[libvirt] uses of /etc/libvirt/<driver>/

I received a report about an odd use case of /etc/libvirt/<driver>/ config files, and would like to hear some opinions about it. The user "preps" a host by mounting a remote fs containing VM images and config, creates links in /etc/libvirt/<driver>/dom.xml to /mnt-point/whatever/dom.xml, and starts libvirtd. All is well until there is a need to modify the VM config (e.g. virsh setmaxmem ... --config), at which point libvirt replaces the link with a file containing the new config, instead of updating the contents of the linked file. I suppose I've always considered the contents of /etc/libvirt/<driver>/ private to libvirt, with a "modify at your own risk" warning, ignoring that it is user configuration in /etc. What are the guidelines for modifying the contents of these directories? Would the above be considered valid use? Regards, Jim