Features such as trees or bushes are typically generated using L-systems or fractals, due to featuring a generic structure.

The generic structure enables the loading of new classes of data through the simple addition of a few records of metadata.

The generic structure allows the capture of complex business rules that are difficult to capture using a conventional relational structure.

Conventional star schema can give better performance than physical implementations of the generic structure.

The generic structure supports the business structure by holding multiple rows, linked by pointers, instead of the conventional columns in a table.

These generic structures are used to make the patent claim as broad as possible.

The exact source of these generic structures is not known.

All of the Gulls, however, did use a similar generic structure.

Some examples of a generic syllable structure are:

"Wizards and wainscots: generic structures and genre themes in the Harry Potter series".