diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.MSSQL/MSSQLAssetData.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.MSSQL/MSSQLAssetData.cs
index b8d57a73ee..059bb5eec5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.MSSQL/MSSQLAssetData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.MSSQL/MSSQLAssetData.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MSSQL
 {
-    internal class MSSQLAssetData : IAssetProvider
+    internal class MSSQLAssetData : AssetDataBase
     {
         private static readonly log4net.ILog m_log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MSSQL
             UpgradeAssetsTable(tableList["assets"]);
         }
 
-        public AssetBase FetchAsset(LLUUID assetID)
+        override public AssetBase FetchAsset(LLUUID assetID)
         {
             AssetBase asset = null;
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MSSQL
             return asset;
         }
 
-        public void CreateAsset(AssetBase asset)
+        override public void CreateAsset(AssetBase asset)
         {
             if (ExistsAsset((LLUUID) asset.FullID))
             {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MSSQL
         }
 
 
-        public void UpdateAsset(AssetBase asset)
+        override public void UpdateAsset(AssetBase asset)
         {
             SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("UPDATE assets set id = @id, " +
                                                 "name = @name, " +
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MSSQL
             }
         }
 
-        public bool ExistsAsset(LLUUID uuid)
+        override public bool ExistsAsset(LLUUID uuid)
         {
             if (FetchAsset(uuid) != null)
             {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MSSQL
         /// <summary>
         /// All writes are immediately commited to the database, so this is a no-op
         /// </summary>
-        public void CommitAssets()
+        override public void CommitAssets()
         {
         }
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MSSQL
 
         #region IPlugin Members
 
-        public void Initialise()
+        override public void Initialise()
         {
             IniFile GridDataMySqlFile = new IniFile("mssql_connection.ini");
             string settingDataSource = GridDataMySqlFile.ParseFileReadValue("data_source");
@@ -205,13 +205,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MSSQL
             TestTables();
         }
 
-        public string Version
+        override public string Version
         {
 //            get { return database.getVersion(); } 
             get { return database.getVersion(); }
         }
 
-        public string Name
+        override public string Name
         {
             get { return "MSSQL Asset storage engine"; }
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
index b439582d2c..79994ae93c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MySQL
 {
-    internal class MySQLAssetData : IAssetProvider
+    internal class MySQLAssetData : AssetDataBase, IPlugin
     {
         private static readonly log4net.ILog m_log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MySQL
             UpgradeAssetsTable(tableList["assets"]);
         }
 
-        public AssetBase FetchAsset(LLUUID assetID)
+        override public AssetBase FetchAsset(LLUUID assetID)
         {
             AssetBase asset = null;
             lock (_dbConnection)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MySQL
             return asset;
         }
 
-        public void CreateAsset(AssetBase asset)
+        override public void CreateAsset(AssetBase asset)
         {            
             lock (_dbConnection)
             {
@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MySQL
             }
         }
 
-        public void UpdateAsset(AssetBase asset)
+        override public void UpdateAsset(AssetBase asset)
         {
             CreateAsset(asset);
         }
 
-        public bool ExistsAsset(LLUUID uuid)
+        override public bool ExistsAsset(LLUUID uuid)
         {
             throw new Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.");
         }
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MySQL
         /// <summary>
         /// All writes are immediately commited to the database, so this is a no-op
         /// </summary>
-        public void CommitAssets()
+        override public void CommitAssets()
         {
         }
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MySQL
 
         #region IPlugin Members
 
-        public void Initialise()
+        override public void Initialise()
         {
             IniFile GridDataMySqlFile = new IniFile("mysql_connection.ini");
             string hostname = GridDataMySqlFile.ParseFileReadValue("hostname");
@@ -183,12 +183,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.MySQL
             TestTables();
         }
 
-        public string Version
+        override public string Version
         {
             get { return _dbConnection.getVersion(); }
         }
 
-        public string Name
+        override public string Name
         {
             get { return "MySQL Asset storage engine"; }
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteAssetData.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteAssetData.cs
index 0703e54531..afa73b1589 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteAssetData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteAssetData.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
     /// <summary>
     /// A User storage interface for the DB4o database system
     /// </summary>
-    public class SQLiteAssetData : SQLiteBase, IAssetProvider
+    public class SQLiteAssetData : AssetDataBase
     {
         private static readonly log4net.ILog m_log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
             return;
         }
 
-        public AssetBase FetchAsset(LLUUID uuid)
+        override public AssetBase FetchAsset(LLUUID uuid)
         {
             
             using (SqliteCommand cmd = new SqliteCommand(SelectAssetSQL, m_conn))
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
             }
         }
 
-        public void CreateAsset(AssetBase asset)
+        override public void CreateAsset(AssetBase asset)
         {
             m_log.Info("[SQLITE]: Creating Asset " + Util.ToRawUuidString(asset.FullID));
             if (ExistsAsset(asset.FullID))
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
             }
         }
 
-        public void UpdateAsset(AssetBase asset)
+        override public void UpdateAsset(AssetBase asset)
         {
             LogAssetLoad(asset);
             
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
                                                    asset.InvType, temporary, local, assetLength));
         }
 
-        public bool ExistsAsset(LLUUID uuid)
+        override public bool ExistsAsset(LLUUID uuid)
         {
             using (SqliteCommand cmd = new SqliteCommand(SelectAssetSQL, m_conn))
             {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
             }
         }
 
-        public void CommitAssets() // force a sync to the database
+        override public void CommitAssets() // force a sync to the database
         {
             m_log.Info("[SQLITE]: Attempting commit");
             // lock (ds)
@@ -197,14 +197,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
         {
             DataTable assets = new DataTable("assets");
 
-            createCol(assets, "UUID", typeof (String));
-            createCol(assets, "Name", typeof (String));
-            createCol(assets, "Description", typeof (String));
-            createCol(assets, "Type", typeof (Int32));
-            createCol(assets, "InvType", typeof (Int32));
-            createCol(assets, "Local", typeof (Boolean));
-            createCol(assets, "Temporary", typeof (Boolean));
-            createCol(assets, "Data", typeof (Byte[]));
+            SQLiteUtil.createCol(assets, "UUID", typeof (String));
+            SQLiteUtil.createCol(assets, "Name", typeof (String));
+            SQLiteUtil.createCol(assets, "Description", typeof (String));
+            SQLiteUtil.createCol(assets, "Type", typeof (Int32));
+            SQLiteUtil.createCol(assets, "InvType", typeof (Int32));
+            SQLiteUtil.createCol(assets, "Local", typeof (Boolean));
+            SQLiteUtil.createCol(assets, "Temporary", typeof (Boolean));
+            SQLiteUtil.createCol(assets, "Data", typeof (Byte[]));
             // Add in contraints
             assets.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] {assets.Columns["UUID"]};
             return assets;
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
 
         private void InitDB(SqliteConnection conn)
         {
-            string createAssets = defineTable(createAssetsTable());
+            string createAssets = SQLiteUtil.defineTable(createAssetsTable());
             SqliteCommand pcmd = new SqliteCommand(createAssets, conn);
             pcmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
         }
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
 
         #region IPlugin interface
 
-        public string Version
+        override public string Version
         {
             get
             {
@@ -286,12 +286,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
             }
         }
 
-        public void Initialise()
+        override public void Initialise()
         {
             Initialise("AssetStorage.db", "");
         }
 
-        public string Name
+        override public string Name
         {
             get { return "SQLite Asset storage engine"; }
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteInventoryStore.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteInventoryStore.cs
index 97fdc96826..14a3e1a1dd 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteInventoryStore.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteInventoryStore.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
 {
-    public class SQLiteInventoryStore : SQLiteBase, IInventoryData
+    public class SQLiteInventoryStore : SQLiteUtil, IInventoryData
     {
         private static readonly log4net.ILog m_log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteManager.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteManager.cs
index bec0cd8ce6..b383b0d6b5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteManager.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
 {
-    internal class SQLiteManager : SQLiteBase
+    internal class SQLiteManager : SQLiteUtil
     {
         private static readonly log4net.ILog m_log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteUserData.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteUserData.cs
index 0b2df9d695..4a582ace8e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteUserData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteUserData.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
     /// <summary>
     /// A User storage interface for the SQLite database system
     /// </summary>
-    public class SQLiteUserData : SQLiteBase, IUserData
+    public class SQLiteUserData : SQLiteUtil, IUserData
     {
         private static readonly log4net.ILog m_log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteBase.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteUtils.cs
similarity index 93%
rename from OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteBase.cs
rename to OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteUtils.cs
index 8997faa277..1334e53384 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data.SQLite/SQLiteUtils.cs
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
     /// <summary>
     /// A base class for methods needed by all SQLite database classes
     /// </summary>
-    public class SQLiteBase
+    public class SQLiteUtil
     {
         /***********************************************************************
          *
-         *  Database Definition Functions
+         *  Database Definition Helper Functions
          * 
          *  This should be db agnostic as we define them in ADO.NET terms
          *
          **********************************************************************/
 
-        protected static void createCol(DataTable dt, string name, Type type)
+        public static void createCol(DataTable dt, string name, Type type)
         {
             DataColumn col = new DataColumn(name, type);
             dt.Columns.Add(col);
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
          *
          **********************************************************************/
 
-        protected static SqliteCommand createInsertCommand(string table, DataTable dt)
+        public static SqliteCommand createInsertCommand(string table, DataTable dt)
         {
             /**
              *  This is subtle enough to deserve some commentary.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
             return cmd;
         }
 
-        protected static SqliteCommand createUpdateCommand(string table, string pk, DataTable dt)
+        public static SqliteCommand createUpdateCommand(string table, string pk, DataTable dt)
         {
             string sql = "update " + table + " set ";
             string subsql = String.Empty;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
         }
 
 
-        protected static string defineTable(DataTable dt)
+        public static string defineTable(DataTable dt)
         {
             string sql = "create table " + dt.TableName + "(";
             string subsql = String.Empty;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
         /// for us.
         ///</summary>
         ///<returns>a built sqlite parameter</returns>
-        protected static SqliteParameter createSqliteParameter(string name, Type type)
+        public static SqliteParameter createSqliteParameter(string name, Type type)
         {
             SqliteParameter param = new SqliteParameter();
             param.ParameterName = ":" + name;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
          *
          **********************************************************************/
 
-        protected static DbType dbtypeFromType(Type type)
+        public static DbType dbtypeFromType(Type type)
         {
             if (type == typeof (String))
             {
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data.SQLite
 
         // this is something we'll need to implement for each db
         // slightly differently.
-        protected static string sqliteType(Type type)
+        public static string sqliteType(Type type)
         {
             if (type == typeof (String))
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data/AssetDataBase.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data/AssetDataBase.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21623581f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data/AssetDataBase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using libsecondlife;
+
+namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data
+{
+    public abstract class AssetDataBase : IAssetProvider
+    {
+        public abstract AssetBase FetchAsset(LLUUID uuid);
+        public abstract void CreateAsset(AssetBase asset);
+        public abstract void UpdateAsset(AssetBase asset);
+        public abstract bool ExistsAsset(LLUUID uuid);
+        public abstract void CommitAssets();
+
+        public abstract string Version { get; }
+        public abstract string Name { get; }
+        public abstract void Initialise();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data/DataStoreBase.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data/DataStoreBase.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..671d0f03a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data/DataStoreBase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data
+{
+    public abstract class DataStoreBase
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data/GridDataBase.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data/GridDataBase.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7333b4c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data/GridDataBase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data
+{
+    public abstract class GridDataBase
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data/InventoryDataBase.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data/InventoryDataBase.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d88acff35a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data/InventoryDataBase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data
+{
+    public abstract class InventoryDataBase
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Data/UserDataBase.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Data/UserDataBase.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a704ed41bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Data/UserDataBase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenSim.Framework.Data
+{
+    public abstract class UserDataBase
+    {
+    }
+}