Patent ID: 6654737
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A database comprised of hypertext documents stored on a computer-readable medium and used in conjunction with a database management server, the database management server comprising programs for securing and maintaining the database, the database comprising:a) a named catalog, the catalog comprising a folder in a file system on the computer-readable medium; b) plural named volumes created by the database management server, the volume names being generated by the database management server, each volume comprising a folder stored within the catalog; c) plural records comprising documents stored in the volumes, each record comprising one or more documents, said documents not being required to be stored in database tables, at least one record comprising a master document and at least one view document, i) the master document storing a view format for the at least one view document and all of the data for the record, the view format comprising a template document, the template document for pre-formatting the data for viewing; ii) the view document storing at least some of the data for the record and displaying formatting instructions for the data stored in the view document; d) a catalog starter document in the catalog, the catalog starter document generated by the database management server and comprising an index to the volumes; and e) volume starter documents in plural respective volumes, the volume starter document for a given respective volume comprising an index to the records in the given respective volume, the volume starter documents being generated by the database management server.