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. <EOS>