EXTENSIBLE DATABASE SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A system (10) includes a metadata model (12) arranged to express concepts in a domain as a domain model (14). The domain model (14) includes domain elements and at least one hierarchical relationship between domain elements. The system (10) also includes at least one given instance representation (22, 34) of the domain model (34), which includes instance data stored in a repository (18). A user interface (20) is associated with the domain model (14) and configured to at least create, view and modify at least one given instance representation (22, 34) of the domain model (14).