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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Developing
The topics in the Developing section describe tasks performed by an application developer.
Presentation layer
WebSphere Commerce uses Java Server Pages (JSP) to implement the view layer of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. The view layer is in charge of retrieving data from the database through the use of data beans and formatting it to meet the display requirements. The view layers determines whether the request is sent to a browser or streamed out as XML. JSP files present a clean separation between data content and presentation.
Customizing marketing
Working with Product Advisor
Creating a metaphor XML input file
Create an XML input file to specify which store's metaphors you want to build, update, or delete with the create metaphor scheduler command.
Preparing a Guided Sell metaphor
The steps in this section explain how to prepare Guided Sell metaphor.
Inserting a conceptInfo element
ConceptInfo elements can be inserted into rootQuestion, question, and answer elements.

Deprecated feature

Inserting a conceptInfo element

ConceptInfo elements can be inserted into rootQuestion, question, and answer elements.

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To insert a conceptInfo element:

Insert a <conceptInfo> element between the begin and end tags of the appropriate element.
Place the following elements between the conceptInfo begin and end tags: <langId></langId> <conceptName></conceptName> For information about the content for these tags, refer to the following topics:
- Changing the language setting
- Changing the conceptName setting