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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
David Fields, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paolo Marcucci, Seattle, WA (US);
Carlos Brito, Sammamish, WA (US);
Chris Mcconnell, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott Hysom, Issaquah, WA (US);
David Fields, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paolo Marcucci, Seattle, WA (US);
Carlos Brito, Sammamish, WA (US);
Chris McConnell, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott Hysom, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a schema to describe the structure of a data store that may be used to query the data store. The schema may include a property description describing static and contextual attributes of a property of the data store. The schema may also include a property reference describing contextual attributes of a property of the data store, while referencing static attributes from a property description in another schema. In some instances, the schema may further describe item types and/or kinds for the data store.