If a sub-project has a & in its description, multiproject:site fails, even though site:generate works fine on the sub-project: xdoc:jelly-transform: [echo] Generating D:/cvs/maven-plugins/test-multiproject/target/docs/projects-overview.html from D:\cvs\maven-plugins\test-multiproject\target\generated-xdocs\projects-overview.xml BUILD FAILED File...... C:\Documents and Settings\t_fl01\.maven\cache\maven-xdoc-plugin-1.9-snapshot-cpqd\plugin.jelly Element... x:parse Line...... 719 Column.... 42 Error on line 31 of document file:/D:/cvs/maven-plugins/test-multiproject/target/generated-xdocs/projects-overview.xml: The reference to entity ":" must end with the ';' delimiter. Nested exception: The reference to entity ":" must end with the ';' delimiter. Total time: 39 seconds Finished at: Mon Aug 23 10:05:13 BRT 2004 I haven't checked how projects-overview.xml is generated yet, but it is probably applying a XSL on the sub-project POM, and that transformation is replacing & for &.