An artifact is a file, usually a JAR, that gets deployed to a Maven repository.
• A Maven build produces one or more artifacts,
such as a compiled JAR and a "sources" JAR.
• Each artifact has a group ID (usually a reversed domain name,
like com.example.foo), an artifact ID (just a name), and a
version string. The three together uniquely identify the artifact.
Example:
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>seleniumjava</artifactId>
<version>3.11.0</version>
• A project's dependencies are specified as artifacts.