1. A method of processing data, comprising: associating a set of placeholder nodes with a set of parent nodes in a lattice-based database, each of the placeholder nodes being configured at a different dimensional position of the lattice-based database than at least one corresponding parent node and representing an insertion point for additional data; receiving a set of data to be inserted in the lattice-based database; generating a set of child nodes, each child node being associated with at least one corresponding parent node and being inserted into the insertion point of at least one placeholder node; and distributing the set of data from at least one of the parent nodes into a corresponding set of child nodes.