Method and mechanism for storing and managing self-descriptive heterogeneous data

摘要: The present invention provides a method and mechanism to store manage self-descriptive heterogeneous data in database system. In one embodiment, generic datatype is defined which encapsulate type descriptions along with the actual itself. Another structural information for new datatypes. By using these datatypes data, system can be made aware of exact structure format data. This permits users store, manage, access like known Other objects, advantages, features are described Drawings, Claims, Detailed Description.