Patent ID: 7363593

Claim:
A user interface for displaying database classifiers organized with multiple hierarchy levels, the user interface comprising: a root node navigation bar representing a root hierarchy level of the multiple hierarchy levels; and multiple sub-node navigation bars oriented from the root node navigation bar, each sub-node navigation bar representing a sub-node from a selected level of the multiple hierarchy levels, wherein multiple sub-nodes represent database classifiers of database objects and a plurality of sub-nodes in the multiple hierarchy levels represent the same database classifier label having associated indexed, homogenous attributes of parts and each indexed, homogenous attribute represents a heterogeneous section of the parts sliced across the attributes of the parts; wherein the sub-node navigation bars display sub-nodes on a path from the root hierarchy level to the one or more sub-nodes having the lowest selected hierarchy level, wherein the user interface hides siblings of the displayed sub-nodes for the hierarchy levels between the root level and the hierarchy level of the one or more sub-nodes having the lowest selected hierarchy level, and each displayed sub-node represents a distinct classifier in the path.