diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/pom.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce97fca441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<project>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>maven-archetypes</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.archetypes</groupId>
+    <version>1.0-alpha-4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>maven-archetype-j2ee</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-alpha-4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2b1f702b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<archetype>
+  <id>j2ee</id>
+  <resources>
+    <resource>pom.xml</resource>
+    <resource>ear/pom.xml</resource>
+    <resource>ejbs/src/main/resources/META-INF/ejb-jar.xml</resource>
+    <resource>ejbs/pom.xml</resource>
+    <resource>primary-source/pom.xml</resource>
+    <resource>projects/logging/pom.xml</resource>
+    <resource>projects/pom.xml</resource>
+    <resource>servlets/pom.xml</resource>
+    <resource>servlets/servlet/pom.xml</resource>
+    <resource>servlets/servlet/src/main/webapp/index.jsp</resource>
+    <resource>servlets/servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml</resource>
+    <resource>site/pom.xml</resource>
+    <resource>site/src/site/site.xml</resource>
+    <resource>site/src/site/apt/site.apt</resource>
+  </resources>
+</archetype>
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/ear/pom.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/ear/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a4a27d1e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/ear/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<project>
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+   <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+   <artifactId>ear</artifactId>
+   <packaging>ear</packaging>
+   <version>1.0</version>
+   <name>ear assembly</name>
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>root</groupId>
+      <artifactId>project</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+   </parent>
+   <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+         <artifactId>ejbs</artifactId>
+         <type>ejb</type>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>root.project.servlets</groupId>
+         <artifactId>servlet</artifactId>
+         <type>war</type>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+         <artifactId>primary-source</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>root.project.projects</groupId>
+         <artifactId>logging</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>fop</groupId>
+         <artifactId>fop</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>axis</groupId>
+         <artifactId>axis</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>axis</groupId>
+         <artifactId>axis-wsdl4j</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+   </dependencies>
+   <build>
+      <plugins>
+         <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-ear-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+               <archive>
+                  <manifest>
+                     <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+                  </manifest>
+               </archive>
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+   </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/ejbs/pom.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/ejbs/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9aab725a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/ejbs/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<project>
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+   <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+   <artifactId>ejbs</artifactId>
+   <packaging>ejb</packaging>
+   <version>1.0</version>
+   <name>enterprise java beans</name>
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>root</groupId>
+      <artifactId>project</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+   </parent>
+   <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+         <artifactId>primary-source</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>root.project.projects</groupId>
+         <artifactId>logging</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>fop</groupId>
+         <artifactId>fop</artifactId>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+   <build>
+      <plugins>
+         <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-ejb-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+               <archive>
+                  <manifest>
+                     <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+                  </manifest>
+               </archive> 
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+   </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/ejbs/src/main/resources/META-INF/ejb-jar.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/ejbs/src/main/resources/META-INF/ejb-jar.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6ca1bfbba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<project>
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+   <groupId>root</groupId>
+   <version>1.0</version>
+   <artifactId>project</artifactId>
+   <packaging>pom</packaging>
+   <name>project</name>
+   <modules>
+      <module>projects</module>
+      <module>primary-source</module>
+      <module>servlets</module>
+      <module>ejbs</module>
+      <module>ear</module>
+      <module>site</module>
+   </modules>
+   <build>
+      <pluginManagement>
+         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+               <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+               <configuration>
+                  <unzipCommand>/usr/bin/unzip -o > err.txt</unzipCommand>
+               </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+         </plugins>
+      </pluginManagement>
+   </build>
+   <dependencyManagement>
+      <dependencies>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>root.project.projects</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logging</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+            <artifactId>primary-source</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>root.project.servlets</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <type>war</type>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ejbs</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <type>ejb</type>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>fop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>fop</artifactId>
+            <version>0.20.5</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>axis</groupId>
+            <artifactId>axis</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.1</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>axis</groupId>
+            <artifactId>axis-wsdl4j</artifactId>
+            <version>1.5.1</version>
+         </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+   </dependencyManagement>
+   <distributionManagement>
+      <site>
+         <id>site</id>
+         <name>project website</name>
+         <url>scp://local.company.com/websites/project.company.com/</url>
+      </site>
+   </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/primary-source/pom.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/primary-source/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f64d0df2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/primary-source/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<project>
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+   <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+   <artifactId>primary-source</artifactId>
+   <packaging>jar</packaging>
+   <name>core project classes</name>
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>root</groupId>
+      <artifactId>project</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+   </parent>
+   <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>root.project.projects</groupId>
+         <artifactId>logging</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>fop</groupId>
+         <artifactId>fop</artifactId>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>axis</groupId>
+         <artifactId>axis</artifactId>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>axis</groupId>
+         <artifactId>axis-wsdl4j</artifactId>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+   </dependencies>
+   <build>
+      <plugins>
+         <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+               <encoding>iso-8859-1</encoding>
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+               <minmemory>128m</minmemory>
+               <maxmemory>512m</maxmemory>
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+   </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/projects/logging/pom.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/projects/logging/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c426ea482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/projects/logging/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<project>
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+   <groupId>root.project.projects</groupId>
+   <artifactId>logging</artifactId>
+   <packaging>jar</packaging>
+   <name>logging</name>
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+      <artifactId>projects</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+   </parent>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/projects/pom.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/projects/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7774b68d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/projects/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<project>
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+   <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+   <version>1.0</version>
+   <artifactId>projects</artifactId>
+   <packaging>pom</packaging>
+   <name>sub projects</name>
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>root</groupId>
+      <artifactId>project</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+   </parent>
+   <modules>
+      <module>logging</module>
+   </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/servlets/pom.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/servlets/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc807cb97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/servlets/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<project>
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+   <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+   <artifactId>servlets</artifactId>
+   <packaging>pom</packaging>
+   <name>servlets</name>
+   <version>1.0</version>
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>root</groupId>
+      <artifactId>project</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+   </parent>
+   <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>fop</groupId>
+         <artifactId>fop</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+   </dependencies>
+   <modules>
+      <module>servlet</module>
+   </modules>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/servlets/servlet/pom.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/servlets/servlet/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9ce63f20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/servlets/servlet/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<project>
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+   <groupId>root.project.servlets</groupId>
+   <artifactId>servlet</artifactId>
+   <packaging>war</packaging>
+   <name>servlet</name>
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+      <artifactId>servlets</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+   </parent>
+   <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>root.project</groupId>
+         <artifactId>primary-source</artifactId>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+   </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/servlets/servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/servlets/servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/servlets/servlet/src/main/webapp/index.jsp b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/servlets/servlet/src/main/webapp/index.jsp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c38169bb95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/maven-archetype-j2ee/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/servlets/servlet/src/main/webapp/index.jsp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+<h2>Hello World!</h2>
+</body>
+</html>