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AssigneeSixsteps AB
InventorsStaffan Gestrelius, Gil Roitto
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A computer program product has program code adapted to provide, upon execution, a database of objects and a database engine for managing the objects. Each object comprises metadata for describing the object and for defining a hierarchical structure of branches which constitutes the object and which includes relations to other objects. An individual branch has a metadata type, which is selected from a predetermined and limited set of n different metadata types and which represents one respective hierarchical level in the hierarchical structure, and a metadata value. An individual branch may also have an arbitrary number of other branches, of any hierarchical level strictly subordinate to the hierarchical level of the individual branch, connected to the individual branch as children thereof. The arbitrary number may include zero branches.
A computer program product having program code adapted to provide, upon execution, a database of objects and a database engine for managing said objects, characterized in that
A computer program product as in any preceding claim, said database engine having a query function for searching said database, wherein said query function is adapted to:
A computer program product as in any preceding claim, wherein n=6 and said set of metadata types consists of {Object, Relation, Key, Attribute, Type, and Value}, metadata type Object representing the root level of said hierarchical structure.
A computer program product as in any preceding claim, wherein said metadata includes metadata attributes to respective branches of an object.
A method of exporting data from at least one arbitrary database, characterized by
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.