unable to create project from archetype

[pramod talekar]

Hi,

I'm new to Maven and trying to create a spring project in Eclipse using Maven.
Uncer 'Select an Archetype' for 'New Maven Project', I clicked on Add Archetype & entered following values :-
Archetype Group id : org.springframework
Archetype Artifact id : spring-core
Archetype Version : 3.0.6.FINAL

** I copied the above values from Maven repository on the internet.
I clicked on Ok and the details appeared in Select an Archetype window after a brief downloading.
Then I entered the same values for this section which was repeated:-
Archetype Group id : org.springframework
Archetype Artifact id : spring-core
Archetype Version : 3.0.6.FINAL

and clicked Next but received this error message :-

Unable to create project from archetype [org.springframework:spring-core:3.0.6.RELEASE -> ]
The defined artifact is not an archetype

Please advise.

[pramod talekar]

I tried out creating a web app project using Maven.
I followed the same steps with different archetype id which was already present in the list of 'Select an archetype' and it worked.