1. An information repository system for managing, storing and retrieving a computer data file comprising: a content server for storing said file; content model means for defining a three-tiered content model which comprises nested tiers including component classes, physical object classes, and relations classes, and wherein a logical object contains a reference to said file and describes said file in generic terms and with reference to at least one attribute, and further wherein said logical object contains a reference to at least one physical object associated with said logical object, and contains a reference to at least one component associated with said at least one physical object, and wherein relations from said relations classes are used to connect logical objects and physical objects with other logical objects or physical objects; an administration data table which contains administration data associated with physical objects; logical hyperlink means for resolving, in context-based indirect runtime resolution, the logical object, to a physical destination of the file associated with the at least one physical object associated with the logical object; context resolution means, enabled by said logical hyperlink means, for context-based resolution of a particular physical object associated with the logical object on the basis of the context attributes of a request as determined by correlating requested context attributes against attributes of physical objects associated with the logical object and attributes of a front-end client application; and a management agent for managing said logical objects and physical objects using said content model means in conformance with said administration data and for identifying and retrieving the physical object resolved via said logical hyperlink means and said context resolution means.
1. An information repository system for managing, storing and retrieving a computer data file comprising: a content server for storing said file; content model means for defining a three-tiered content model which comprises nested tiers including component classes, physical object classes, and relations classes, and wherein a logical object contains a reference to said file and describes said file in generic terms and with reference to at least one attribute, and further wherein said logical object contains a reference to at least one physical object associated with said logical object, and contains a reference to at least one component associated with said at least one physical object, and wherein relations from said relations classes are used to connect logical objects and physical objects with other logical objects or physical objects; an administration data table which contains administration data associated with physical objects; logical hyperlink means for resolving, in context-based indirect runtime resolution, the logical object, to a physical destination of the file associated with the at least one physical object associated with the logical object; context resolution means, enabled by said logical hyperlink means, for context-based resolution of a particular physical object associated with the logical object on the basis of the context attributes of a request as determined by correlating requested context attributes against attributes of physical objects associated with the logical object and attributes of a front-end client application; and a management agent for managing said logical objects and physical objects using said content model means in conformance with said administration data and for identifying and retrieving the physical object resolved via said logical hyperlink means and said context resolution means. 9. The system of claim 1 wherein said context attributes utilize versioning based on changes in format.