Syntactic tagging in a domain-specific context

摘要

This application relates generally to defining a domain-specific syntax characterizing a functional information system and performing operations on data entities represented by the domain-specific syntax, including defining a domain-specific syntax, receiving and storing a domain-specific data entity, assigning a syntactic tag to the domain-specific data entity, and electronically storing the tag assigned to the data entity in the electronic data store so that the tag is logically linked to the stored data entity.

主权项

1. A method for executing a command in a computing environment to perform a database operation utilizing a computerized representation of a functional system, the method comprising:
electronically storing a set of data entities in a database system, wherein the data entities represent elements of the functional system, and wherein the functional system comprises a group of elements related by their functional roles; electronically storing a computerized representation of a functional system syntax; the functional system syntax representing functional attributes of the elements of the functional system, wherein the functional attributes are properties of the elements of the functional system in converting inputs to outputs, or as the inputs, or as the outputs, or as intermediates between the inputs and the outputs; the functional system syntax representing functional relationships among inputs to the elements, outputs from the elements, intermediates between the inputs and the outputs, or roles of the elements in converting the inputs to the outputs; and enabling data creating, reading, updating, and deleting operations on the data entities in the data store to correspond with changes in the functional system.