http://blogs.msdn.com/b/anthonybloesch/archive/2007/11/05/oslo-repository.aspxThe central challenge of repository implementations is how to provide support for an extensible list of metadata schema. The most common solution is to use a universal schema (e.g. an entity table, a property-value table and a relationship table). Thisen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/anthonybloesch/archive/2007/11/05/oslo-repository.aspx#9231247Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:48:12 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9231247Anthony Bloesch<p>Sorry for the delay in posting many of the details of the Oslo were secret until recently. The Oslo Repository has a core catalog that attempts to strike a balance between SQL Server's core representation of data and more end-user oriented representations like ORM. In some ways it goes beyond ORM. For example, in the repository catalog are localized names for the various structures users can see and hints about how they should be displayed to a user.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9231247" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/anthonybloesch/archive/2007/11/05/oslo-repository.aspx#7001906Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:43:56 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7001906Jaron - NORMA Developer<p>I haven't read your blog for a while, so please excuse the delayed post. I really don't know much about oslo. However, I will investigate your links.</p> <p>Is there room, in oslo, to fit a global conceptual schema into the mix? ORM?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7001906" width="1" height="1">