3. The system of claim 1 , wherein each object is based on an abstract base type object having one or more general characteristics elements of an object and one or more semantic property elements, and a plurality of base components, each base component being a child of the abstract base type object and inheriting the one or more general characteristics, each base component being a container item kind that describes a type of object and encapsulates the particular type of object wherein each type of object associated with the system is represented by the abstract base type object and one of the base components.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more general characteristic elements of an object further comprises a LogicalServerID element, a ContentSize element, a CreatedBy element, a CreationTime element, an ItemID element, a KindID element, a LastModified element, a Title element, or an UpdatedBy element.