Apache Maven Beginner to Guru - Overview of Maven Bill of Materials (BOM)

The video tutorial explains the concept of a Bill of Material (BOM), originally a manufacturing term, and its adoption in Maven for managing dependencies. It details how BOM is used in Maven's dependency management section to standardize versions across multiple modules. The tutorial highlights the importance of explicitly declaring dependencies to ensure they become transitive and provides practical examples of using BOM in projects, including how Spring Boot and Spring Cloud utilize BOM for dependency management.

Explain how attributes are inherited in Maven's dependency management.

What is the significance of using a BOM in larger and more complex projects?