-Archetypes is a framework for developing new content types in
-Plone. The power of Archetypes is, first, in automatically generating
-forms; second, in providing a library of stock field types, form
-widgets, and field validators; third, in easily integrating custom
-fields, widgets, and validators; and fourth, in automating
-transformations of rich content.
+Archetypes (formerly known as CMFTypes) is a framework designed
+to facilitate the building of applications for Plone and CMF.
+Its main purpose is to provide a common method for building
+content objects, based on schema definitions.