A programming language syntax that embeds object type declaration in the object name. The objects are self-documenting because its object type is embedded in each object. In one embodiment, the object type-declaration prefix precedes the object name and explicitly declares the object type information. For example, a SQL object FirstName, may be implemented as SQL@FirstName, a URL object may be implemented as URL@FirstName, environment object from an environment table may be implemented as ENV@user.