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Dynamically generated schema representing multiple hierarchies of inter-object relationships

  • US 6,944,626 B2
  • Filed: 11/26/2001
  • Issued: 09/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a computer system, a method comprising:

  • dynamically generating a schema to represent multiple hierarchies of inter-object relationships between a plurality of objects in a data polyarchy, the schema being generated based on values of attributes of the objects;

    receiving a request based on the schema from a client, the request comprising a dimension information modifier to specify a particular direction and a particular depth to retrieve information from the data polyarchy, the dimension information modifier is a siblings indication to retrieve all objects with a same parent as a current object in the data polyarchy; and

    responsive to receiving the request;

    accessing an object of the objects based on the request;

    transforming the object into transformed data that expresses any inter-object relationship between the object and any other object of the objects based on the request; and

    issuing the transformed data to the client.

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