diff --git a/scanners/example-scanner/pom.xml b/scanners/example-scanner/pom.xml
index 4f55071..2f110cc 100755
--- a/scanners/example-scanner/pom.xml
+++ b/scanners/example-scanner/pom.xml
@@ -14,28 +14,26 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- example uses output dir of ae-dependency-extractor; overwrite on command line -->
-        <source.dir>${project.basedir}/../../extractors/dependency-extractors/ae-dependency-extractor/target/scan</source.dir>
-
+        <ae.core.version>0.113.0</ae.core.version>
+        <ae.artifact.analysis.version>0.106.0</ae.artifact.analysis.version>
         <ae.universe.version>1.7.0</ae.universe.version>
 
+        <!-- the directory to scan; supply on command line -->
+        <source.dir></source.dir>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
+            <!-- plugin to scan the input directory for files -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.metaeffekt.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>ae-inventory-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- plugin performing the license scan on the identified items -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.metaeffekt.artifact.analysis</groupId>
                 <artifactId>ae-artifact-analysis-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${ae.artifact.analysis.version}</version>
             </plugin>
 
         </plugins>
@@ -77,20 +75,20 @@
                                 <scanDirectory>${project.build.directory}/scan</scanDirectory>
 
                                 <enableImplicitUnpack>false</enableImplicitUnpack>
-                                <enableComponentPatternDetection>true</enableComponentPatternDetection>
+                                <includeEmbedded>true</includeEmbedded>
+                                <enableDetectComponentPatterns>true</enableDetectComponentPatterns>
 
                                 <failOnError>false</failOnError>
                                 <failOnBanned>false</failOnBanned>
-                                <failOnInternal>false</failOnInternal>
-                                <failOnUnknownVersion>false</failOnUnknownVersion>
-                                <failOnUnknown>false</failOnUnknown>
-                                <failOnUpgrade>false</failOnUpgrade>
                                 <failOnDowngrade>false</failOnDowngrade>
+                                <failOnUnknown>false</failOnUnknown>
+                                <failOnUnknownVersion>false</failOnUnknownVersion>
                                 <failOnDevelopment>false</failOnDevelopment>
+                                <failOnInternal>false</failOnInternal>
+                                <failOnUpgrade>false</failOnUpgrade>
                                 <failOnMissingLicense>false</failOnMissingLicense>
                                 <failOnMissingLicenseFile>false</failOnMissingLicenseFile>
                                 <failOnMissingNotice>false</failOnMissingNotice>
-                                <failOnMissingSources>false</failOnMissingSources>
 
                                 <!-- REMARKS:
                                     - the inventory may also consist of controls to further unpack archives in the
@@ -103,7 +101,6 @@
                                 <scanIncludes>**/*</scanIncludes>
                                 <scanExcludes>-none-</scanExcludes>
 
-
                                 <targetInventoryDir>${project.build.directory}/inventory</targetInventoryDir>
                             </configuration>
                         </execution>
@@ -113,7 +110,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>com.metaeffekt.artifact.analysis</groupId>
                     <artifactId>ae-artifact-analysis-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${version.ae.artifact.analysis}</version>
+                    <version>${ae.artifact.analysis.version}</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>extract</id>
diff --git a/scanners/scanner-template/pom.xml b/scanners/scanner-template/pom.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d93a99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanners/scanner-template/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+<?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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>org.metaeffekt.example.documentation</groupId>
+    <artifactId>scanner-template</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <description>Self-contained template pom.xml for integrated license scanning.</description>
+
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <ae.core.version>0.113.0</ae.core.version>
+        <ae.artifact.analysis.version>0.104.0</ae.artifact.analysis.version>
+        <ae.universe.version>1.7.0</ae.universe.version>
+
+        <!-- the directory to scan; supply on command line -->
+        <source.dir></source.dir>
+
+        <!-- access to the metaeffekt universe requires a license key protected by password; supplied by metaeffekt; provide on command line -->
+        <universe.consumer.password></universe.consumer.password>
+        <universe.consumer.keys></universe.consumer.keys>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- plugin to scan the input directory for files -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.metaeffekt.core</groupId>
+                <artifactId>ae-inventory-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <!-- plugin performing the license scan on the identified items -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.metaeffekt.artifact.analysis</groupId>
+                <artifactId>ae-artifact-analysis-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+
+        </plugins>
+
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.metaeffekt.core</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>ae-inventory-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${ae.core.version}</version>
+                    <executions>
+
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>prepare-scan-directory</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>prepare-scan-directory</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <inputDirectory>${source.dir}</inputDirectory>
+                                <scanDirectory>${project.build.directory}/scan</scanDirectory>
+                                <scanIncludes>
+                                    <include>**/*</include>
+                                </scanIncludes>
+                                <scanExcludes>
+                                    <exclude>---nothing---</exclude>
+                                </scanExcludes>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>create-scan-report</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>create-directory-report</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <phase>process-sources</phase>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <scanDirectory>${project.build.directory}/scan</scanDirectory>
+
+                                <enableImplicitUnpack>false</enableImplicitUnpack>
+                                <includeEmbedded>true</includeEmbedded>
+                                <enableDetectComponentPatterns>true</enableDetectComponentPatterns>
+
+                                <failOnError>false</failOnError>
+                                <failOnBanned>false</failOnBanned>
+                                <failOnDowngrade>false</failOnDowngrade>
+                                <failOnUnknown>false</failOnUnknown>
+                                <failOnUnknownVersion>false</failOnUnknownVersion>
+                                <failOnDevelopment>false</failOnDevelopment>
+                                <failOnInternal>false</failOnInternal>
+                                <failOnUpgrade>false</failOnUpgrade>
+                                <failOnMissingLicense>false</failOnMissingLicense>
+                                <failOnMissingLicenseFile>false</failOnMissingLicenseFile>
+                                <failOnMissingNotice>false</failOnMissingNotice>
+
+                                <!-- REMARKS:
+                                    - the inventory may also consist of controls to further unpack archives in the
+                                      source tree. It can be more than component patterns
+                                -->
+                                <!-- NOTE: dedicated definition for component patterns -->
+                                <sourceInventoryDir>${project.basedir}/src/analysis</sourceInventoryDir>
+                                <sourceInventoryIncludes>component-patterns.xls</sourceInventoryIncludes>
+
+                                <scanIncludes>**/*</scanIncludes>
+                                <scanExcludes>-none-</scanExcludes>
+
+
+                                <targetInventoryDir>${project.build.directory}/inventory</targetInventoryDir>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
+
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>com.metaeffekt.artifact.analysis</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>ae-artifact-analysis-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${ae.artifact.analysis.version}</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>extract</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>extract-artifacts</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <phase>compile</phase>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <!-- NOTE: dedicated definition for component patterns -->
+                                <referenceInventoryDir>${project.basedir}/src/analysis/</referenceInventoryDir>
+                                <referenceInventoryIncludes>component-patterns.xls</referenceInventoryIncludes>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>scan</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>scan-artifacts</goal>
+                                <goal>report-artifacts</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <phase>compile</phase>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <!-- NOTE: for scanning and reporting we use the reference inventory -->
+                                <referenceInventoryDir>${project.basedir}/src/analysis</referenceInventoryDir>
+                                <referenceInventoryIncludes>reference-inventory.xls</referenceInventoryIncludes>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <id>${project.artifactId}</id>
+
+                        <scanControlPropertiesFile>${project.basedir}/src/analysis/scan-control.properties</scanControlPropertiesFile>
+
+                        <tmdGroupId>com.metaeffekt.universe</tmdGroupId>
+                        <tmdArtifactId>ae-metaeffekt-universe</tmdArtifactId>
+                        <tmdVersion>${ae.universe.version}</tmdVersion>
+
+                        <userPassword>${universe.consumer.password}</userPassword>
+                        <userKeysFile>${universe.consumer.keys}</userKeysFile>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/scanners/scanner-template/src/analysis/component-patterns.xls b/scanners/scanner-template/src/analysis/component-patterns.xls
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index 0000000..62b64c3
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diff --git a/scanners/scanner-template/src/analysis/reference-inventory.xls b/scanners/scanner-template/src/analysis/reference-inventory.xls
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diff --git a/scanners/scanner-template/src/analysis/scan-control.properties b/scanners/scanner-template/src/analysis/scan-control.properties
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6ed790f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanners/scanner-template/src/analysis/scan-control.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# These includes/excludes apply to unpacked analysis folder of an artifact in the analysis folder and specify the
+# files included in the scanning process.
+analyze.metascan.license.includes=**/*
+analyze.metascan.license.excludes=\
+  **/.DS_Store,**/._*,\
+  **/.git/**/*,**/.git*,**/.git*,\
+  **/.svn/**/*,\
+  **/*.mp4,**/*.class,\
+  **/*.so,**/*.so.*,**/*.a,\
+  **/debug/core,**/Debug/core
+
+# Segmentation filter includes/ignores. These includes specify which scan results contribute to the derived results.
+# Licenses in filtered files are still reported as identified terms. Licenses in files that are ignored are not
+# # reported.
+analyze.scan.segmentation.ignore.includes=--none--
+analyze.scan.segmentation.filter.includes=--none--
+
+# enable scanning features
+analyze.scan.pom.enabled=true
+analyze.scan.license.enabled=true
+analyze.scan.segmentation.enabled=true
+
+# these scanning features require scancode; currently disabled
+analyze.scan.scancode.enabled=false
+analyze.scan.copyright.segmentation.enabled=true
+
+# control overwrites; false means that scans are not overwritten and reused to boost performance of the scan
+analyze.scan.license.overwrite=false
+analyze.scan.scancode.overwrite=false
+analyze.scan.segmentation.overwrite=false
+analyze.scan.copyright.segmentation.overwrite=false
+
+# forces html reports are produced when true
+analyze.metascan.report.force=false