1. A tangible computer-readable article for managing distributed index data, the article storing instructions that are operable when executed by a processor to: load a plurality of rules associated with business attributes of one or more data objects in a data repository, wherein the one or more data objects are indexed using a plurality of logically distributed indices, each logically distributed index comprising an index of a subset of the one or more data objects, wherein data objects indexed in each logically distributed index share at least one common business attribute determined at least in part by the plurality of rules; identify a query for one or more data objects from the data repository, the query targeting a generic index of data objects in the data repository, wherein the query includes an attribute associated with a particular logically distributed index; map the query to the particular logically distributed index according to at least one of the plurality of rules and the attribute associated with the particular logically distributed index; and execute the mapped query against the particular distributed index to retrieve the one or more data objects, wherein the mapped query is executed against the particular distributed index without executing the mapped query against any other of the plurality of logically distributed indices and without using the generic index.
1. A tangible computer-readable article for managing distributed index data, the article storing instructions that are operable when executed by a processor to: load a plurality of rules associated with business attributes of one or more data objects in a data repository, wherein the one or more data objects are indexed using a plurality of logically distributed indices, each logically distributed index comprising an index of a subset of the one or more data objects, wherein data objects indexed in each logically distributed index share at least one common business attribute determined at least in part by the plurality of rules; identify a query for one or more data objects from the data repository, the query targeting a generic index of data objects in the data repository, wherein the query includes an attribute associated with a particular logically distributed index; map the query to the particular logically distributed index according to at least one of the plurality of rules and the attribute associated with the particular logically distributed index; and execute the mapped query against the particular distributed index to retrieve the one or more data objects, wherein the mapped query is executed against the particular distributed index without executing the mapped query against any other of the plurality of logically distributed indices and without using the generic index. 7. The article of claim 1 , the plurality of distributed indices comprising a first index associated with a particular business criteria and a second index associated with another particular business criteria.