Unified and normalized management of an object within a structured data store on any machine and/or across difference machines. In an embodiment, a first resource on a first machine accesses an events dataset representing a two-dimensional structure. Each row in the events dataset comprises a plurality of event types, an identification of an entity, and an identification of an object representing a unique instance of the entity. Each row in the events dataset is processed based on its event type to create, update, or delete the object identified in the row. In a second embodiment, a first resource on a first machine accesses a view definition dataset comprising an identification of one or more attributes of one or more related entities and an identification of one or more objects of the one or more related entities. The view definition dataset is processed to retrieve attribute values for the objects and attributes identified in the view definition dataset.