1. A method for executing a command in a computing environment to perform a database operation utilizing a computerized representation of a functional system, the method comprising: electronically storing a set of data entities in a database system, wherein the data entities represent elements of the functional system; wherein the functional system comprises a group of related elements ordered by their functional roles in converting inputs to outputs, or as the inputs, or as the outputs; electronically storing functional relationships among inputs to the elements represented by the data entities, outputs from those elements, and roles of those elements in converting the inputs to the outputs; electronically storing a computerized representation of a functional system syntax, the functional system syntax representing functional attributes of the elements of the functional system, wherein the functional attributes are properties of the elements of the functional system; electronically assigning syntactic tags to the data entities based on: the computerized representation of the functional system, and either the functional attributes of the elements which the data entities represent, or the electronically stored functional relationships among the elements; and enabling data creating, reading, updating, and deleting operations on the data entities and tags in the data store to correspond with changes in the functional system.