Contains:

1) Finalized XML configuration structure (root-context.xml imports etc)
2) Added /properties folder hosting all .properties files that
externilize application settings (databse details, GIS data
configuration etc) 
3) Finalized declarative(Annotation)-style Service implementations (see
UserManagementController and UserManagementServiceImpl for an example)
4) Fixed infinite recursion issue caused by Jackson(JSON library) on
@OneToMany relations between domain objects (see usage of
@JsonManagedReference and @JsonBackReference in User and UserType
respectively)
5) Fixed sequence increment for Akinita.java that caused insertion
issues with the sequence generated value