16. A computer-program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer-program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium and a computer-program mechanism embedded therein for configuring the computer system to create documents in a hierarchy, the computer-program mechanism including: instructions for generating a root number which corresponds to a base level in the hierarchy; instructions for assigning document numbers to the documents, wherein the document numbers are generated based at least in part on the root number; instructions for assigning directory numbers to directories in the hierarchy, wherein a given directory number is generated based at least in part on a given document number, and wherein a given directory is in a branch that is coupled to the root level; instructions for determining paths in the hierarchy corresponding to the document numbers and the directory numbers, wherein a given path includes the base level and zero or more dependent branches; instructions for generating content numbers for the documents based at least in part on the corresponding paths through the hierarchy; instructions for creating the documents, wherein creating the documents comprises translating a content number for each document to determine content to be placed within the document; and instructions for storing, in a memory, the created documents in the directories in the hierarchy.
22. The computer-program product of claim 16 , wherein a given content number is generated using a pseudorandom number generator using a path number corresponding to a given path through the hierarchy as a seed.