If you are looking for specifics to an implemeted datastore you have created
you need to post details. If you are speaking in very general terms then
here are 2 suggestions.

What you are describing is a software pattern called 'Dynamic Schema',
LDAP/Active directory are impementations of this pattern.

More info is available in the book 'The Art of Objects' Yun-Tung LAU, Ph.D.


"Brian" <bjorgenson@quellos.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I might be posting this in the wrong section, but I really
> need help with this, so if this is the wrong section,
> please direct me to the right one.
>
> I am looking for a product/API/anything that shows me
> relationships between sub-objects. To illustrate, say we
> have Entity A, which has 20 sub-objects related to it.
> Let's say Bill Gates is Entity A and the 20 sub-objects
> are contacts of his. I would like to be able to see not
> only his contacts but to view whether or not those
> contacts have any relationship with one another. We use a
> SQL server with the .NET framework.
>
> Thanks for your time.