Patent 7788651 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on August, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A computer-implemented system for representing data comprises a position indicator that indicates a position of a datum within a group, a name indicator that optionally names the datum, and a value of the datum. A type to be assigned to the datum is derived from at least one of a name of the datum and the position of the datum within the group. Methods of using the system are also provided.