Where applicable, the object keys in the tables are structured
in a hierarchical manner. This has the following benefits:
The key itself, with the object type implied by the table containing
the data, is sufficient to completely identify the object without
reference to other tables to obtain the contained-in relationships. This simplifies reporting.
A sorted list of table rows groups related objects together. For
example, the Controller Channel Interface (CCI) table would contain
the following object keys: