This maven2 archetype contains a little sample application with the Spring 3.0.5 Framework, Spring Mvc and JPA 1.0. It is deployed on the PLOIN Repository-Server on

http://www.ploin-m2.de/nexus/content/groups/public/

you can create a project from the archetype with the following command:

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.ploin.archetype -DarchetypeArtifactId=tempSpringMvcJpa -DarchetypeVersion=1.1 -DarchetypeRepository=http://www.ploin-m2.de/nexus/content/groups/public/ -DgroupId=org.ploin -DartifactId=demoSpringMvcJpa

This archetype shows how the REST is working in Spring 3 and how you can use it together with JPA 1.0.