Database hierarchical inheritance

A method for accessing a database comprising:

• receiving an input value corresponding to an access key stored in a first data memory device sector, the access key associated with a node value stored in a second data memory device sector
• returning an associated node value stored in a first electronic data memory sector using an access key processor if the input value matches an associated key stored in a second electronic data memory sector;
• returning an associated default node value stored in the second electronic data memory sector using the access key processor if the input value does not match an associated key stored in the second electronic data memory sector;
• appending the default node value from the second data memory device sector to a portion of the input value to create a new input value;
• and
• returning an associated node value stored in the first electronic data memory sector if the new input value matches an associated key stored in the second electronic data memory sector.

A method for accessing a database comprising:

• receiving an input value;
• returning an associated node value stored in a first electronic data memory sector if the input value matches an associated key stored in a second electronic data memory sector;
• returning an associated default node value stored in the second electronic data memory sector if the input value does not match an associated key stored in the second electronic data memory sector;
• and
• appending the default node value to a portion of the input value to create a new input value, wherein the portion of the input value comprises a least significant field of a hierarchical naming schema and the hierarchical naming schema comprises an XML naming schema.