title: Common test data for multiple independent maven projects
body: <p>I have a maven project that converts text files of a specific format to another format. 
  For testing I have put in src/test/resources a large amount of test files.</p>
  
  <p>I also have another project that uses the first one to do the conversion and then do some extra stuff on the output format. I also want to test this project against the same test dataset, but I dont want to have duplicate data sets and I want to be able to test the first project alone since it is also a standalone converter project. </p>
  
  <p>Is there any common solution for doing that? I dont mind <strong>not having</strong> the test dataset inside the projects source tree as long as each project can access the data set independently of the other. I dont want to setup a database for that also. I am thinking something like a repository of test data simpler than an RDBMS. Is there any application for this kind of need that I can use with a specific maven plugin?  Ease of setup and simplicity is my priority. Also I m thinking something like packaging the test data and putting it in a internal maven repo and then downloading it and unzip it in the junit code. Or better, is there a maven plugin that can do this for me? </p>
  
  <p>Any ideas? </p>