http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB71#XML_Layer

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XML Layer

New projects are now created without an XML layer, but there is now a New File wizard to add a layer to a project without one if you need it. (Many modules can do without an explicit layer, since Java annotations can produce common registrations such as menu items.)