11. The computer system of claim 1 wherein: the configuration repository includes a first configuration set that is associated with the first configuration information entry and a second configuration set that is associated with a second configuration information entry that is different than the first configuration information entry, the first configuration set and second configuration set have a hierarchical relationship; the configuration directory stores the first configuration entry and the second configuration entry based on the hierarchical relationship of the first configuration set and the second configuration set.
12. The computer system of claim 11 , wherein the configuration directory stores the first configuration entry and the second configuration entry based on a received indication of the first configuration set identified by user input during the process to customize the software application program.