Apparatus and method for operating an information deposit and retrieval system with resource property system

A method for retrieving data from a storage device of a resource-property system, the data stored conforming to a resource-property model, comprising:

• specifying at least one property in a query to the resource-property system;
• querying said resource-property system by searching for matches to said specified property;
• returning resources that match with said specified property;
• and
• obtaining at least one property from the resources returned from the query.

A computer program product embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform method steps for storing data in a storage device of a resource-property system wherein the data stored conforming to a resource-property model, comprising:

• creating a new resource for the resource-property system;
• assigning at least one property to said resource if the resource does not have a property being assigned;
• adding said resource to the resource-property system;
• and
• storing said resource and its property on the storage device.

A computer program product embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform method steps for retrieving data from a storage device of a resource-property system, the data stored conforming to a resource-property model, comprising:

• specifying at least one property in a query to the resource-property system;
• querying said resource-property system by searching for matches to said specified property;
• returning resources that match with said specified property;
• and
• obtaining at least one property from the resources returned from the query.

A database system for storing data in a storage device of a resource-property system, the data stored conforming to a resource-property model, comprising:

• means for creating a new resource for the resource-property system;
• means for assigning at least one property to said resource if the resource does not have a property being assigned;
• means for adding said resource to the resource-property system;
• and
• means for storing said resource and its property on the storage device.

A database system for retrieving data from a storage device of a resource-property system, the data stored conforming to a resource-property model, comprising:

• means for specifying at least one property in a query to the resource-property system;
• means for querying said resource-property system by searching for matches to said specified property;
• means for returning resources that match with said specified property;
• and
• means for obtaining at least one property from the resources returned from the query.