25. A system for generating a normalized configuration data model comprising: means for generating product configuration instances from one or more product configuration models that include non-normalized feature references; means for identifying non-normalized feature references included in one or more of the product configuration instances; means for accessing a mapping file, wherein the mapping file includes a map of specific product feature references to normalized feature references; means for locating normalized feature references that correlate with non-normalized feature references included in the generated product configuration instances; means for replacing non-normalized feature references with correlating normalized feature references in accordance with the mapping file; and means for generating a normalized configuration model corresponding to the generated product configuration instances using the normalized feature references replacements, wherein the normalized configuration model is configured for use with a configuration system which presents the normalized feature references to a user of the configuration system to allow the user to configure a product using the normalized feature references.
25. A system for generating a normalized configuration data model comprising: means for generating product configuration instances from one or more product configuration models that include non-normalized feature references; means for identifying non-normalized feature references included in one or more of the product configuration instances; means for accessing a mapping file, wherein the mapping file includes a map of specific product feature references to normalized feature references; means for locating normalized feature references that correlate with non-normalized feature references included in the generated product configuration instances; means for replacing non-normalized feature references with correlating normalized feature references in accordance with the mapping file; and means for generating a normalized configuration model corresponding to the generated product configuration instances using the normalized feature references replacements, wherein the normalized configuration model is configured for use with a configuration system which presents the normalized feature references to a user of the configuration system to allow the user to configure a product using the normalized feature references. 29. The system of claim 25 further comprising: means for mapping specific product feature references to normalized feature references into a mapping file.