diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4a5fa20f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# defining some compiler arguments
+javacSource=1.4
+javacTarget=1.4
+
+# Release Configuration
+releaseVersion=0.375
+releaseFile=yacy_dev_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}.tar.gz
+releaseDir=yacy_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}
+releaseNr=$Revision$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 19b4de8fc..89a111306 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -65,14 +65,17 @@
 <property name="htroot" location="htroot"/>
 <property name="release" location="RELEASE"/>
 
-<!-- defining some compiler arguments -->
-<property name="javacSource" value="1.4"/>
-<property name="javacTarget" value="1.4"/>
-
-<!-- Release Configuration -->
-<property name="releaseVersion" value="0.375"/>
-<property name="releaseFile" value="yacy_dev_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}.tar.gz"/>
-
+<loadproperties srcFile="build.properties"> 
+    <filterchain>           
+        <tokenfilter>
+            <containsregex 
+                pattern="^releaseNr=\$Revision:\s(.*)\s\$"
+                replace="releaseNr=\1"/>
+        </tokenfilter>
+     </filterchain>   
+</loadproperties>   
+<loadproperties srcFile="build.properties"/>    
+    
 <target name="init">
   <mkdir dir="${build}/de/anomic/data"/>
   <mkdir dir="${build}/de/anomic/htmlFilter"/>
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@
     <property name="build" location="${build}"/>
     <property name="libx" location="${libx}"/>
     <property name="release" location="${release}"/>
+    <property name="releaseDir" value="${releaseDir}"/>
     <property name="javacSource" value="${javacSource}"/>
     <property name="javacTarget" value="${javacTarget}"/>
     <!-- each optional parser must have its own build file --> 
@@ -162,15 +166,32 @@
     <property name="libx" location="${libx}"/>
     <property name="htroot" value="${htroot}"/>    
     <property name="release" location="${release}"/>
+    <property name="releaseDir" value="${releaseDir}"/> 
     <property name="javacSource" value="${javacSource}"/>
     <property name="javacTarget" value="${javacTarget}"/>
     <!-- each optionl uploader module must have its own build file --> 
     <fileset dir="${src}/" includes="de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUpload*.xml"/>
   </subant>
 </target>   
+ 
+<!-- compiling optional soap API and building install packages -->   
+<target name="yacySOAP" depends="compile" description="Compiling and zipping additional yacy SOAP API">
+  <subant target="">
+    <property name="src" location="${src}"/>
+    <property name="build" location="${build}"/>
+    <property name="libx" location="${libx}"/>
+    <property name="htroot" value="${htroot}"/>    
+    <property name="release" location="${release}"/>
+    <property name="releaseDir" value="${releaseDir}"/> 
+    <property name="javacSource" value="${javacSource}"/>
+    <property name="javacTarget" value="${javacTarget}"/>
+    <!-- each optionl uploader module must have its own build file --> 
+    <fileset dir="${src}/" includes="de/anomic/soap/build.xml"/>
+  </subant>
+</target>       
 
 <!-- making a release file for yacy -->   
-<target name="dist" depends="all,parsers,seedUploaders" description="Compiling sources and make a release file ...">
+<target name="dist" depends="all,parsers,seedUploaders,yacySOAP" description="Compiling sources and make a release file ...">
 
   <!-- defining some file/directory access rights -->   
   <property name="accessRightsDir" value="755"/>
@@ -179,22 +200,22 @@
   <tar destfile="${release}/${releaseFile}" compression="gzip" defaultexcludes="yes">
 
   <!-- copy class files -->
-  <tarfileset dir="${build}" prefix="classes" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}" >
+  <tarfileset dir="${build}" prefix="${releaseDir}/classes" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}" >
     <include name="**/*.*"/>
     <exclude name="de/anomic/plasma/parser/*/*"/>
     <exclude name="de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/**"/> 
     <exclude name="de/anomic/soap/**"/>
   </tarfileset>
-    <tarfileset dir="${build}" prefix="classes" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}" >
+    <tarfileset dir="${build}" prefix="${releaseDir}/classes" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}" >
       <include name="de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUploadFile.class"/>
       <include name="de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUploadFtp.class"/>        
     </tarfileset>
     
   <!-- copy libs -->
-  <tarfileset dir="${lib}" includes="**/*" prefix="lib" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}"/>
+  <tarfileset dir="${lib}" includes="**/*" prefix="${releaseDir}/lib" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}"/>
 
   <!-- copy configuration files -->
-  <tarfileset dir="." dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
+  <tarfileset dir="." dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}" prefix="${releaseDir}">
     <include name="yacy.init"/>
     <include name="yacy.yellow"/>
     <include name="yacy.black"/>
@@ -206,7 +227,7 @@
   </tarfileset>
 
   <!-- copy wrappers -->
-  <tarfileset dir="." dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
+  <tarfileset dir="." dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}" prefix="${releaseDir}">
     <include name="startYACY.command"/>
     <include name="startYACY.bat"/>
     <include name="startYACY_noconsole.bat"/>
@@ -218,38 +239,38 @@
   </tarfileset>
 
   <!-- copy documentation -->
-  <tarfileset dir="." dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
+  <tarfileset dir="." dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}" prefix="${releaseDir}">
     <include name="readme.txt"/>
     <include name="gpl.txt"/>
   </tarfileset>
-  <tarfileset dir="${doc}" prefix="doc" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
+  <tarfileset dir="${doc}" prefix="${releaseDir}/doc" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
     <include name="**/*"/>
   </tarfileset>
 
   <!-- copy source code -->
-  <tarfileset dir="${src}" prefix="source" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
+  <tarfileset dir="${src}" prefix="${releaseDir}/source" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
     <include name="**/*.*"/>
     <exclude name="de/anomic/plasma/parser/*/*"/>
     <exclude name="de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUpload**"/>
     <exclude name="de/anomic/soap/**"/> 
   </tarfileset>
-  <tarfileset dir="${src}" prefix="source" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
+  <tarfileset dir="${src}" prefix="${releaseDir}/source" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
     <include name="de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUploadFile.java"/>
     <include name="de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUploadFtp.java"/>        
   </tarfileset>    
 
   <!-- copy server pages -->
-  <tarfileset dir="${htroot}" prefix="htroot" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
+  <tarfileset dir="${htroot}" prefix="${releaseDir}/htroot" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
     <include name="**/*"/>
     <exclude name="yacy/seedUpload/**"/>     
   </tarfileset>
-    <tarfileset dir="${htroot}" prefix="htroot" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}" >
+    <tarfileset dir="${htroot}" prefix="${releaseDir}/htroot" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}" >
       <include name="yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUploadFile.html"/>
       <include name="yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUploadFtp.html"/>        
     </tarfileset>    
 
   <!-- copy add-on's -->
-  <tarfileset dir="${addon}" prefix="addon" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
+  <tarfileset dir="${addon}" prefix="${releaseDir}/addon" dirmode="${accessRightsDir}" mode="${accessRightsFile}">
     <include name="**/*"/>
   </tarfileset>
   </tar>
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/bzip/build.xml b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/bzip/build.xml
index da8adf223..30e7f30d8 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/bzip/build.xml
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/bzip/build.xml
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
   	  <tar destfile="${parserArchive}" compression="gzip">
         <tarfileset dir="${libx}" 
                     includes="bzip2.jar" 
-                    prefix="libx/"
+                    prefix="${releaseDir}/libx/"
                     dirmode="755" mode="644"/>        
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${src}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${build}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>	  	
   	  </tar>    	
     </target>	
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/doc/build.xml b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/doc/build.xml
index d9dcae2b4..7e53a630e 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/doc/build.xml
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/doc/build.xml
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
   	  <tar destfile="${parserArchive}" compression="gzip">
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${libx}" 
   	  				includes="tm-extractors-0.4.*" 
-  	  				prefix="libx/"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/libx/"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${src}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${build}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>	  	
   	  </tar>    	
     </target>	
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/gzip/build.xml b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/gzip/build.xml
index 293aabd8d..29d72e740 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/gzip/build.xml
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/gzip/build.xml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 	  <echo message="Compressing ${parserLongName} Version ${parserVersion} ..."/>  
   	  <tar destfile="${parserArchive}" compression="gzip">
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${src}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${build}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>	  	
   	  </tar>    	
     </target>	
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/mimeType/build.xml b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/mimeType/build.xml
index b74f1c02c..0dba9b2f5 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/mimeType/build.xml
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/mimeType/build.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
   	  <tar destfile="${parserArchive}" compression="gzip">
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${libx}" 
   	  				includes="jmimemagic-0.0.4a.jar,jakarta-oro-2.0.7.jar,log4j-1.2.9.jar,xerces.jar" 
-  	  				prefix="libx/"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/libx/"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${src}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${build}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>	  	
   	  </tar>    	
     </target>	
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/pdf/build.xml b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/pdf/build.xml
index be0c80850..72aeaa6f0 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/pdf/build.xml
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/pdf/build.xml
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@
   	  <tar destfile="${parserArchive}" compression="gzip">
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${libx}" 
   	  				includes="PDFBox-0.7.1.*" 
-  	  				prefix="libx/"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/libx/"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${libx}" 
   	  				includes="log4j-1.2.9.*" 
-  	  				prefix="libx/" 
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/libx/" 
 			        dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${src}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${build}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>	  	
   	  </tar>    	
     </target>	
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rss/build.xml b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rss/build.xml
index e6c5d0cf2..b4038b356 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rss/build.xml
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rss/build.xml
@@ -32,18 +32,14 @@
 	  <echo message="Compressing ${parserLongName} Version ${parserVersion} ..."/>  
   	  <tar destfile="${parserArchive}" compression="gzip">
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${libx}" 
-  	  				includes="informa-0.6.0.*" 
-  	  				prefix="libx/"
+  	  				includes="informa-0.6.0.*,commons-logging.jar,jdom.jar" 
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/libx/"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
-  	  	<tarfileset dir="${libx}" 
-  	  				includes="commons-logging.jar,jdom.jar" 
-  	  				prefix="libx/"
-			  		dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${src}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${build}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 					dirmode="755" mode="644"/>	  	
   	  </tar>    	
     </target>	
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rtf/build.xml b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rtf/build.xml
index 3d01a57f7..9671e91b3 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rtf/build.xml
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/rtf/build.xml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 	  <echo message="Compressing ${parserLongName} Version ${parserVersion} ..."/>  
   	  <tar destfile="${parserArchive}" compression="gzip">
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${src}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${build}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>	  	
   	  </tar>    	
     </target>	
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/tar/build.xml b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/tar/build.xml
index c6722711e..0dadf4501 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/tar/build.xml
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/tar/build.xml
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
   	  <tar destfile="${parserArchive}" compression="gzip">
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${libx}" 
   	  				includes="tar.jar" 
-  	  				prefix="libx/"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/libx/"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${src}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${build}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>	  	
   	  </tar>    	
     </target>	
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/zip/build.xml b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/zip/build.xml
index 1bee299b8..2d4c98b39 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/zip/build.xml
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/zip/build.xml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 	  <echo message="Compressing ${parserLongName} Version ${parserVersion} ..."/>  
   	  <tar destfile="${parserArchive}" compression="gzip">
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${src}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${build}/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}" 
-  	  				prefix="classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/classes/de/anomic/plasma/parser/${parserShortName}"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>	  	
   	  </tar>    	
     </target>	
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/soap/build.xml b/source/de/anomic/soap/build.xml
index bf469d41e..476a079af 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/soap/build.xml
+++ b/source/de/anomic/soap/build.xml
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
   	  <tar destfile="${addonArchive}" compression="gzip">
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${libx}" 
   	  				includes="axis.jar,axis-ant.jar,commons-discovery.jar,commons-logging.jar,jaxrpc.jar,saaj.jar,wsdl4j.jar" 
-  	  				prefix="libx/"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/libx/"
 			  		dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${src}/de/anomic/soap/" 
-  	  				prefix="source/de/anomic/soap/"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/source/de/anomic/soap/"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${build}/de/anomic/soap/" 
-  	  				prefix="classes/de/anomic/soap/"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/classes/de/anomic/soap/"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>			  	  					  	  		
   	  </tar>    	
     </target>	
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUploadScp.xml b/source/de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUploadScp.xml
index 1d032dbad..b48c63d99 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUploadScp.xml
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/yacySeedUploadScp.xml
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@
   	  <tar destfile="${parserArchive}" compression="gzip">
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${libx}" 
   	  				includes="jsch-0.1.19.*" 
-  	  				prefix="libx/"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/libx/"
 			  		dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${src}/de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/" 
   	  			    includes="yacySeedUpload${addonShortName}.java"
-  	  				prefix="source/de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/source/de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${build}/de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/" 
   	  			    includes="yacySeedUpload${addonShortName}.class"
-  	  				prefix="classes/de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/classes/de/anomic/yacy/seedUpload/"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>
   	  	<tarfileset dir="${htroot}/yacy/seedUpload/" 
   	  			    includes="yacySeedUpload${addonShortName}.html"
-  	  				prefix="htroot/yacy/seedUpload/"
+  	  				prefix="${releaseDir}/htroot/yacy/seedUpload/"
 			  	  	dirmode="755" mode="644"/>				  	  					  	  		
   	  </tar>    	
     </target>