "$profile" "`dirname "$0"`/mvnsettings.xml"
+  done
+
+  if [[ -n $branch ]]; then
+    mvn org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.5:set -f "$1" -DnewVersion="${TRAVIS_TAG##v}-SNAPSHOT"   -DartifactId=*  -DgroupId=*
+    if [[ -z $GH_TOKEN ]]; then
+      echo 'GH_TOKEN not set' >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    push_new_poms
+  fi
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/lib/deployment/mvnsettings.xml b/lib/deployment/mvnsettings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca553ba4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/deployment/mvnsettings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<settings>
+  <servers>
+    <server>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <username>${env.OSSRH_JIRA_USERNAME}</username>
+      <password>${env.OSSRH_JIRA_PASSWORD}</password>
+    </server>
+  </servers>
+  
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <gpg.executable>gpg</gpg.executable>
+        <gpg.keyname>${env.GPG_KEY_NAME}</gpg.keyname>
+        <gpg.passphrase>${env.GPG_PASSPHRASE}</gpg.passphrase>
+      </properties>
+
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</settings>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/taskana-cdi/pom.xml b/lib/taskana-cdi/pom.xml
index c23f36f21..61d1e2821 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-cdi/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/taskana-cdi/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,32 @@
 	<artifactId>taskana-cdi</artifactId>
 	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+	<name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
+	<description>TODO</description>
+	<url>http://taskana-workplace.mybluemix.net</url>
+
+	<licenses>
+		<license>
+			<name>The Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+			<url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+		</license>
+	</licenses>
+
+	<developers>
+		<developer>
+		<name>Holger Hagen</name>
+		<email>holger.hagen@novatec-gmbh.de</email>
+		<organization>NovaTec Consulting GmbH</organization>
+		<organizationUrl>https://www.novatec-gmbh.de</organizationUrl>
+		</developer>
+	</developers>
+
+	<scm>
+		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/taskana/taskana.git</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com:taskana/taskana.git</developerConnection>
+		<url>http://github.com/taskana/taskana/tree/master</url>
+	</scm>
+
 	<properties>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
@@ -13,6 +39,85 @@
 		<version.resteasy>3.1.2.Final</version.resteasy>
 	</properties>
 
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<id>snapshot</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.5</version>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
+								<phase>verify</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>sign</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.6.8</version>
+						<extensions>true</extensions>
+						<configuration>
+							<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+							<nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+							<autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+			<distributionManagement>
+				<snapshotRepository>
+					<id>ossrh</id>
+					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+				</snapshotRepository>
+			</distributionManagement>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>release</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.5</version>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
+								<phase>verify</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>sign</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.6.8</version>
+						<extensions>true</extensions>
+						<configuration>
+							<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+							<nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+							<autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+			<distributionManagement>
+				<repository>
+					<id>ossrh</id>
+					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+				</repository>
+			</distributionManagement>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
 			<dependency>
@@ -106,6 +211,32 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.2.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-sources</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.9.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/pom.xml b/lib/taskana-core/pom.xml
index eab95c129..1bd54995f 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/pom.xml
@@ -5,12 +5,117 @@
 	<artifactId>taskana-core</artifactId>
 	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+	<name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
+	<description>TODO</description>
+	<url>http://taskana-workplace.mybluemix.net</url>
+
+	<licenses>
+		<license>
+			<name>The Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+			<url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+		</license>
+	</licenses>
+
+	<developers>
+		<developer>
+		<name>Holger Hagen</name>
+		<email>holger.hagen@novatec-gmbh.de</email>
+		<organization>NovaTec Consulting GmbH</organization>
+		<organizationUrl>https://www.novatec-gmbh.de</organizationUrl>
+		</developer>
+	</developers>
+
+	<scm>
+		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/taskana/taskana.git</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com:taskana/taskana.git</developerConnection>
+		<url>http://github.com/taskana/taskana/tree/master</url>
+	</scm>
+
 	<properties>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
 
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<id>snapshot</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.5</version>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
+								<phase>verify</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>sign</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.6.8</version>
+						<extensions>true</extensions>
+						<configuration>
+							<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+							<nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+							<autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+			<distributionManagement>
+				<snapshotRepository>
+					<id>ossrh</id>
+					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+				</snapshotRepository>
+			</distributionManagement>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>release</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.5</version>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
+								<phase>verify</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>sign</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.6.8</version>
+						<extensions>true</extensions>
+						<configuration>
+							<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+							<nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+							<autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+			<distributionManagement>
+				<repository>
+					<id>ossrh</id>
+					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+				</repository>
+			</distributionManagement>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mybatis</groupId>
@@ -96,6 +201,32 @@
 					</compilerArgs>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.2.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-sources</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.9.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
   <!-- 
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/BaseQuery.java b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/BaseQuery.java
index 4b7f70be9..23b6180fd 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/BaseQuery.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/BaseQuery.java
@@ -14,25 +14,25 @@ public interface BaseQuery<T> {
 
     /**
      * This method will return a list of defined {@link T} objects.
-     * @return
-     * @throws NotAuthorizedException
+     * @return TODO
+     * @throws NotAuthorizedException TODO
      */
     List<T> list() throws NotAuthorizedException;
 
     /**
      * This method will return a list of defined {@link T} objects with specified
      * offset and an limit.
-     * @param offset
-     * @param limit
-     * @return
-     * @throws NotAuthorizedException
+     * @param offset TODO
+     * @param limit TODO
+     * @return TODO
+     * @throws NotAuthorizedException TODO
      */
     List<T> list(int offset, int limit) throws NotAuthorizedException;
 
     /**
      * This method will return a single object of {@link T}.
-     * @return
-     * @throws NotAuthorizedException
+     * @return TODO
+     * @throws NotAuthorizedException TODO
      */
     T single() throws NotAuthorizedException;
 
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/ClassificationQuery.java b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/ClassificationQuery.java
index 3f65037b6..56d29de1a 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/ClassificationQuery.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/ClassificationQuery.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import java.util.Date;
  */
 public interface ClassificationQuery extends BaseQuery<Classification> {
 
-
     /**
      * Add your parentClassification to your query.
      * @param parentClassificationId
@@ -34,22 +33,22 @@ public interface ClassificationQuery extends BaseQuery<Classification> {
 
     /**
      * Add your domain to your query.
-     * @param domain
-     * @return
+     * @param domain TODO
+     * @return TODO
      */
     ClassificationQuery domain(String... domain);
 
     /**
      * Add to your query if the Classification shall be valid in its domain.
-     * @param validInDomain
-     * @return
+     * @param validInDomain TODO
+     * @return TODO
      */
     ClassificationQuery validInDomain(Boolean validInDomain);
 
     /**
      * Add your created-Dates to your query.
-     * @param created
-     * @return
+     * @param created TODO
+     * @return TODO
      */
     ClassificationQuery created(Date... created);
 
@@ -88,22 +87,22 @@ public interface ClassificationQuery extends BaseQuery<Classification> {
 
     /**
      * Add your customFields to your query.
-     * @param customFields
-     * @return
+     * @param customFields TODO
+     * @return TODO
      */
     ClassificationQuery customFields(String... customFields);
 
     /**
      * Define after which date the classifications should be valid.
-     * @param validFrom
-     * @return
+     * @param validFrom TODO
+     * @return TODO
      */
     ClassificationQuery validFrom(Date... validFrom);
 
     /**
      * Define until which date the classifications should be valid.
-     * @param validUntil
-     * @return
+     * @param validUntil TODO
+     * @return TODO
      */
     ClassificationQuery validUntil(Date... validUntil);
 }
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/ClassificationService.java b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/ClassificationService.java
index 9646f7db0..9fdf6e784 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/ClassificationService.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/ClassificationService.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public interface ClassificationService {
     /**
      * Get all available Classifications as a tree.
      * @return The List of all Classifications
+     * @throws NotAuthorizedException TODO
      */
     List<Classification> getClassificationTree() throws NotAuthorizedException;
 
@@ -21,16 +22,18 @@ public interface ClassificationService {
      * Get all Classifications with the given id.
      * Returns also older and domain-specific versions of the classification.
      *
-     * @param id
+     * @param id TODO
+     * @param domain TODO
      * @return List with all versions of the Classification
      */
     List<Classification> getAllClassificationsWithId(String id, String domain);
 
     /**
      * Get the Classification for id and domain.
-     * @param id
-     * @param domain
+     * @param id TODO
+     * @param domain TODO
      * @return If exist: domain-specific classification, else default classification
+     * @throws ClassificationNotFoundException TODO
      */
     Classification getClassification(String id, String domain) throws ClassificationNotFoundException;
 
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/TaskService.java b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/TaskService.java
index 1b5c9025c..2c1f9f633 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/TaskService.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/TaskService.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public interface TaskService {
      * @param userName
      *            user who claims the task
      * @return modified claimed Task
-     * @throws TaskNotFoundException
+     * @throws TaskNotFoundException TODO
      */
     Task claim(String id, String userName) throws TaskNotFoundException;
 
@@ -33,15 +33,16 @@ public interface TaskService {
      * @param taskId
      *            the task id
      * @return changed Task after update.
-     * @throws TaskNotFoundException
+     * @throws TaskNotFoundException TODO
      */
     Task complete(String taskId) throws TaskNotFoundException;
 
     /**
      * Create a task by a task object.
-     * @param task
+     * @param task TODO
      * @return the created task
-     * @throws NotAuthorizedException
+     * @throws NotAuthorizedException TODO
+     * @throws WorkbasketNotFoundException TODO
      */
     Task createTask(Task task) throws NotAuthorizedException, WorkbasketNotFoundException, ClassificationNotFoundException;
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public interface TaskService {
      * @param taskId
      *            the id of the task
      * @return the Task
+     * @throws TaskNotFoundException TODO
      */
     Task getTaskById(String taskId) throws TaskNotFoundException;
 
@@ -64,10 +66,10 @@ public interface TaskService {
     /**
      * Count all Tasks in a given workbasket with daysInPast as Days from today in
      * the past and a specific state.
-     * @param workbasketId
-     * @param daysInPast
-     * @param states
-     * @return
+     * @param workbasketId TODO
+     * @param daysInPast TODO
+     * @param states TODO
+     * @return TODO
      */
     long getTaskCountForWorkbasketByDaysInPastAndState(String workbasketId, long daysInPast, List<TaskState> states);
 
@@ -76,9 +78,12 @@ public interface TaskService {
     /**
      * Transfer task to another workbasket. The transfer set the transferred flag
      * and resets the read flag.
-     * @param workbasketId
+     * @param taskId TODO
+     * @param workbasketId TODO
      * @return the updated task
-     * @throws NotAuthorizedException
+     * @throws TaskNotFoundException TODO
+     * @throws WorkbasketNotFoundException TODO
+     * @throws NotAuthorizedException TODO
      */
     Task transfer(String taskId, String workbasketId)
             throws TaskNotFoundException, WorkbasketNotFoundException, NotAuthorizedException;
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ public interface TaskService {
      * @param isRead
      *            the new status of the read flag.
      * @return Task the updated Task
+     * @throws TaskNotFoundException TODO
      */
     Task setTaskRead(String taskId, boolean isRead) throws TaskNotFoundException;
 
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/TaskanaEngine.java b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/TaskanaEngine.java
index 3e836b837..3f1bf3ac1 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/TaskanaEngine.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/TaskanaEngine.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public interface TaskanaEngine {
     /**
      * sets the connection management mode for taskana.
      *
-     * @param mode. See ConnectionManagementMode
+     * @param mode See ConnectionManagementMode
      */
     void setConnectionManagementMode(ConnectionManagementMode mode);
 
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/WorkbasketService.java b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/WorkbasketService.java
index ea9c8b158..44b20dcd3 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/WorkbasketService.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/WorkbasketService.java
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@ public interface WorkbasketService {
 
     /**
      * Get Workbasket for a given id.
-     * @param workbasketId
+     * @param workbasketId TODO
      * @return the requested Workbasket
+     * @throws WorkbasketNotFoundException TODO
      */
     Workbasket getWorkbasket(String workbasketId) throws WorkbasketNotFoundException;
 
     /**
      * Get all available Workbaskets.
-     * @return List<Workbasket> the list of all workbaskets
+     * @return a list containing all workbaskets
      */
     List<Workbasket> getWorkbaskets();
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public interface WorkbasketService {
      * Create a new Workbasket.
      * @param workbasket
      *            The workbasket to create
-     * @throws NotAuthorizedException
+     * @return TODO
      */
     Workbasket createWorkbasket(Workbasket workbasket);
 
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ public interface WorkbasketService {
      * Update a Workbasket.
      * @param workbasket
      *            The workbasket to update
-     * @throws NotAuthorizedException
+     * @return TODO
+     * @throws NotAuthorizedException TODO
      */
     Workbasket updateWorkbasket(Workbasket workbasket) throws NotAuthorizedException;
 
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ public interface WorkbasketService {
      * Create a new Workbasket Authorization with a Workbasket and a AccessId.
      * @param workbasketAccessItem
      *            the new workbasketAccessItem
-     * @return
+     * @return TODO
      */
     WorkbasketAccessItem createWorkbasketAuthorization(WorkbasketAccessItem workbasketAccessItem);
 
@@ -78,9 +80,7 @@ public interface WorkbasketService {
      *            the workbasket we want to access
      * @param authorization
      *            the needed Authorization
-     * @throws WorkbasketNotFoundException
-     *             if the workbasket do not exist
-     * @throws NotAuthorizedException
+     * @throws NotAuthorizedException TODO
      */
     void checkAuthorization(String workbasketId, WorkbasketAuthorization authorization) throws NotAuthorizedException;
 
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ public interface WorkbasketService {
 
     /**
      * Get all authorizations for a Workbasket.
-     * @param workbasketId
-     * @return List<WorkbasketAccessItem>
+     * @param workbasketId TODO
+     * @return List of WorkbasketAccessItems
      */
     List<WorkbasketAccessItem> getWorkbasketAuthorizations(String workbasketId);
 
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/DbScriptRunner.java b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/DbScriptRunner.java
index c55b7ffb6..1b575ba72 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/DbScriptRunner.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/DbScriptRunner.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class DbScriptRunner {
 
     /**
      * Run all db scripts.
-     * @throws SQLException
+     * @throws SQLException TODO
      */
     public void run() throws SQLException {
         Connection connection = dataSource.getConnection();
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/TaskanaEngineConfiguration.java b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/TaskanaEngineConfiguration.java
index 381fafdd5..3803f65aa 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/TaskanaEngineConfiguration.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/TaskanaEngineConfiguration.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class TaskanaEngineConfiguration {
     /**
      * This method creates the TaskanaEngine without an sqlSessionFactory.
      * @return the TaskanaEngine
-     * @throws SQLException
+     * @throws SQLException TODO
      */
     public TaskanaEngine buildTaskanaEngine() throws SQLException {
         return new TaskanaEngineImpl(this);
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ public class TaskanaEngineConfiguration {
 
     /**
      * This method creates a PooledDataSource, if the needed properties are provided.
-     * @param dbConfiguration
+     * @param driver TODO
+     * @param jdbcUrl TODO
+     * @param username TODO
+     * @param password TODO
      * @return DataSource
      */
     public static DataSource createDatasource(String driver, String jdbcUrl, String username, String password) {
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/impl/TaskanaEngineImpl.java b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/impl/TaskanaEngineImpl.java
index f4a72c464..24c7e755c 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/impl/TaskanaEngineImpl.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/impl/TaskanaEngineImpl.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class TaskanaEngineImpl implements TaskanaEngine {
      * Control over commit and rollback is the responsibility of the client.
      * In order to close the connection, the client can call TaskanaEngine.closeConnection() or
      * TaskanaEngine.setConnection(null). Both calls have the same effect.
-     * @param connection
+     * @param connection TODO
      */
     @Override
     public void setConnection(java.sql.Connection connection) {
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ public class TaskanaEngineImpl implements TaskanaEngine {
      * On the first call to openConnection, we call sessionManager.startManagedSession() to open a database connection.
      * On each call to returnConnection() we pop one instance of sessionManager from the stack.
      * When the stack becomes empty, we close the database connection by calling sessionManager.close()
-     * @param
      * @return Stack of SqlSessionManager
      */
     protected static Stack<SqlSessionManager> getSessionStack() {
diff --git a/lib/taskana-spring/pom.xml b/lib/taskana-spring/pom.xml
index e9dc4a82a..02cd2c79b 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/taskana-spring/pom.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
@@ -5,6 +6,142 @@
 	<artifactId>taskana-spring</artifactId>
 	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+	<name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
+	<description>TODO</description>
+	<url>http://taskana-workplace.mybluemix.net</url>
+
+	<licenses>
+		<license>
+			<name>The Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+			<url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+		</license>
+	</licenses>
+
+	<developers>
+		<developer>
+			<name>Holger Hagen</name>
+			<email>holger.hagen@novatec-gmbh.de</email>
+			<organization>NovaTec Consulting GmbH</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>https://www.novatec-gmbh.de</organizationUrl>
+		</developer>
+	</developers>
+
+	<scm>
+		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/Taskana/taskana.git</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com:Taskana/taskana.git</developerConnection>
+		<url>http://github.com/Taskana/taskana/tree/master</url>
+	</scm>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.2.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-sources</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.9.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<id>snapshot</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.5</version>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
+								<phase>verify</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>sign</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.6.8</version>
+						<extensions>true</extensions>
+						<configuration>
+							<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+							<nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+							<autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+			<distributionManagement>
+				<snapshotRepository>
+					<id>ossrh</id>
+					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+				</snapshotRepository>
+			</distributionManagement>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>release</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.5</version>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
+								<phase>verify</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>sign</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.6.8</version>
+						<extensions>true</extensions>
+						<configuration>
+							<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+							<nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+							<autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+			<distributionManagement>
+				<repository>
+					<id>ossrh</id>
+					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+				</repository>
+			</distributionManagement>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
diff --git a/lib/taskana-spring/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/SpringTaskanaEngineConfiguration.java b/lib/taskana-spring/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/SpringTaskanaEngineConfiguration.java
index 1a3c25a91..d6badc8a2 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-spring/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/SpringTaskanaEngineConfiguration.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-spring/src/main/java/pro/taskana/configuration/SpringTaskanaEngineConfiguration.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ public class SpringTaskanaEngineConfiguration extends TaskanaEngineConfiguration
 	 * sqlSessionFactory
 	 * 
 	 * @return the TaskanaEngine
-	 * @throws SQLException
 	 */
 	public TaskanaEngine buildTaskanaEngine() {
 		this.useContainerManagedTransactions = true;