Patent ID: 8694544

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium to physically store instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to: receive a request to obtain a data object from a repository, the repository organized in a set of layers, each layer implemented as a file system that stores content for a solution, including a layer strategy file system, a personalization file system, a development file system, and list file system; provide access to the repository based on a layer strategy, wherein the layer strategy includes a definition of at least one layer from the set of layers and a definition of a sequence access to the set of layers, and wherein the layer strategy includes a first mode for runtime access and a second mode for design time access to the repository, wherein the layer strategy file system includes the personalization file system, the development file system, and the list file system when the layer strategy file system implements the first mode of the layer strategy; and search the set of layers of the repository for the data object based on the sequence access to the set of layers defined in the layer strategy.