Patent Document ID: 7693917
Application ID: 11065600

Base Claim:
1. A method for managing an information storage infrastructure and a flexible development environment for data storage using a computer system, comprising: managing system resources including a relational database; authenticating and selectively providing access to users through predetermined user roles; creating a metadata model for organizing instance data having metadata elements and relationships among the elements, wherein the metadata model is represented using trees and graphs in a table driven infrastructure; running processes and generating said instance data; storing the instance data, using said metadata model, in a plurality of tables having said table driven infrastructure within said relational database; performing transforms of the instance data, comprising rendering said instance data into at least one view; and keeping an audit trail of changes to said instance data.

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Claim 13:
13. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said step of authenticating and selectively providing access to users through predetermined user roles comprises using security features provided by said method for managing an information storage infrastructure and said relational database to define user rights and privileges.