1. A method for accessing an item of interest within a particular one of a plurality of stored representations of data, the method comprising the steps of: searching a plurality of stored annotations corresponding to different items within the plurality of stored representations to locate an annotation of interest corresponding to the item of interest, the annotation of interest having an associated search identifier and an associated location identifier corresponding to a location of interest within the particular one of the plurality of stored representations; searching a plurality of stored search identifiers associated with the plurality of stored annotations,to locate the search identifier and an address identifier corresponding to a location of the particular one of the plurality of stored representations within the plurality of stored representations; and accessing the item of interest at the location of interest using the address identifier and the location identifier.