Archetypes
     Archetypes (formerly known as CMFTypes) is a developers framework
     for rapidly developing and deploying rich, full featured content
     types within the context of Zope/CMF and Plone.

     Archetypes is based around the idea of an _Active Schema_. Rather
     than provide a simple description of a new data type Archetype
     schemas do the actual work and heavy lifting involved in using
     the new type. Archetype Schemas serve as easy extension points
     for other developers as project specific components can be
     created and bound or you can choose among the rich existing set
     of features.


Features
    * Simple schemas with working default policy.
    * Power and flexibility with lowered incidental complexity.
    * Integration with rich content sources such as Office Product Suites.
    * Full automatic form generation
    * Unique Ids for objects
    * Object References/Relationships
    * Per Type cataloging in one or more catalogs

Requires
	Plone 2.0+
	CMF 1.4+
	Zope 2.6.1+
	
	CMFFormController (from collective CVS)
	
        You have to install the "PortalTransforms", "generator" and
        "validation" python packages available on SF Archetypes CVS.

	 You should also install the I18NTExtIndexNG product if you
	 want to use the i18n content features of archetypes. All that
	 products are also available on SF Archetypes CVS.


Quickstart
    
    1) Use the quickinstaller_tool and install archetypes

    Or, in an existing Plone site,

    1) Edit config.py and change INSTALL_DEMO_TYPES to 1
    2) restart server
    3) Create an external method, module Archetypes.Install, function: install
    4) Run it



Documentation
    See the docs directory.
