Patent ID: 7769762

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; a model row generator that is operably coupled to the processor and that is configured to cause the processor to: obtain a plurality of data type indicators of data types, wherein each data type indicator is associated with one or more hierarchical subtypes of the data type, generate a first subtype indicator of a first hierarchical subtype associated with a first one of the plurality of data type indicators in a first hierarchical subtype relationship, generate a first parent list including one or more representations of one or more of the plurality of data types associated with the first hierarchical subtype, wherein the first parent list includes a representation of the first one of the plurality of data types, generate a second subtype indicator of a second hierarchical subtype associated with a second one of the plurality of data type indicators in a second hierarchical subtype relationship, and generate a second parent list including one or more representations of one or more of the plurality of data types associated with the second hierarchical subtype, wherein the second parent list includes a representation of the second one of the plurality of data types; and a consolidation engine that is operably coupled to the processor and that is configured to cause the processor to generate a first consolidation group based on combining the first subtype indicator with the second subtype indicator and comparing the first parent list with the second parent list, wherein the consolidation engine is further configured to select the first subtype indicator based on a ranking selection.