Patent ID: 7428546
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for management of a data store comprising: organizing the data store such that the data store comprises: an Item; an Element; a plurality of Relationships comprising containment Relationships and reference Relationships, wherein the containment Relationships control the life-time of the Item, wherein said containment relationships are classified either as a holding Relationship or an embedding Relationship, wherein the Item is deleted when the holding relationship is deleted, wherein said Item is a unit of data storable in a data store and has at least one of a type or subtype, and includes said Element and said plurality of Relationships, wherein said Element is an instance of a type comprising one or more fields; and wherein said plurality of Relationships is are a link between at least two Items; a Base Schema that establishes a framework for creating and organizing each Item and setting the a foundational set of properties; and a Core Schema defines a set of core types, wherein each Item is characterized into at least one core type based on the Item type or the Item subtype.