--- a/.emacs-my	Mon Nov 12 16:58:37 2012 +0200
+++ b/.emacs-my	Wed Nov 14 10:57:10 2012 +0200
@@ -2419,6 +2419,8 @@
 (setq nxml-child-indent 2)
 (setq nxml-attribute-indent 4)
 
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\.pom\\'" . nxml-mode))
+
 (eval-after-load 'rng-loc
   '(progn
      (add-to-list 'rng-schema-locating-files "~/.emacs.d/rnc/schemas.xml")