15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions for restoring data from an archived copy of a database file, the storage medium including program instructions executable by a processor to: receive a request to restore an item from the archived copy of the database file, the database file being a single monolithic database file, wherein the item comprises a file and associated context information describing the file in a first intranet portal application environment; retrieve a schema from the archived copy of the database file, wherein the schema represents a data structure of the database file that includes the item and allows access or restoration of selected items of the archived copy of the database file without use of a database; generate an item file and associated metadata file from the retrieved schema, wherein the item file comprises a copy of the file and is independent of the context information, and wherein the metadata file is based on the context information; store the item file and the associated metadata file in a file system; and restore the item to a second intranet portal application via the file system.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions for restoring data from an archived copy of a database file, the storage medium including program instructions executable by a processor to: receive a request to restore an item from the archived copy of the database file, the database file being a single monolithic database file, wherein the item comprises a file and associated context information describing the file in a first intranet portal application environment; retrieve a schema from the archived copy of the database file, wherein the schema represents a data structure of the database file that includes the item and allows access or restoration of selected items of the archived copy of the database file without use of a database; generate an item file and associated metadata file from the retrieved schema, wherein the item file comprises a copy of the file and is independent of the context information, and wherein the metadata file is based on the context information; store the item file and the associated metadata file in a file system; and restore the item to a second intranet portal application via the file system. 18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the context information comprises one or more file attributes and wherein for each of the one or more file attributes, the metadata file includes a corresponding tagged element.