Systems and methods for a generic data model for the representation of an
arbitrarily complex environment are disclosed. These systems and methods
allow the representation of any logical or physical entity and the
associations and dependencies between these entities. Components may be
used to represent the entities while relationships may be used to
represent the associations and dependencies between the entities. A
typing system may be utilized in conjunction with a generic data model to
define a hierarchy of components and relationships for use with a
particular category of environments. The data structures associated with
a generic data model may be stored utilizing a table schema which does
not change with the addition of new data structures or types of data
structures. Applied data models created from these generic data models
may be searched utilizing a query language which allows efficient
searching of the applied data model, and structuring of the concomitant
results.