8. A computer system comprising a processor; and a memory storing program instructions for restoring data from an archived copy of a database file, the database file being a single monolithic database file, including program instructions executable by the processor to: receive a request to restore an item from the archived copy of the 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.
8. A computer system comprising a processor; and a memory storing program instructions for restoring data from an archived copy of a database file, the database file being a single monolithic database file, including program instructions executable by the processor to: receive a request to restore an item from the archived copy of the 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. 13. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the processor to: receive a request to restore a list comprising two or more items from the archived copy of the database file, wherein each item in the list comprises a file of a same file type and associated context information describing the file in a firsts intranet portal application environment; retrieve a list schema from the archived copy of the database file, wherein the list schema includes the two or more items; for each item in the list: generate an item file and associated metadata file from the retrieved list 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; and store the item file and the associated metadata file in a file system; and restore the list to a second intranet portal application via the file system.