diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/pom.xml b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/pom.xml
index daa772796257057b2a3a65334037543b4b62dd18..ed8eb4c8386c3d5fac43a8214a96a3e34b724191 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/pom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>xplan-transform-cli</artifactId>
   <description>Kommandozeilentool fuer die Transformation zwischen XPlanGML Versionen</description>
+  <!-- XPlanTransformCLI is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. -->
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>de.latlon.product.xplanbox</groupId>
diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformAllExecutor.java b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformAllExecutor.java
index 4439f0302f27dfcac06353af251dc712963cafa7..8b013b097cab459a6d611092f13a7c4eefe8c8bd 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformAllExecutor.java
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformAllExecutor.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import java.sql.SQLException;
 import static de.latlon.xplan.commons.cli.DatabaseUtils.closeQuietly;
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated will be removed in a future version.
  * @author <a href="mailto:goltz@lat-lon.de">Lyn Goltz </a>
  */
 public class TransformAllExecutor {
diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformApplicationRunner.java b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformApplicationRunner.java
index 9889d23d3689e8b828a9d8ae998ff3af2a16f130..5ddf8985f7dcf627d462eab39765ea646ce9d23e 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformApplicationRunner.java
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformApplicationRunner.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import static java.nio.file.Files.exists;
 import static java.nio.file.Files.isDirectory;
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated will be removed in a future version.
  * @author <a href="mailto:goltz@lat-lon.de">Lyn Goltz </a>
  */
 @Component
diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformationSynchronizer.java b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformationSynchronizer.java
index 5d3d941984867ddc20c7c51c00daa8707c594058..258ec085cefbc5b618c9a879b87d8939560a84b7 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformationSynchronizer.java
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformationSynchronizer.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import static de.latlon.xplan.commons.XPlanVersion.XPLAN_41;
 import static de.latlon.xplan.transform.cli.TransformApplicationRunner.LOG_TABLE_NAME;
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated will be removed in a future version.
  * @author <a href="mailto:goltz@lat-lon.de">Lyn Goltz </a>
  */
 public class TransformationSynchronizer implements Synchronizer {
diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformingValidator.java b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformingValidator.java
index 1769cb36baa637ea473131d4a6f6c009631f4b70..06ffe5d1d8bd175c66a8728e76bf448a80d63b8f 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformingValidator.java
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/TransformingValidator.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated will be removed in a future version.
  * @author <a href="mailto:goltz@lat-lon.de">Lyn Goltz </a>
  */
 public class TransformingValidator {
diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/ValidateExecutor.java b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/ValidateExecutor.java
index 2d13dbd5d451a0a4144c21d0d5511a5827736b07..a463c55571701f49541fd2367fd7ab3228e410c2 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/ValidateExecutor.java
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/ValidateExecutor.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import static de.latlon.xplan.commons.XPlanVersion.XPLAN_41;
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated will be removed in a future version.
  * @author <a href="mailto:goltz@lat-lon.de">Lyn Goltz </a>
  */
 public class ValidateExecutor {
diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/XPlanTransformCLI.java b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/XPlanTransformCLI.java
index b9d0347c58e173a6530e4c8663029aea82e91f3a..a2e0fb760786748f2a80b3d5e915539ee187df23 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/XPlanTransformCLI.java
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/XPlanTransformCLI.java
@@ -20,18 +20,16 @@
  */
 package de.latlon.xplan.transform.cli;
 
-import de.latlon.xplan.transform.cli.config.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.boot.Banner;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 
 import static de.latlon.xplan.transform.cli.TransformApplicationRunner.LOG_TABLE_NAME;
 
 /**
  * Kommandozeilenwerkzeug (command line interface) zum Verwalten von XPlanArchiven.
  *
+ * @deprecated will be removed in a future version.
  * @author <a href="mailto:schneider@occamlabs.de">Markus Schneider</a>
  * @since 1.0
  */
diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/config/ApplicationContext.java b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/config/ApplicationContext.java
index ad93bd480eea98f4be9b5538debc72d262c39f0f..9aeb92d13b7e023ca03ccd4bbacb782ccfb99894 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/config/ApplicationContext.java
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/config/ApplicationContext.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import static de.latlon.xplan.manager.workspace.WorkspaceUtils.instantiateWorksp
 /**
  * Spring Application Context for initialising TransformTool components.
  *
+ * @deprecated will be removed in a future version.
  * @author <a href="mailto:goltz@lat-lon.de">Lyn Goltz</a>
  */
 @Configuration
diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/CsvTransformationResultWriter.java b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/CsvTransformationResultWriter.java
index 234277f8f7b9eea986d9059855cba87fa700c5bf..3f0a66cd145642477908c914f697f2b248454317 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/CsvTransformationResultWriter.java
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/CsvTransformationResultWriter.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import static java.nio.file.Files.newOutputStream;
 import static org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.write;
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated will be removed in a future version.
  * @author <a href="mailto:goltz@lat-lon.de">Lyn Goltz </a>
  */
 public class CsvTransformationResultWriter implements TransformationResultWriter {
diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/FileTransformationResultWriter.java b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/FileTransformationResultWriter.java
index 7c55188b8daa72b111ab158410322462e8a14e58..dbfd1138a69a1b4e7242d800c422d969059f8907 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/FileTransformationResultWriter.java
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/FileTransformationResultWriter.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import static java.nio.file.Files.newOutputStream;
 import static org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.write;
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated will be removed in a future version.
  * @author <a href="mailto:goltz@lat-lon.de">Lyn Goltz </a>
  */
 public class FileTransformationResultWriter implements TransformationResultWriter {
diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/TransformationResultWriter.java b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/TransformationResultWriter.java
index 1b5ebd5f058e6b923d7d163d44aec24f1407cba7..d3d535a7a8ba1fc36d37d948d9c07d1a06a50ffd 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/TransformationResultWriter.java
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/TransformationResultWriter.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import de.latlon.xplan.validator.syntactic.report.SyntacticValidatorResult;
 import java.io.Closeable;
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated will be removed in a future version.
  * @author <a href="mailto:goltz@lat-lon.de">Lyn Goltz </a>
  */
 public interface TransformationResultWriter extends Closeable {
diff --git a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/TransformingValidationResult.java b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/TransformingValidationResult.java
index aee61dffacc9d2c07f0efab6bb2ecb24282ee1a8..49e2fdf37f7d0be4cf6144e1e0ae28e50c4d7629 100644
--- a/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/TransformingValidationResult.java
+++ b/xplan-cli/xplan-transform-cli/src/main/java/de/latlon/xplan/transform/cli/result/TransformingValidationResult.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import de.latlon.xplan.manager.web.shared.XPlan;
 import de.latlon.xplan.validator.syntactic.report.SyntacticValidatorResult;
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated will be removed in a future version.
  * @author <a href="mailto:goltz@lat-lon.de">Lyn Goltz </a>
  */
 public class TransformingValidationResult {