A method for operating content instance resources, comprising: receiving an operation request, the operation request including a type of an operation and a target resource; acquiring a content instance resource associated with the target resource according to an instance arranging property; executing the operation on the content instance resource associated with the target resource; and transmitting an operation response, wherein the target resource includes a time series resource, a container resource, a flexContainer resource or a virtual resource, characterized in that: the method further comprises: adding the instance arranging property in the target resource before receiving the operation request, the instance arranging property comprises an instance sorting property, and the instance sorting property is used for sorting or identifying a sequencing rule of content instance resources; the acquiring the content instance resource associated with the target resource is according to the instance sorting property, and comprises: sequencing content instance resources according to the instance sorting property; and acquiring the content instance resource associated with the target resource from the sequenced content instance resources. receiving an operation request, the operation request including a type of an operation and a target resource; acquiring a content instance resource associated with the target resource according to an instance arranging property; executing the operation on the content instance resource associated with the target resource; and transmitting an operation response, wherein the target resource includes a time series resource, a container resource, a flexContainer resource or a virtual resource, characterized in that: the method further comprises: adding the instance arranging property in the target resource before receiving the operation request, the instance arranging property comprises an instance sorting property, and the instance sorting property is used for sorting or identifying a sequencing rule of content instance resources; the acquiring the content instance resource associated with the target resource is according to the instance sorting property, and comprises: sequencing content instance resources according to the instance sorting property; and acquiring the content instance resource associated with the target resource from the sequenced content instance resources. the method further comprises: adding the instance arranging property in the target resource before receiving the operation request, the instance arranging property comprises an instance sorting property, and the instance sorting property is used for sorting or identifying a sequencing rule of content instance resources; the acquiring the content instance resource associated with the target resource is according to the instance sorting property, and comprises: sequencing content instance resources according to the instance sorting property; and acquiring the content instance resource associated with the target resource from the sequenced content instance resources. sequencing content instance resources according to the instance sorting property; and acquiring the content instance resource associated with the target resource from the sequenced content instance resources.