Asserted relationship data structure

A data storage and retrieval system for a non-transitory computer-accessible medium, comprising:

• an asserted relationship data structure graph comprising a plurality of cliques, wherein each of the plurality of cliques comprises a sub-graph comprising a plurality of edges and a plurality of nodes, wherein one of the plurality of edges in each of the plurality of cliques extends between two of the plurality of nodes in each of the plurality of cliques, and each of said cliques comprising a plurality of touchpoints, each touchpoint stored at a vertex of such clique, and each of said plurality of touchpoints belonging to a single relationship;
• an input record comprising a set of source data;
• a set of source metadata, wherein the source metadata comprises implicit relationship data about the set of source data;
• and
• an application programming interface (API) in communication with the asserted relationship data structure graph, wherein the API is configured to transfer the source data and the source metadata from the input record into the plurality of cliques of the asserted relationship data structure graph in order to fill the asserted relationship data structure graph, wherein related data and source metadata is deposited into a single clique in order to maintain a context for the source data;
• wherein the asserted relationship data structure graph comprises a total number of asserted relationship data structure graph edges smaller than a total number of standard graph edges in a standard data graph comprising nodes for each item of the source data;
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• a search feature configured to search the asserted relationship data structure graph for an item of the source data, wherein the search feature performs a search of the asserted relationship data structure graph to find the item of the source data in less time than would be required in the standard data graph.