difference of artifactId and name in maven POM

Question

I am new to maven and I'm confused about the difference between the artifactId and name.

What I know is that artifactId is the name of the artifact you are creating. I know that artifactId together with the groupId is use to uniquely identifies an artifact. So what is <name> purpose in POM. like the pom below I got from a site there is an artifactId and at the same time a <name>.

<groupId>org.sonatype.mavenbook.multi</groupId> <artifactId>simple-parent</artifactId> <packaging>pom</packaging> <version>1.0</version> <name>Multi Chapter Simple Parent Project</name> 

Answer 1

You are correct that the artifactId helps identify the project.

The name is simply a human-readable "friendly" name. It is not required for a basic setup.

From the Maven documentation,

artifactId: The artifactId is generally the name that the project is known by. Although the groupId is important, people within the group will rarely mention the groupId in discussion ... It, along with the groupId, create a key that separates this project from every other project in the world (at least, it should :) ). Along with the groupId, the artifactId fully defines the artifact's living quarters within the repository.