11. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises: configuring a server connected to the database to access the data source for retrieval of updated data in response to a data request.
8. A system for managing data from data sources in collaboration, comprising: a database for storing data retrieved from a plurality of data sources; a display device for presenting a graphical user interface; and a server configured to access the plurality of data sources, the server comprising a processor that executes computer program instructions, the computer program instructions causing the processor to: import data from a data source into the database; automatically identify a correspondence between the imported data and existing data in the database based on relationships identified in the imported data and relationships identified in the existing data, the correspondence identification including classifying at least a portion of the imported data according to a classification data structure that classifies relationships into classification types; automatically annotate metadata of the imported data to identify at least one of the data source and a creator of the imported data; receive user input of annotations specifying relationships between the identified relationships; and responsive to user input requesting data: access a subset of the data stored in the database by referencing the identified relationships, the automatically generated annotations, and the user-input annotations; and output the accessed data, including display of at least a portion of the accessed data according to a view that is based on the classification.