US PATENT SUBCLASS 707 / 100
DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTURE

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707 /   HD  DATA PROCESSING: DATABASE AND FILE MANAGEMENT, DATA STRUCTURES, OR DOCUMENT PROCESSING

100DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTURE {4}
101  DF  .~> Manipulating data structure (e.g., compression, compaction, compilation)
102  DF  .~> Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)
103  DF  .~> Object-oriented database structure
104  DF  .~> Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)

DEFINITION

Classification: 707/100

DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTURE:

(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising means or steps for organizing and inter-relating data or files, including relational, network, hierarchical, and entity-relationship models, among others.

(1) Note. Classification herein requires a combination of a data structure and the access or retrieval method, or apparatus for employing or storing the data structure.

(2) Note. KEYWORDS: entity relational, entity attribute, relational, hierarchical and network databases, b-tree, temporal multi-key, superblock, cross-linked tree, referential constraints, linked list, dual linked, quad linked, inverted file, inverted list, vector relational object, hypertext data dictionary.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

345, Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems,

326+, for object-oriented operator interface elements, per se.

395, Information Processing System Organization,

701+, for object-oriented programming environments, per se.