Patent ID: 6208992
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A process for creating a structure of stored data, said process being implemented in a database for storing data within a storage of an information system, wherein said database is accessed via a program running on a DP system, said process comprising:creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of objects that are images of at least one of specific items or abstract items, wherein each of said objects is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least a type and an identifier of said object;creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of relationships between said objects, wherein each of said relationships between objects is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of the identity of, and a reference to, the storage area of said objects;creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of attributes used to describe at least one of said objects and said relationships between said objects, wherein each of said attributes is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of a definition of said attribute and a reference term for said attribute;creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of relationships between respective ones of said attributes and respective ones of said objects, wherein each of said relationships between a respective one of said attributes and a respective one of said objects is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of the identity of, and a reference to, the storage area of said respective attribute and said respective object;creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of relationships between respective ones of said attributes and said relationships between said objects, each of said relationships between a respective one of said attributes and a respective one of said relationships between said is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of the identity of, or reference to, the storage area of said respective attribute and the identity of, or reference to, the storage area of said respective relationship between said objects;wherein each of said storage areas is a physically or logically separated storage area including a sequence of equally structured elements that is each respectively referenced by at least one of a single or composed key-component or identifier.