First of all, I must express thanks to the many monks who /msg-ed me with suggestions and links for my problem - One of which (links, not monks) led me to the Tangram module which allows the creation of orthogonal object abstraction and persistence through UML schemas. While this may not be the final road that I go down for the implementation of my DBI abstraction, this module (I feel) offers some very powerful methods. My problem however, is how to get it all working - For example, following the documentation in the Tangram PODs and on the Tangram Home page, I started experimenting with schema to this end:
 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use Tangram;

my ($schema) = Tangram::Schema->new(
    'classes'   =>  {
        'item'  =>  {
            'table'     =>  'test',
            'abstract'  =>  1,
            'fields'    =>  {
                'string'    =>  [ qw(
                    category
                    description_short
                    description_long
                    description_table
                    image_1
                    image_2
                    supplier_id
                    barcode_id
                ) ],
                'int'       =>  [ qw(
                    manufacturer
                    supplier
                ) ]
            }
        }
    }
);

$schema->deploy();
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But, despite this following closely to examples from these sources, I am presented with:
 

rob@kathmandu:/development$ ./test.perl
Can't locate object method "deploy" via package "Tangram::Schema" (per
+haps you forgot to load "Tangram::Schema"?) at ./test.perl line 31.
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Surely this is something simple which I have overlooked or forgotten, but I have done a little digging (more mundane and rudimentary attempts which I won't bore my fellow monks with) with little success. Prehaps, some of the well know proponents of DBIx::Recordset and Tangram could provide me with further enlightenment?
 
Thanks in advance,
 

 
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