diff --git a/resources/src/main/resources/assemblies/site.xml b/resources/src/main/resources/assemblies/site.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 905ea2bc..00000000
--- a/resources/src/main/resources/assemblies/site.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
-	<id>site</id>
-	<formats>
-		<format>zip</format>
-	</formats>
-	<includeBaseDirectory>true</includeBaseDirectory>
-	<componentDescriptors>
-		<componentDescriptor>resources.xml</componentDescriptor>
-	</componentDescriptors>
-	<fileSets>
-		<fileSet>
-			<directory>${project.root}/target/schemas</directory>
-			<outputDirectory>schemas</outputDirectory>
-		</fileSet>
-	</fileSets>
-</assembly>
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diff --git a/resources/src/main/resources/assemblies/static-resources.xml b/resources/src/main/resources/assemblies/static-resources.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d5a6a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/src/main/resources/assemblies/static-resources.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
+	<id>resources</id>
+	<formats>
+		<format>dir</format>
+	</formats>
+	<includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+	<fileSets>
+		<fileSet>
+			<!-- 
+				Adds readme and other textfiles to the root of the distribution archive. 
+			-->
+			<directory>${project.root}/src/main/resources</directory>
+			<includes>
+				<include>changelog.txt</include>
+			</includes>
+			<outputDirectory />
+			<lineEnding>dos</lineEnding>
+		</fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+			<!-- 
+				Adds reference manual (html and pdf) to the distribution archive 
+				under the 'docs/reference' directory see pom.xml 'maven-javadoc-plugin' declaration. 
+			-->
+			<directory>${project.root}/target/site/reference</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>reference</outputDirectory>
+		</fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+			<!-- 
+				Adds javadoc html to the distribution archive under the 'docs/javadoc' 
+				directory see pom.xml 'maven-javadoc-plugin' declaration.
+			-->
+			<directory>${project.root}/target/site/apidocs</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>api</outputDirectory>
+		</fileSet>
+	</fileSets>
+</assembly>
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