Method for storing and managing data
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- assigning a tag of a plurality of tags to each of a plurality of data elements to form a plurality of pairs, each of said pairs comprising at least one of said data elements and one of said tags;
assigning each of said pairs a position in a hierarchical structure; and
storing and managing the pairs on a computer readable medium coupled to a computer system, wherein each of said pairs is stored and managed on said computer readable medium together with a pair-individual hierarchy indicator indicating said position of said pair in said hierarchical structure;
wherein said storing and managing comprises listing each of said pairs in an index, wherein said index contains hierarchy information about said position of each of said pairs in said hierarchical structure.
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Abstract
A method for storing and managing data on a storage medium connected to a computer system, wherein the data consists of a plurality of data elements and a plurality of tags, wherein each of the data elements is assigned one of the tags to form a plurality of pairs each consisting of at least one of the data elements and one of the tags, wherein each of the pairs is assigned a position in a hierarchical structure, wherein each of the pairs is stored and managed on the storage medium together with a pair-individual hierarchy indicator indicating the position of the pair in the hierarchical structure. Furthermore, a computer program for carrying out this method and a data carrier storing such a program are provided.
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24 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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assigning a tag of a plurality of tags to each of a plurality of data elements to form a plurality of pairs, each of said pairs comprising at least one of said data elements and one of said tags;
assigning each of said pairs a position in a hierarchical structure; and
storing and managing the pairs on a computer readable medium coupled to a computer system, wherein each of said pairs is stored and managed on said computer readable medium together with a pair-individual hierarchy indicator indicating said position of said pair in said hierarchical structure;
wherein said storing and managing comprises listing each of said pairs in an index, wherein said index contains hierarchy information about said position of each of said pairs in said hierarchical structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-readable carrier medium comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable to implement:
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assigning a tag of a plurality of tags to each of a plurality of data elements to form a plurality of pairs, each of said pairs comprising at least one of said data elements and one of said tags, wherein each of said pairs is assigned a position in a hierarchical structure; and
storing and managing the pairs on a computer readable medium connected to a computer system, wherein each of said pairs is stored and managed on said computer readable medium together with a pair-individual hierarchy indicator indicating said position of said pair in said hierarchical structure;
wherein said storing and managing further comprises listing each of said pairs in an index, wherein said index contains hierarchy information about said position of each of said pairs in said hierarchical structure. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable carrier medium, wherein the carrier medium stores:
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a plurality of data elements and a plurality of tags, wherein each of said data elements is assigned one of said tags to form a plurality of pairs each comprising at least one of said data elements and one of said tags, wherein each of said pairs is assigned a position in a hierarchical structure; and
program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable to perform storing and managing said pairs together with a pair-individual hierarchy indicator indicating said position of said pair in said hierarchical structure;
wherein said storing and managing comprises listing each of said pairs in an index, wherein said index contains hierarchy information about said position of each of said pairs in said hierarchical structure.
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23. A computer-readable carrier medium, comprising
a plurality of pairs each comprising at least one of a plurality of data elements and one of a plurality of tags, wherein each of said data elements is assigned one of said tags, wherein each of said pairs is assigned a position in a hierarchical structure; - and
program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable to perform storing and managing said pairs together with a pair-individual hierarchy indicator indicating said position of said pair in said hierarchical structure;
wherein said storing and managing comprises listing each of said pairs in an index, wherein said index contains hierarchy information about said position of each of said pairs in said hierarchical structure.
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24. A system, comprising:
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a processor;
a computer readable memory medium coupled to the processor, wherein the computer readable memory medium stores program instructions that are executable to implement;
assigning a tag of a plurality of tags to each of a plurality of data elements to form a plurality of pairs, each of said pairs comprising at least one of said data elements and one of said tags, wherein each of said pairs is assigned a position in a hierarchical structure; and
storing and managing the pairs on a computer readable medium coupled to a computer system, wherein each of said pairs is stored and managed on said computer readable medium together with a pair-individual hierarchy indicator indicating said position of said pair in said hierarchical structure;
wherein said storing and managing comprises listing each of said pairs in an index, wherein said index contains hierarchy information about said position of each of said pairs in said hierarchical structure.
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