This add-on extends plone.app.registry by adding a contextual registry which can be used over any object. It has been created to store view configuration throw the add-on collective.configviews 2.X
As a developer you can get the IRegistry adapter from a content object and next use it as you want to get/set your configuration stuff.
As a content administrator you can manage the configuration stored in a content by calling the view $content_url/contextual_registry/view where $content_url must be replaced by the url of your content item.
Please follow the official documentation.
