Methods and system for dynamic database content persistence and information management

An article of manufacture having one or more computer readable storage medium having instructions which, when executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method for managing persistence of information at the level of an information element, where each information element is distinguishable, and discretely and separately identifiable, the method comprising:

• navigating received information using an API relevant for the information type or information format of the received information;
• extracting structure, semantics and metadata information and data from the received information;
• dividing the extracted information into information elements;
• constructing an information element container for each of the information elements from the extracted information;
• embedding each information element, its semantics, metadata and data into a separate generalized information element container;
• persisting each information element container in a storage environment;
• retrieving information element containers matching a search criteria from the persisted storage environment;
• composing an information set from the retrieved information elements using the semantics, metadata and data embedded in each of the retrieved information element containers to construct an information set;
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• transforming the information set into the requested information format.