1. A system to provide a descriptor class framework, comprising: a descriptor capable of representing modifiable configuration data of a software component in persistent data; one or more descriptor classes, wherein each of the one or more descriptor classes is capable of maintaining one or more properties corresponding to a portion of the descriptor; and a descriptor class management component capable of at least one of: generating and/or updating the one or more descriptor classes from the descriptor; and generating and/or updating the descriptor from the one or more descriptor classes.