A cleaner(possibly) approach to defining dependencies

A different way(possible cleaner) way to define dependencies

Example:

<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
<artifactId>resteasy-jaxrs</artifactId>
<version>3.0.7.Final</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
<artifactId>resteasy-jettison-provider</artifactId>
<version>3.0.7.Final</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

Would be defined as this:

<dependencies>
<dependency groupId="org.slf4" artifactId="slf4j-api" version="1.7.5"/>
<dependency groupId="org.slf4" artifactId="slf4j-log4j12" version="1.7.5/>
<dependency groupId="org.jboss.resteasy" artifactId="resteasy-jettison-provider" version="3.0.7"/>
<dependency groupId="org.slf4" artifactId="slf4j-api" version="1.7.5"/>
</dependencies>