Identifier vocabulary data access method and system

A computer implemented method of determining ItemSelectors, associated with Items in a database, which can be logically added to a first query comprised of one or more ItemSelectors belonging to a disjunctive group and at least one other ItemSelector, said method comprising:

• creating a modified query, obtained from the first query by removing the ItemSelectors belonging to the disjunctive group;
• determining ItemSelectors of the disjunctive group which are associated with Items matching the modified query.

A computer implemented method of determining a relevant group of search terms descriptive of a first facet of Items in a database, which can be logically added to a first query comprised of one or more search terms disjunctively joined and at least one other search term, the at least one other search term descriptive of a second facet of Items in the database, said method comprising:

• creating a modified query, obtained from the first query by removing the one or more search terms forming the set of disjunctively joined search terms;
• determining search terms descriptive of the first facet of Items of the database which are as those associated with Items matching the modified query.

A computer implemented method of searching a set of logically related records in a database, the method comprising:

• associating a plurality of logically related records to form an Item;
• associating a plurality of ItemSelectors with the Item;
• creating a search query, comprised of a plurality of ItemSelectors descriptive of a plurality of Item facets, logically matching at least one Item in the database.