Patent ID: 7047259

Claim:
A method for accessing a referenced object in an object store, comprising: storing in the object store a pre-computed relationship value for an initial object, wherein a processor performs one or more computations that are necessary to determine a first relationship between the initial object and a referenced object in a first data format of a first data structure, wherein the pre-computed relationship value is determined based on the first relationship of the initial object to the referenced object, the pre-computed relationship value indicating a second relationship between the initial object and the referenced object in a second data format for a second data structure; accessing the initial object; accessing the pre-computed relationship value associated with the initial object; and accessing the referenced object in the second data structure, wherein the referenced object is accessed using the second relationship defined by the pre-computed relationship value, wherein the pre-computed relationship value uniquely identifies the referenced object and allows the referenced object to be directly accessed in the second data format in the second data structure without performing the one or more computations that are necessary to determine the first relationship between the initial object and the referenced object in the first data format.