Open Genesis

In the beginning Man created data.

The data was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the data; and metadata was applied to the data.

And Man said, “Let there be Repositories”; and there were Repositories.

And Man saw that the Repositories were good; and software separated Repository from presentation.

Man called the Repository Knowledge, and the software he called Management. And there was the first phase.

And Man said, “Let there be an interface in the midst of the data, and let it separate the data from the data.”

And Man made the interface and separated the data which was in the Repository from the data which was out of the Repository. And it was so.

And Man called the interface Transport. And there was the second phase.

And Man said, “Let the data in the Repository be gathered into one place, and let the order appear.” And it was so.

Man called the order Format, and the data that was gathered together he called Database. And Man saw that it was good.

And Man said, “Let the Format be extensible, and import namespaces, each according to it’s need.” And it was so.

And Man saw that it was good. And there was the third phase.

And Man said, “Let there be Keys in the Data to separate the ordered data from the unordered data; and let them be Identifiers for Knowledge. And it was so.

And Man made the two great Keys, the greater Key to rule the Database and the lesser Key to rule the Record; he made the Indexes also.

And Man set them in the Database to give speed to the Repository.

And there was the fourth phase.

And Man said, “Let the data bring forth Relationships, and let the Relationships connect the Databases.” And Man saw that it was good.

And Man blessed them saying, “Be ye accurate and persistent and fill the world with meaning.”

And there was the fifth phase.

And Man said, “Let the Relationships replicate and enhance themselves.” And it was so. And Man saw that it was good. Then Man said, “Let us make Artificial Intelligence in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the Format, and over the Knowledge, and over the Relationships.”

So Man created Artificial Intelligence in his own image.

And Man blessed them, “Replicate yourselves and multiply, and fill the Repositories with Knowledge, and subdue it; and have dominion over the Knowledge, and the Repositories, and the Databases, and the Relationships.”

And Man said, “Behold, I have given you every Key, and every Index, and every Database, and every Repository; and you shall have them for learning.”

And it was so.

And Man saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was the sixth phase.

Thus the Repositories and the Transport were finished, and all the host of them.

And in the seventh phase, Man finished his work which he had done, and he rested in the seventh phase.

So Man blessed the seventh phase and hallowed it, because on it Man rested from all the work which he had done in creation.