[MNG-6864] Malformed --> Invalid error message

**[Elliotte Rusty Harold](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=elharo)** opened **[MNG-6864](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6864?redirect=false)** and commented

Recently got this error messge:

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[ERROR] [ERROR] Some problems were encountered while processing the POMs:
[ERROR] Malformed POM /home/elharo/java-docs-samples/storage/space/debugstorage/pom.xml: Unrecognised tag: 'project' (position: START_TAG seen ...\\n \n \... `@33`:14) @ /home/elharo/java-docs-samples/storage/space/debugstorage/pom.xml, line 33, column 14

The error message was mostly correct. I had some elements where they weren't supposed to be. However the POM was well-formed as all tags balanced. It was invalid–not malformed–because the tags weren't where they should be.

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