Patent ID: 8250115

Claim:
A method for processing data encoded as one or more data elements in a data format, said data format being arranged for further processing by a parser to extract said encoded data elements, said method comprising the steps of: encoding data as one or more data elements in accordance with a first data format, wherein said first data format is a meta data language in which meta data elements are associated with said data elements in said encoded data; saving said encoded data to a file in a memory; creating an index of said data elements, said index indicating the locations of one or more of said data elements within said file, wherein said index is an offset index, wherein said index is embedded in a comment, wherein said index indexes said meta data elements to the respective locations of said associated data elements within said file; extracting said data elements from said file in said memory using said index; and associating said index with said file, wherein said index is embedded in a part of said file that is not used by said parser for extraction of said data elements from said file.