(JVZ: I am work on this - June 6th - and will present a format to the list today)
This is the home page for the Maven space, which includes discussions, ideas and design documents. For user-contributed documentation for Maven, see the Maven User space.
Design
Maven 2.1
Issues that need to be dealt with first: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&mode=hide&sorter/order=DESC&sorter/field=priority&resolution=-1&pid=10332&fixfor=13535
Maven 2.1 Design Documents
Architectural Goals for Maven 2.1
Maven 2.1 Backward Compatibility Information
Maven 2.1 Artifact Resolution Specification
The Embedder for all client use in 2.1
New Feature Summaries
IT Problems
Design Queue
Work In Progress
Development Process
Development Process
Development Procedures
Maven Release Process
Maven Sandbox
Maven Zone at Apache
Why Use Maven
Taxonomy
Taxonomy (these are all the documents aligned to the Taxonomy)
Maven Taxonomy (this is the actual categorization)