Abstract: Systems and methods for supporting independent data defining layers. In some instaces, such data defining layers are databases. Some of the methods include providing a database including a schema. The schema is analyzed to identify a table on the database. The table is retrieved and formatted as types known to an alternative database and/or an application. Some of the systems include a computer readable medium comprising computer instructions. The computer instructions are executable to access a database and a schema associated therewith. The instructions are further executable to analyze the schema and format data associated with the database as a format known to an alternative database and/or an application.

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing applications that are extensible to a variety of specific formats. The specific formats include, but are not limited to, language, data units and user specific graphics. Some of the methods include creating a generic application and an associated translation master, and applying the translation master to the generic application to create a specific application. Some of the systems include computer readable medium comprising instructions for implementing the methods.

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing data storage that is extensible to allow sharing of multiple specific data within a common generic storage scheme. Some of the methods include defining a generic data set and a specific data set correlated with the generic data set. In addition, a command set is generated for manipulating the specific data set in relation to the generic data set. Some of the systems include a computer readable medium comprising computer instructions. The computer instructions are executable to generate commands for manipulating the specific data set and commands for accessing the generic data set.

Abstract: A method and system for sending and receiving Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) in electronic mail over the Internet. An electronic mail document containing a URL may have several different types. If the message type indicates a URL, when the received URL type document is read or browsed using a multimedia Internet browser, the URL is looked up so that the information corresponding to the URL is displayed without necessarily displaying any portion of the received message. If the received document is of the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) type, the document may be displayed and a user may "click" on the URL to look up the information corresponding to the URL. If the received document is of the text type, the text may be converted to the HTML format and the HTML format document displayed so that a user may "click" on the URL in order to look up the information corresponding to the URL without the need to type in the URL address.