understanding SNAPSHOTS.. where?

[Shan Syed <sh...@gmail.com>]

simple question; on this page
http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html
it states:

"*version* This element indicates the version of the artifact generated by
the project. Maven goes a long way to help you with version management and
you will often see the SNAPSHOT designator in a version, which indicates
that a project is in a state of development. We will discuss the use of
snapshots and how they work further on in this guide."

I can't find the mentioned details on "the use of snapshots"

I conceptually understand it of course, I just want to read what maven says
about it directly

thanks,

S