Patent ID: 8990175
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for use in maintaining consistency among a plurality of database objects within a database, said computer-implemented method comprising: projecting the database into a data collection, the data collection being representative of a connection between a first database object of the plurality of database objects and at least a second database object of the plurality of database objects, wherein projecting the database into the data collection comprises: determining an entity dependency between the first database object and at least the second database object, wherein the entity dependency includes at least a database object identifier; determining a path dependency between the first database object and at least the second database object, wherein the path dependency includes at least an entity identifier, a relationship type, and a relationship direction; and automatically updating one of the first database object and the second database object corresponding to representations by the data collection in response to a modification of at least one of the entity dependency and the path dependency.