A method and system in a data processing system for the establishment of relationships between reference objects in an object oriented environment and an associated data object residing outside an object oriented environment. A data object within an application outside an object oriented environment...http://www.google.de/patents/US5511196?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5511196 - Method and system in a data processing system for the enhancement of relationships between reference objects in an object oriented environment and a data object outside an object oriented environment