// reqDB.txt database item structure shall be composed of number, title, text, allocate, priority fields B2 B6 normal 9-15-2000 database item representation shall be represented using XML storage process normal 9-15-2000 database associations need to devise an in-memory db schema accounting for associations - db is vector of item structures - each item field has a structure entry - allocate field is a list of iterators pointing to other items storage process normal 9-15-2000