12. A method according to claim 1 , including the steps of: generating, via a graphical user interface (GUI), a graphical representation of the reference taxonomy including nodes representing data structures of the taxonomy; and in response to user-interactions with the GUI, generating calls to the computer program to initiate application program functions.
13. A method according to claim 12 , wherein the GUI includes a data backup function call and the method includes the step of: in response to user-selection of the data backup function call and user-selection of a set of one or more nodes of the reference taxonomy, sending a call to the application program to backup data within the application taxonomy data structures corresponding to said set of nodes.