Patent ID: 8626756

Claim:
A tangible machine-readable storage medium embodying instructions that, when executed by machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising: establishing a database of concept data elements, asset references, and associations, the concept data elements each representing a concept and having a hierarchy specified by concept hierarchy information, the asset references each comprising a storage location identifier for a corresponding one of a plurality of data assets, and the associations representing different types of relations between one of the plurality of data assets and one of a plurality of concepts represented by the concept data elements, wherein the database is linked to a location interface; causing the location interface to be presented to a user; receiving a query from the user through the location interface, the query including location information and identifying a concept and a relationship, the location information relating to a location of a desired data asset; using the query to search the database to identify a set of data assets each having the relationship with the concept; and presenting to the user information identifying the data assets in the set.