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A database including a first graphical user interface adapted to create and store data objects, and a second graphical user interface adapted to define and store bidirectional text describing relations between related data objects. A third graphical user interface is adapted to view the data objects. Preferably, the third graphical is adapted to identify related data objects and display relevant parts of the bidirectional text with respect to related data objects in conjunction with visual indicia representing the related data objects. In another aspect, a computer implemented method is provided that stores data objects and textual annotations, each textual annotation corresponding to a given set of related data objects and describing relations between the given set of related data objects. In response to receiving a query command that specifies at least a particular textual annotation, at least one data object that belongs to a set of related data objects corresponding to the particular textual annotation is identified. Preferably, the query command is generated in accordance with user supplied parameters and the textual annotations (and associations with data objects) are arbitrarily specified by user input. The query command may further specify a particular data object and the processing adapted to identify at least one data object that i) belongs to a set of related data objects corresponding to the particular textual annotation and ii) is related to the particular data object. Alternatively, the query command may further specify a particular data object type and the processing adapted to identify at least one data object that i) belongs to a set of related data objects corresponding to the particular textual annotation, ii) is of a type corresponding to the particular data object type.

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