| 摘要 |
<p>A data storage apparatus, for allowing analysis of stored data, in which data values are stored which belong to a plurality of attributes, the apparatus comprising a computer system including a storage memory,
a group of two or more collections of data, the group stored in the storage memory and (belonging) to a base attribute of the plurality of attributes, each collection of data corresponding to the same value of a base attribute comprising, a data value belonging to an attribute associated with the base attribute , an attribute identifier corresponding to the attribute associated with the base attribute, and an identifying data value belonging to the base attribute or being stored in a location relative to one or more other collections of data from which location an identifying data value belonging to the base attribute can be determined,
and wherein two or more of the collections of data contain equivalent, and preferably identical, identifying data values, or the identifying values determined by their locations relative to other collections are equivalent, and preferably identical, and have attribute identifiers which correspond to, and data values belonging to, second attributes that are different from each other and to the base attribute but are associated with the base attribute.</p> |
