Converting Business Content to 7.x

Hi, It looks like some of SAP Business Content is still in 3.5. Once it is installed on my dev system should it be converted to 7.x?
THanks,

Hi Kenneth:
For the necessary steps to convert business content to 7.x please take a look at the documents below.
"Steps for Migrating 3.x Dataflow into 7.x Data Flow" by Sukhada Deshpande.
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/00d94ca8-9538-2c10-9b99-859afde1fa4a?quicklink=index&overridelayout=true
"Migrating Existing Data Flows from 3.x to 7.0" by Sanjeev Kumar.
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/202d813b-3fe5-2b10-e69a-d8a18e9ba50d?quicklink=index&overridelayout=true
Regards,
Francisco Milán.

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