The way to use assemblies descriptors is not described

Assembly XML format is given but the way to invoke the assembly XML is not.

An example like this should be provided:

<build>
<plugins>

<plugin>
<artifactid>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactid>
<version>2.2-beta-2</version>
<inherited>false</inherited>
<executions>
<!-- w/o dependencies -->
<execution>
<id>wo-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<appendassemblyid>false</appendassemblyid>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>src/assembly/no-dependencies.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions></plugin></plugins></build>