# Overview `co3` is a package for file conversion and associated database operations. The `CO3` base class provides a standard interface for performing conversions, preparing inserts, and interacting with database schemas that mirror the class hierarchy. Simplified description of the operational model: **Goal**: interact with a storage medium (database, pickled structure, VSS framework) with a known schema. - **Accessor** to provide access to stored items - **Composer** to compose common access points (e.g., JOINed tables) - **Indexer** to index/cache access queries - **Manager** to manage storage state (e.g., supported inserts, database syncs) - **Collector** to collect data for updating storage state - **Database** to collect data for updating storage state - **Mapper** to collect data for updating storage state - **Relation** to collect data for updating storage state **CO3** is an abstract base class that makes it easy to integrate this model with object hierarchies that mirror a storage schema.