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Generation of output or reports on information contained in a data source which may be any of two or more types of source data, in a standardized or uniform manner is provided. A plurality of drivers are provided specific to different types of source data which include programming for identifying st

Generation of output or reports on information contained in a data source which may be any of two or more types of source data, in a standardized or uniform manner is provided. A plurality of drivers are provided specific to different types of source data which include programming for identifying structural or other characteristics of the various data sources, e.g. for use in defining a new database. Preferably the new database is configured to permit highly flexible and/or rapid output or reporting or is otherwise optimized for reporting purposes. In one embodiment, the present invention includes conversion of one or more data sources into one or more uniform databases, preferably generating one or more key categories for organizing the data, optionally generating category groupings or rollups and additional data or optional references. In one embodiment, one or more databases are created which have a degree of uniformity of structure, even though they may be based on two or more different data sources which may have very different structures. The different data sources are automatically analyzed and this analysis can be used to identify and/or create categories of data for use in organizing the database.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A computer-implemented method comprising;providing a first driver which issues instructions for accessing data stored in a first data source, said first data source having a first data source structure, said first driver containing program instructions configured for use

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A computer-implemented method comprising;providing a first driver which issues instructions for accessing data stored in a first data source, said first data source having a first data source structure, said first driver containing program instructions configured for use in connection with said first data source, wherein said first data source includes data identifiers in a first language;using said first drivers to automatically obtain first information about said first data source structure without the need for human analysis of the first data source;determining a structure for an object database from said first data source structure, wherein said structure for said object database is different from said first data source structure;creating a database for storing at least some data from said first data source, said database having said structure determined in said step of determining a structure;wherein said database includes data identifiers in a second language, different from said first language.