Microsoft Corporation
APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE FOR HIERARCHICAL DATA FILES

Abstract:

A server computing device including a processor. The processor may be configured to, via an application program interface (API), receive a hierarchical data file including a plurality of datasets that are hierarchically organized in a plurality of dataset groups. The processor may be further configured to assign respective dataset metadata to the datasets and respective dataset group metadata to the dataset groups. The processor may be further configured to store, in memory, the plurality of datasets, the dataset metadata, and the dataset group metadata. The processor may be further configured to, via the API, receive a dataset query from a client computing device. The processor may be further configured to perform a search over the dataset metadata and/or the dataset group metadata to thereby generate search results. The processor may be further configured to transmit the search results to the client computing device via the API.