diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a5086bd..b83b2cce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <module>qanary_commons</module>
     <module>qanary_pipeline-template</module>
     <module>qanary_component-template</module>
+    <module>qanary_component-parent</module>
     <module>qald-evaluator</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/qanary_component-archetype/pom.xml b/qanary_component-archetype/pom.xml
index 5505ac66..c1272425 100644
--- a/qanary_component-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/qanary_component-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>eu.wdaqua.qanary.component</groupId>
     <artifactId>qa.qanarycomponent-archetype</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.1</version>
+    <version>1.2.0</version>
     <packaging>maven-archetype</packaging>
 
     <name>qanary-component-archetype</name>
diff --git a/qanary_component-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/qanary_component-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 2488661c..8b9596b7 100644
--- a/qanary_component-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/qanary_component-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@
 	<version>${version}</version>
 
 	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6.7</version>
+		<!-- TODO: permalink? / repo? -->
+    <groupId>eu.wdaqua.qanary</groupId>
+    <artifactId>qa.qanarycomponent-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
-		<qanary.version>[3.7.1,4.0.0)</qanary.version>
-		<spring-boot-admin.version>2.7.10</spring-boot-admin.version>
 		<docker.image.prefix>qanary</docker.image.prefix>
 		<!-- Replace the name of the docker image to be generated -->
 		<!-- if there is an error demanding a lower-case name, then you picked 
@@ -25,42 +24,8 @@
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>eu.wdaqua.qanary</groupId>
-			<artifactId>qa.component</artifactId>
-			<version>${qanary.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-admin-starter-client</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring-boot-admin.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-					<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
+		<!-- common minimum dependencies are inherited from parent -->
+		<!-- specify optional commmon dependencies (see <dependencyManagement> in parent) -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
@@ -71,7 +36,15 @@
 			<artifactId>json-path-assert</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>springdoc-openapi-ui</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- TODO: specify dependencies for this component -->
+
 	</dependencies>
+
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
@@ -106,6 +79,16 @@
 							<goal>push</goal>
 						</goals>
 					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>default-2</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>tag</goal>
+							<goal>push</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<tag>latest</tag>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
 				</executions>
 				<configuration>
 					<repository>${docker.image.name}</repository>
diff --git a/qanary_component-parent/pom.xml b/qanary_component-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca0df338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qanary_component-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>eu.wdaqua.qanary</groupId>
+	<artifactId>qa.qanarycomponent-parent</artifactId>
+	<version>0.1.0</version>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+	<name>qanary-component-parent</name>
+
+	<parent>
+		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-parent -->
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>2.6.7</version>
+		<relativePath/>
+	</parent>
+	<properties>
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
+		<qanary.version>[3.7.0,4.0.0)</qanary.version>
+		<spring-boot-admin.version>2.6.7</spring-boot-admin.version>
+		<junit-jupiter.version>5.8.2</junit-jupiter.version>
+		<json-path.version>2.4.0</json-path.version>
+	</properties>
+
+	<!-- common dependencies that are implemented by all components -->
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>eu.wdaqua.qanary</groupId>
+			<artifactId>qa.component</artifactId>
+			<version>${qanary.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-web -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+			<version>${spring-boot-admin.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-test -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<version>${spring-boot-admin.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-parent -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-admin-starter-client</artifactId>
+			<version>${spring-boot-admin.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hamcrest/hamcrest-all -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+			<version>1.3</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<!-- common dependencies that may be implemented by some components -->
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.jayway.jsonpath/json-path -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
+				<artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
+				<version>${json-path.version}</version>
+				<scope>test</scope>
+			</dependency>
+			<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.jayway.jsonpath/json-path-assert -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
+				<artifactId>json-path-assert</artifactId>
+				<version>${json-path.version}</version>
+				<scope>test</scope>
+			</dependency>
+			<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.code.gson/gson -->
+			<dependency>
+					<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+					<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+					<version>2.10.1</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.junit.jupiter/junit-jupiter-engine -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+				<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+				<version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+				<scope>test</scope>
+			</dependency>
+			<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.junit.jupiter/junit-jupiter-api -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+				<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+				<version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+				<scope>test</scope>
+			</dependency>
+			<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springdoc/springdoc-openapi-ui -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
+				<artifactId>springdoc-openapi-ui</artifactId>
+				<version>1.7.0</version>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
+
+</project>