The principal sections of the Microsoft® Repository documentation are the Overview, the Programmer's Guide, the Glossary, and the Repository Reference. Many of the topics in the Programmer's Guide refer to the COM Reference and Automation Reference for further information about objects, interfaces, and interface members (properties, methods, and collections).
| Section | Describes | Who should read it |
| Repository Overview | Overview of Repository features, functions, and architecture | All users |
| What's New In Microsoft Repository 2.0 | New features for this release | All users |
| Repository Programmer's Guide | Repository engine and type information model, and designing information models | All users |
| Repository Glossary | Definitions of Repository terms. | All users |
| Repository Automation Reference | Automation interfaces | Microsoft Visual Basic® programmers who are developing information models |
| Repository COM Reference | COM interfaces | Microsoft Visual C++® programmers who are developing information models |
| Repository Data Structure and Constants | Repository declarations and definitions | Programmers who create or populate information models; programmers who write or modify data in Repository |
| Repository Errors | Error messages | All users |
| Repository SQL Schema | Tables for managing objects and storing information | SQL database programmers |