15. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the configuration information entries are organized in the configuration repository based on a particular type of industry being associated with a particular configuration information entry having a particular value.
14. A computer-readable medium, in a machine-readable storage device, storing a computer program product, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause a configuration information handling component to perform operations comprising: receiving an indication of at least a first configuration information entry at a first computer storing a configuration directory and a repository containing multiple entries of configuration information for a software application program, each entry designed for customizing the software application program for a specific situation and the software application program being designed to remotely request configuration information as needed, wherein each configuration information entry includes 1) a configuration component available to be requested for the software application program and 2) a configuration attribute and an associated attribute value that define terms for the software application program to apply to a business transaction of a business enterprise in the specific situation, wherein the configuration repository stores the multiple entries of configuration information in XML format; activating a stored process on the first computer that converts the first configuration information entry from the XML format to a database table format in which access to the first configuration information entry is faster than in the XML format; and storing the first configuration information entry in the configuration directory in the database table format, the configuration directory being remote from the software application program and different from the configuration repository, wherein the first configuration information entry having the database table format is provided from the configuration directory to the software application program in response to a request.