Patent ID: 6950827

Claim:
A computer implemented method for representing structured, linear, and active information in a uniform way, the method comprising steps of: a) mapping structured information to a uniform representation; b) mapping linear information to the uniform representation; c) mapping active information to the uniform representation; wherein the step of mapping structured information to a uniform representation, includes sub-steps of: if the information is structured as a table; A) representing the table as an entity; B) representing column names of the table as an entity; C) representing a dimension of the table as an entity; D) representing information contained in the table as an entity; E) generating a schema relation between the entity representing the table and the entity representing the column name; F) generating a data relation between the entity representing the table and the entity representing information contained in the table; and G) generating a dimension relation between the entity representing the table and the entity representing a dimension of the table; and wherein the uniform representation is a collection of elements, wherein each of the elements is one of an entity and a relation; and wherein a relation relates two ordered elements.