The Giftlists repository is the layer between Oracle ATG Web Commerce and the database itself. It provides an interface to the database layer to persist gift list information. The Giftlists repository uses the SQL Repository implementation. For more information on SQL repositories, see the Repository Guide.

The Giftlists repository is defined in the giftlists.xml definition file, located in the Commerce configuration path at /atg/commerce/gifts/. This XML file defines item descriptors for gift lists and gift list items. In addition, properties in the userProfile.xml definition file allow you to link user profiles with gift lists in the gift list repository. The userProfile.xml file is located in the Commerce configuration path at /atg/userprofiling.