| 摘要 |
A system is described for providing at least one interface for a repository (102). A first interface (304) is provided with a plurality of objects (502), each object (502) representing an entity or group of entities for which there is metadata (306) provided in the repository (102). A means for selecting an object (502) in the first interface (304) provides access to the relevant metadata (306) in the repository (102). The first interface (304) represents a metamodel of the repository (102). The first interface (304) also has a plurality of lines (504) joining the objects, each line representing a relationship between the entities or group of entities represented by the objects (502) and a means for selecting a line (504) provides access to relevant metadata (306) in the repository (102) relating to the relationship represented by the line (504). The system may also have at least one second interface (312, 318, 322, 326, 331) which provides access to one or more levelled architectural diagrams relating to a sub-set of the metadata (306) of the repository (102). The selection of an object in a second interface (312, 318, 322, 326, 331) provides a next level of diagram with further objects for selection thereby providing different views of the sub-set and further sub-sets of the metadata (306) of the repository (102).
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