Appeal No. 96-1898
Application No. 07/921,826
The invention is directed to modelling data in an
information repository, best described by reference to
representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows:
1. A method for modelling data in an information
repository, comprising the steps of:
identifying and defining a plurality of data objects
including data;
formulating relationships between said data objects;
defining physical storage information for each of said
data objects;
storing said data objects, relationships and physical
storage information as a network including a plurality of
nodes associated with said data objects and said relationships
as connectivities therebetween and;
maintaining a method entity for said information
repository including information to implement said
relationships in a database.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Ferrer et al. (Ferrer) 4,479,196 Oct. 23,
1984
M.R. Blaha et al., ”Relational Database Design Using an
Object-Oriented Methodology” Communications of the ACM, pp.
414-428, April 1988.
L.M. Burns et al., “A Graphical Entity-Relationship Database
Browser” IEEE Computer, pp. 694-704, 1988.
J.V. Joseph et al., “Object-Oriented Databases: Design and
Implementation” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol.79, No.1, pp. 42-
64, 1991.
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