diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 29e142e..b1c79a7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>gedcom2sem</groupId>
 	<artifactId>gedcom2sem</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>gedcom2sem</name>
 	<url>http://gedcom2sem.googlecode.com/</url>
 	<description>links gedcom databases with the semantic web</description>
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
 	<licenses>
 		<license>
 			<name>GNU General Public License</name>
diff --git a/src/main/assembly/gpl-2.0-license.txt b/src/main/assembly/GPL_2.0_LICENSE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/assembly/gpl-2.0-license.txt
rename to src/main/assembly/GPL_2.0_LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/src/main/assembly/zip.xml b/src/main/assembly/zip.xml
index 0d8001b..e61bf4c 100644
--- a/src/main/assembly/zip.xml
+++ b/src/main/assembly/zip.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 				<include>*.txt</include>
 			</includes>
 		</fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/scripts/</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+			<filtered>true<!-- fill in the proper jar name --></filtered>
+		</fileSet>
 		<!-- adds jar package to the root directory of zip package -->
 		<fileSet>
 			<directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/reports/classmates.arq b/src/main/resources/reports/classmates.arq
index f387812..3b6d97e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/reports/classmates.arq
+++ b/src/main/resources/reports/classmates.arq
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@
 #########################################################################
 
 ### from external data
-PREFIX dbo:          <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/>
-PREFIX dbr:          <http://dbpedia.org/resource/>
-PREFIX dbp:          <http://dbpedia.org/property/>
-PREFIX rdf:          <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> 
-PREFIX rdfs:         <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> 
-PREFIX xsd:          <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> 
+PREFIX dbo:      <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/>
+PREFIX dbr:      <http://dbpedia.org/resource/>
+PREFIX dbp:      <http://dbpedia.org/property/>
+PREFIX rdf:      <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> 
+PREFIX rdfs:     <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> 
+PREFIX xsd:      <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> 
 PREFIX wgs84:    <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
-PREFIX gn:           <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
-PREFIX foaf:         <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
-PREFIX bio:          <http://purl.org/vocab/bio/0.1/>
+PREFIX gn:       <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
+PREFIX foaf:     <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
+PREFIX bio:      <http://purl.org/vocab/bio/0.1/>
 
 ### converted gedcom
 PREFIX t: <http://purl.org/vocab/vnd/gedcom2sem.googlecode.com/2013-01-13/GedcomTags/type#> 
diff --git a/src/main/scripts/convert.bat b/src/main/scripts/convert.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5ee664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scripts/convert.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+java -Xmx1024M -cp ${project.build.finalName}.jar gedcom2sem.gedsem.Convert conf\prefixes.ttl conf\rules\basic.rules conf\rules\additional.rules test\kennedy.ged test\geoMashup.rules test\integration.rules test\geoNamesCache.ttl kennedy.ttl
+pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scripts/convert.sh b/src/main/scripts/convert.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6f9a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scripts/convert.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+java -Xmx1024M -cp gedcom2sem-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar gedcom2sem.gedsem.Convert conf/prefixes.ttl conf/rules/basic.rules conf/rules/additional.rules test/kennedy.ged test/geoMashup.rules test/integration.rules test/geoNamesCache.ttl kennedy.ttl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scripts/html-report.bat b/src/main/scripts/html-report.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89e3b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scripts/html-report.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+java -Xmx1024M -cp ${project.build.finalName}.jar gedcom2sem.semweb.Select conf\result-to-html.xsl conf\reports\AgeDiffBetweenSpouses.arq kennedy.ttl kennedy-age-diffs.html
+pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scripts/html-report.sh b/src/main/scripts/html-report.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee74502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scripts/html-report.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+java -Xmx1024M -cp gedcom2sem-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar gedcom2sem.semweb.Select conf/result-to-html.xsl conf/reports/AgeDiffBetweenSpouses.arq kennedy.ttl kennedy-age-diffs.html
diff --git a/src/main/scripts/kml.bat b/src/main/scripts/kml.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1018670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scripts/kml.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+java -Xmx1024M -cp ${project.build.finalName}.jar gedcom2sem.semweb.KmlGenerator conf\kml-by-birth.properties conf\reports\places-by-birth.arq kennedy.ttl kennedy.kml
+pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scripts/kml.sh b/src/main/scripts/kml.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c18a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scripts/kml.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+java -Xmx1024M -cp gedcom2sem-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar gedcom2sem.semweb.KmlGenerator conf/kml-by-birth.properties conf/reports/places-by-birth.arq kennedy.ttl kennedy.kml
diff --git a/src/main/scripts/select.bat b/src/main/scripts/select.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37cbe4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scripts/select.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+java -Xmx1024M -cp ${project.build.finalName}.jar gedcom2sem.semweb.Select conf\reports\places-by-birth.arq kennedy.ttl kennedy-by-birth.txt
+pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scripts/select.sh b/src/main/scripts/select.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b95384f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scripts/select.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+java -Xmx1024M -cp gedcom2sem-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar gedcom2sem.semweb.Select conf/reports/places-by-birth.arq kennedy.ttl kennedy-by-birth.txt
diff --git a/src/main/scripts/transform.bat b/src/main/scripts/transform.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..677e5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scripts/transform.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+java -Xmx1024M -cp ${project.build.finalName}.jar gedcom2sem.gedsem.Transform conf\prefixes.ttl conf\rules\foaf.rules conf\rules\bio test\primaryTopicOf.rules conf\rules\provenance test\geoMashup.rules test\integration.rules test\kennedy-mini.ged kennedy-mini.rdf
+pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scripts/transform.sh b/src/main/scripts/transform.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5be4603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scripts/transform.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+java -Xmx1024M -cp gedcom2sem-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar gedcom2sem.gedsem.Transform conf/prefixes.ttl conf/rules/foaf.rules conf/rules/bio test/primaryTopicOf.rules conf/rules/provenance test/geoMashup.rules test/integration.rules test/kennedy-mini.ged kennedy-mini.rdf