diff --git a/norconex-committer-core/TODO.txt b/norconex-committer-core/TODO.txt
index e9fed19..a52e07d 100644
--- a/norconex-committer-core/TODO.txt
+++ b/norconex-committer-core/TODO.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 - Create a Spreadsheet Committer, with support for how to join multi-values.
 
+- Create a new committer that saves docs to a flat file.  XML and/or Json.
+  With option to break into numbered file after X bytes or X docs.
+
 - Add committer server
 
 - Add chainable committers??
diff --git a/norconex-committer-core/pom.xml b/norconex-committer-core/pom.xml
index 612529a..adce2b9 100644
--- a/norconex-committer-core/pom.xml
+++ b/norconex-committer-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- 
-   Copyright 2014-2016 Norconex Inc.
+   Copyright 2014-2017 Norconex Inc.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@
         <artifactId>norconex-commons-lang</artifactId>
         <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.norconex.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>norconex-commons-lang</artifactId>
+        <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <classifier>resources</classifier>
+        <type>zip</type>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>    
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>junit</groupId>
     	<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
@@ -250,6 +258,9 @@
               <addDefaultSpecificationEntries>true</addDefaultSpecificationEntries>
             </manifest>
           </archive>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>THIRD-PARTY.txt</exclude>
+          </excludes>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
@@ -306,7 +317,28 @@
           <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
           <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
         </configuration>
-      </plugin>    
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>unpack-shared-resources</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <classifier>resources</classifier>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/shared-resources</outputDirectory>
+              <includeArtifacIds>norconex-commons-lang</includeArtifacIds>
+              <includeGroupIds>com.norconex.commons</includeGroupIds>
+              <excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>  
   </build>
 
diff --git a/norconex-committer-core/src/changes/changes.xml b/norconex-committer-core/src/changes/changes.xml
index 18c5e54..367e0f7 100644
--- a/norconex-committer-core/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/norconex-committer-core/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
       <action dev="essiembre" type="add">
         Added schema-based XML configuration validation.
       </action>
+      <action dev="essiembre" type="add">
+        Now distributed with install scripts and other utility scripts.
+      </action>
       <action dev="essiembre" type="update">
         XML configuration entries expecting millisecond durations
         can now be provided in human-readable format 
diff --git a/norconex-committer-core/src/main/assembly/dist.xml b/norconex-committer-core/src/main/assembly/dist.xml
index 5b00619..f9432e3 100644
--- a/norconex-committer-core/src/main/assembly/dist.xml
+++ b/norconex-committer-core/src/main/assembly/dist.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- 
-   Copyright 2010-2014 Norconex Inc.
+   Copyright 2010-2017 Norconex Inc.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
       <directory>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources</directory>
       <outputDirectory>third-party</outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}/shared-resources</directory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>scripts/decrypt*</exclude>
+        <exclude>scripts/encrypt*</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/license</directory>
       <includes>