This is a reference for the Archetype Registry descriptor.
The registry is stored in ~/.m2/archetype.xml file.
<archetype-registry xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-registry/1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-registry/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/archetype-registry-1.0.0.xsd"> <Languages/> <FilteredExtensions/> </archetype-registry>