Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for virtualizing data as virtual native data to a host operating environment, in which at least a portion of the data is from a source that is external to the host operating environment. A set of data is virtualized, including integrating at least a portion of the set of data with at least a portion of an obtained set of virtual data. The integrating can generate a resulting data set, such as a data object. Additional data sets can be virtualized and integrated with generated resulting data sets through recursive iteration.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods by which client computers working in a host operating environment can use from external data sources, which methods do not require nonvolatile storage of the data as native data to the host operating environment. The methods and operate transparently to a user of a client computer using the data through the host operating environment, and allow the data to be used as a first class participant in the host operating environment. Changes to the data can be saved nonvolitilely in the external data sources.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods by which client computers working in a host operating environment can use from external data sources, which methods do not require nonvolatile storage of the data as native data to the host operating environment. The methods operate transparently to a user of a client computer using the data through the host operating environment, and allow the data to be used as a first class participant in the host operating environment. Changes to the data can be saved nonvolitilely in the external data sources.