Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a
hardware/software interface system for a computer system for manipulating
a plurality of discrete units of information at a hardware/software
interface system level, Items, the Items interconnected by Relationships
and where Items have Relationships to other Items. One such relationship
between Items may be for the purposes of logically denoting to the
hardware/software interface system whether one Item is public and
accessible or private and unaccessible to another Item.