Patent Document ID: 20090193037
Application ID: 12020178
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for displaying a data model, the method comprising: using a graph to represent the data model, wherein the data model includes entities which are related by relationships, wherein an entity is represented by a vertex in the graph, and wherein a relationship is represented by an edge in the graph; displaying the graph to a user, thereby enabling the user to visually explore the data model by exploring the graph; receiving a first request from the user to display how a first entity and a second entity are related to one another in the data model; determining paths in the graph between a first vertex which represents the first entity and a second vertex which represents the second entity, wherein each path in the graph represents an alternating sequence of entities and relationships in the data model; and displaying the paths in the graph to the user, thereby enabling the user to visually explore how the first entity and the second entity are related to one another in the data model.