Hi,

I might be posting this in the wrong section, but I really
need help with this, so if this is the wrong section,
please direct me to the right one.

I am looking for a product/API/anything that shows me
relationships between sub-objects. To illustrate, say we
have Entity A, which has 20 sub-objects related to it.
Let's say Bill Gates is Entity A and the 20 sub-objects
are contacts of his. I would like to be able to see not
only his contacts but to view whether or not those
contacts have any relationship with one another. We use a
SQL server with the .NET framework.

Thanks for your time.

If you are looking for specifics to an implemeted datastore you have created
you need to post details. If you are speaking in very general terms then
here are 2 suggestions.

What you are describing is a software pattern called 'Dynamic Schema',
LDAP/Active directory are impementations of this pattern.

More info is available in the book 'The Art of Objects' Yun-Tung LAU, Ph.D.


"Brian" <bjorgenson@quellos.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I might be posting this in the wrong section, but I really
> need help with this, so if this is the wrong section,
> please direct me to the right one.
>
> I am looking for a product/API/anything that shows me
> relationships between sub-objects. To illustrate, say we
> have Entity A, which has 20 sub-objects related to it.
> Let's say Bill Gates is Entity A and the 20 sub-objects
> are contacts of his. I would like to be able to see not
> only his contacts but to view whether or not those
> contacts have any relationship with one another. We use a
> SQL server with the .NET framework.
>
> Thanks for your time.