1. A method between a plurality of computer systems for managing one or more attributes for one or more objects in one or more namespaces, the method comprising: configuring a first computer system to store the one or more namespaces, the one or more namespaces including the one or more objects, each of the one or more objects having one or more values, the one or more objects being organized in accordance with one or more attribute names, the first computer system being connected to a network; the network being further connected to a second computer system, the second computer system being configured to access the first computer system; receiving at least one of a query specification and view specification from the second computer system at the first computer system; and returning data to the second computer system from the one or more namespaces stored at the first computer system, based on the at least one of a query specification and view specification.