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Last Published: 2011-11-19 | Version: 2.2
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Specification
The Specification of the Archetype Plugin aims to answer to the following questions:
What is an archetype?
How is metadata about an archetype stored?
What is done during the creation of a project?
How does the Archetype Plugin know about archetypes?
What is done during the creation of an archetype?