diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index bf0e7f5383..ec91efd8df 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-api</artifactId>
@@ -16,7 +13,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -59,15 +56,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace</url>
    </scm>
 
    <!-- 
@@ -199,5 +190,4 @@
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/pom.xml b/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/pom.xml
index badca821b0..3041d94200 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-jspui-api</artifactId>
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-jspui</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -61,15 +58,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api</url>
    </scm>
 
    <dependencies>
@@ -103,5 +94,4 @@
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp/pom.xml b/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp/pom.xml
index 6126c3a4e4..1c88e4a300 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-jspui-webapp</artifactId>
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-jspui</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -61,15 +58,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp</url>
    </scm>
 
    <build>
@@ -209,5 +200,4 @@
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-jspui/pom.xml b/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
index 5254ddda1d..c2a6c8ba2c 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-jspui</artifactId>
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -61,15 +58,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-jspui
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-jspui
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-jspui
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-jspui</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-jspui</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-jspui</url>
    </scm>
 
    <modules>
@@ -77,5 +68,4 @@
       <module>dspace-jspui-webapp</module>
    </modules>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-client/pom.xml b/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-client/pom.xml
index e26732c0a0..96c7df7853 100644
--- a/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-client/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-client/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-lni-client</artifactId>
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-lni</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -53,15 +50,9 @@
    </pluginRepositories>
 
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-client
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-client
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-client
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-client</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-client</url>
    </scm>
 
    <profiles>
@@ -81,22 +72,12 @@
                         <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                         <configuration>
                            <tasks>
-                              <taskdef resource="axis-tasks.properties"
-                                 classpathref="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                              <taskdef resource="axis-tasks.properties" classpathref="maven.compile.classpath" />
                               <mkdir dir="src/main/config" />
-                              <axis-java2wsdl
-                                 classname="org.dspace.app.dav.LNISoapServlet"
-                                 location="http://localhost/dspace/lni/DSpaceLNI"
-                                 methods="lookup,propfind,proppatch,copy"
-                                 namespace="http://dspace.org/xmlns/lni"
-                                 output="src/main/resources/dspace-lni.wsdl" />
+                              <axis-java2wsdl classname="org.dspace.app.dav.LNISoapServlet" location="http://localhost/dspace/lni/DSpaceLNI" methods="lookup,propfind,proppatch,copy" namespace="http://dspace.org/xmlns/lni" output="src/main/resources/dspace-lni.wsdl" />
                               <mkdir dir="src/main/java" />
-                              <axis-wsdl2java output="src/main/java"
-                                 verbose="true"
-                                 url="src/main/resources/dspace-lni.wsdl">
-                                 <mapping
-                                    namespace="http://dspace.org/xmlns/lni"
-                                    package="org.dspace.app.dav.client" />
+                              <axis-wsdl2java output="src/main/java" verbose="true" url="src/main/resources/dspace-lni.wsdl">
+                                 <mapping namespace="http://dspace.org/xmlns/lni" package="org.dspace.app.dav.client" />
                               </axis-wsdl2java>
                            </tasks>
                         </configuration>
@@ -177,5 +158,4 @@
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-core/pom.xml b/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-core/pom.xml
index 4b5c4cf1bd..7113198a6d 100644
--- a/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-lni-core</artifactId>
@@ -13,7 +10,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-lni</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -51,15 +48,9 @@
    </pluginRepositories>
 
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-core
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-core
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-core
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-core</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-core</url>
    </scm>
 
    <dependencies>
@@ -103,4 +94,4 @@
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp/pom.xml b/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp/pom.xml
index 8ed3ecc3d2..91e22fdf96 100644
--- a/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-lni-webapp</artifactId>
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-lni</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -53,15 +50,9 @@
    </pluginRepositories>
 
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp</url>
    </scm>
 
    <build>
diff --git a/dspace-lni/pom.xml b/dspace-lni/pom.xml
index a533dc4100..97d958459b 100644
--- a/dspace-lni/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-lni/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-lni</artifactId>
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -58,15 +55,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-lni</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-lni</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-lni</url>
    </scm>
 
    <modules>
@@ -75,4 +66,4 @@
       <module>dspace-lni-client</module>
    </modules>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-api/pom.xml b/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-api/pom.xml
index 1b1a2d77e3..f896528ca7 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-api/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-oai-api</artifactId>
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-oai</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -60,15 +57,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-api
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-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-api
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-api
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-api</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-api</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-api</url>
    </scm>
 
    <dependencies>
@@ -92,4 +83,4 @@
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-webapp/pom.xml b/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-webapp/pom.xml
index 4d56654801..51723fd100 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-oai-webapp</artifactId>
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
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-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -60,15 +57,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-webapp
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-webapp
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-webapp
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-webapp</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-webapp</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-webapp</url>
    </scm>
    
    <build>
@@ -201,4 +192,4 @@
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-oai/pom.xml b/dspace-oai/pom.xml
index e67c72ce54..46ee587359 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-oai/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-oai</artifactId>
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -60,19 +57,13 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai</url>
    </scm>
    
    <modules>
       <module>dspace-oai-api</module>
       <module>dspace-oai-webapp</module>
    </modules>
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml b/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
index af4c13897a..dbe2b3de57 100644
--- a/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-sword-api</artifactId>
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-sword</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -62,15 +59,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api
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-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api
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-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api</url>
    </scm>
 
    <dependencies>
@@ -106,4 +97,4 @@
 
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-webapp/pom.xml b/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-webapp/pom.xml
index c2f13fd4f0..8a768643f4 100644
--- a/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-sword-webapp</artifactId>
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-sword</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -61,15 +58,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-webapp
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-webapp
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-webapp
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-webapp</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-webapp</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-webapp</url>
    </scm>
 
    <build>
@@ -183,8 +174,8 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
          <artifactId>dspace-sword-api</artifactId>
-         <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+         <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-sword/pom.xml b/dspace-sword/pom.xml
index 75fdd7434e..3dba65d38b 100644
--- a/dspace-sword/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-sword/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-sword</artifactId>
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -63,15 +60,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-sword
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-sword
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-sword
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-sword</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-sword</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-sword</url>
    </scm>
 
 
@@ -80,4 +71,4 @@
       <module>dspace-sword-webapp</module>
    </modules>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/pom.xml b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/pom.xml
index a5656abf28..952f5db7ca 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-xmlui-api</artifactId>
@@ -16,7 +13,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-xmlui</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -54,15 +51,9 @@
    </pluginRepositories>
 
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api
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-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api
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-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api</url>
    </scm>
 
    <dependencies>
@@ -86,5 +77,4 @@
       
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/pom.xml b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/pom.xml
index a31998ad14..4d35159c03 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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">
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@@ -16,7 +13,7 @@
    <parent>
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+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -54,15 +51,9 @@
    </pluginRepositories>
 
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp
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-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp
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-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp</url>
    </scm>
 
    <build>
@@ -180,5 +171,4 @@
 
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-wing/pom.xml b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-wing/pom.xml
index fb33cfafd6..a4ab0ea767 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-wing/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-wing/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
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@@ -13,7 +10,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
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-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
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@@ -51,15 +48,9 @@
    </pluginRepositories>
 
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-wing
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-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-wing
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-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-wing
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-wing</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-wing</url>
    </scm>
 
    <dependencies>
@@ -318,5 +309,4 @@
 
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
index 1b8337ad87..06d29912fa 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
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-   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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-xmlui</artifactId>
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@
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       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -58,15 +55,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-xmlui</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-xmlui</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-xmlui</url>
    </scm>
    
    <modules>
@@ -75,5 +66,4 @@
       <module>dspace-xmlui-webapp</module>
    </modules>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace/modules/dspace-jspui/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
index 02454a20a9..5a2ef6e1e0 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
 	<groupId>org.dspace.modules</groupId>
 	<artifactId>dspace-jspui</artifactId>
@@ -13,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
 		<artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<profiles>
@@ -92,15 +89,9 @@
 	</repositories>
 
 	<scm>
-		<connection>
-			scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace/modules/dspace-jspui
-		</connection>
-		<developerConnection>
-			scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace/modules/dspace-jspui
-		</developerConnection>
-		<url>
-			http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace/modules/dspace-jspui
-		</url>
+		<connection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace/modules/dspace-jspui</developerConnection>
+		<url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace/modules/dspace-jspui</url>
 	</scm>
 
 	<build>
@@ -171,5 +162,4 @@
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace/modules/dspace-lni/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/dspace-lni/pom.xml
index 87319ac9c5..e68244f855 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/dspace-lni/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/dspace-lni/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
 	<groupId>org.dspace.modules</groupId>
 	<artifactId>dspace-lni</artifactId>
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
 		<artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<repositories>
@@ -51,15 +48,9 @@
 	</pluginRepositories>
 
 	<scm>
-		<connection>
-			scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp
-		</connection>
-		<developerConnection>
-			scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp
-		</developerConnection>
-		<url>
-			http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp
-		</url>
+		<connection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp</developerConnection>
+		<url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-lni/dspace-lni-webapp</url>
 	</scm>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/dspace/modules/dspace-oai/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/dspace-oai/pom.xml
index 2caef56af1..724baa4e35 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/dspace-oai/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/dspace-oai/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
 	<groupId>org.dspace.modules</groupId>
 	<artifactId>dspace-oai</artifactId>
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
 		<artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<repositories>
@@ -58,15 +55,9 @@
 		into the snapshot repository below.
 	-->
 	<scm>
-		<connection>
-			scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai
-		</connection>
-		<developerConnection>
-			scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai
-		</developerConnection>
-		<url>
-			http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-oai
-		</url>
+		<connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai</developerConnection>
+		<url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-oai</url>
 	</scm>
 
 	<build>
@@ -182,4 +173,4 @@
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace/modules/dspace-sword/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/dspace-sword/pom.xml
index 32422beb4b..640907291e 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/dspace-sword/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/dspace-sword/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
 	<groupId>org.dspace.modules</groupId>
 	<artifactId>dspace-sword</artifactId>
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
 		<artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<repositories>
@@ -61,15 +58,9 @@
 		into the snapshot repository below.
 	-->
 	<scm>
-		<connection>
-			scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/modules/dspace-sword
-		</connection>
-		<developerConnection>
-			scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace/modules/dspace-sword
-		</developerConnection>
-		<url>
-			http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace/modules/dspace-sword
-		</url>
+		<connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/modules/dspace-sword</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace/modules/dspace-sword</developerConnection>
+		<url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace/modules/dspace-sword</url>
 	</scm>
 
 	<build>
@@ -171,10 +162,9 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
 			<artifactId>dspace-sword-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace/modules/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
index 7631a05d2b..68b54062f6 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
 	<groupId>org.dspace.modules</groupId>
 	<artifactId>dspace-xmlui</artifactId>
@@ -16,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
 		<artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<repositories>
@@ -52,15 +49,9 @@
 	</pluginRepositories>
 
 	<scm>
-		<connection>
-			scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui
-		</connection>
-		<developerConnection>
-			scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui
-		</developerConnection>
-		<url>
-			http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace-xmlui
-		</url>
+		<connection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-xmlui</developerConnection>
+		<url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace-xmlui</url>
 	</scm>
 
 	<build>
@@ -163,5 +154,4 @@
 
 	</dependencies>
 
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace/modules/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/pom.xml
index efece753fe..a5b61a0b9b 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
 	<groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
 	<artifactId>modules</artifactId>
@@ -13,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
 		<artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<repositories>
@@ -40,5 +37,4 @@
 		<module>dspace-sword</module>
 	</modules>
 	
-</project>
-
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dspace/pom.xml b/dspace/pom.xml
index 0d5eb40406..f67b71c836 100644
--- a/dspace/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace</artifactId>
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -60,13 +57,9 @@
    	into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-   	<connection>
-   		scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace
-   	</connection>
-   	<developerConnection>
-   		scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace
-   	</developerConnection>
-   	<url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace</url>
+   	<connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace</connection>
+   	<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace</developerConnection>
+   	<url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/dspace</url>
    </scm>
 
    <profiles>
@@ -513,4 +506,4 @@
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/language-packs/pom.xml b/language-packs/pom.xml
index 7a95c96149..d433a0a978 100644
--- a/language-packs/pom.xml
+++ b/language-packs/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +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/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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>language-packs</artifactId>
@@ -18,7 +15,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <repositories>
@@ -61,15 +58,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/language-packs
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/language-packs
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/language-packs
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/language-packs</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/language-packs</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1/language-packs</url>
    </scm>
 
    <build>
@@ -79,8 +70,7 @@
             <configuration>
                <tasks>
                   <mkdir dir="target/classes" />
-                  <copy todir="target/classes"
-                     includeEmptyDirs="false">
+                  <copy todir="target/classes" includeEmptyDirs="false">
                      <fileset dir="${basedir}">
                         <include name="**/*.properties" />
                         <exclude name="**/*.UTF-8" />
@@ -143,4 +133,4 @@
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d92a619bea..f0dc1d4f99 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-<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>
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-   <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   <version>1.5.0-beta1</version>
    <name>DSpace Parent Project</name>
    <url>http://projects.dspace.org</url>
 
@@ -655,15 +653,9 @@
       into the snapshot repository below.
    -->
    <scm>
-      <connection>
-         scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x
-      </connection>
-      <developerConnection>
-         scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x
-      </developerConnection>
-      <url>
-         http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x
-      </url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/tags/dspace-1_5-beta1</url>
    </scm>
 
    <!-- 
@@ -752,4 +744,4 @@
       </plugins>
    </reporting>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file