19. The system for optimizing data queries in claim 13 , wherein said Inter-Node Consolidation is set up by communicating updated Consolidation Strings to other data-source nodes in a peer-to-peer fashion.
19. The system for optimizing data queries in claim 13 , wherein said Inter-Node Consolidation is set up by communicating updated Consolidation Strings to other data-source nodes in a peer-to-peer fashion. 22. The system for optimizing data queries in claim 19 , wherein if said peer-to-peer communication of updated Consolidation Strings is delayed due to network or system outage, then said updated Consolidation Strings are queued as messages to be communicated as soon as the affected systems are restored.