diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 43b018b..53f0973 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
+    <name>WebProtégé Backend API</name>
+    <description>This library defines an API for the webprotege-backend service</description>
     <groupId>edu.stanford.protege</groupId>
     <artifactId>webprotege-backend-api</artifactId>
     <version>3.1.0</version>