c# - Multidimenstional Arrays And Observable Collection -

i've seen many observablecollection<t> examples of 2-dimensional object, i'm working multi-dimensional object.

the faith life church daily bible reading api produce json data, below (this shortened, brevity)...

{     "dailychapter": [{         "date": "2016-02-01",         "book": "esther",         "chapter": 7,         "verses": [{             "number": 1,             "text": "so king , haman came banquet esther queen."         }, {             "number": 2,             "text": "and king said again unto esther on second day @ banquet of wine, thy petition, queen esther? , shall granted thee: , thy request? , shall performed, half of kingdom."         }]     }, {         "date": "2016-02-02",         "book": "esther",         "chapter": 8,         "verses": [{             "number": 1,             "text": "on day did king ahasuerus give house of haman jews' enemy unto esther queen. , mordecai came before king; esther had told unto her."         }, {             "number": 2,             "text": "and king took off ring, had taken haman, , gave unto mordecai. , esther set mordecai on house of haman."         }]     }, {         "date": "2016-02-03",         "book": "esther",         "chapter": 9,         "verses": [{             "number": 1,             "text": "now in twelfth month, is, month adar, on thirteenth day of same, when king's commandment , decree drew near put in execution, in day enemies of jews hoped have power on them, (though turned contrary, jews had rule on them hated them;)"         }, {             "number": 2,             "text": "the jews gathered in cities throughout provinces of king ahasuerus, lay hand on such sought hurt: , no man withstand them; fear of them fell upon people."         }]     }] } 

i have class, json, structure (classes generated json2csharp)...

    public class verses     {         public int number { get; set; }         public string text { get; set; }     }     public class dailychapter     {         public string date { get; set; }         public string book { get; set; }         public int chapter { get; set; }         public list<verses> verses { get; set; }     }     public class rootobject     {         public list<dailychapter> dailychapter { get; set; }     } 

i have level of background in databases, initial idea use observablecollection flat database, so...

date        book        chapter versenumber versetext "2016-02-01"    "esther"    7   1       "so king..." "2016-02-01"    "esther"    7   2       "and king..." "2016-02-02"    "esther"    8   1       "on day..." "2016-02-02"    "esther"    8   2       "and king..." "2016-02-03"    "esther"    9   1       "now in the..." "2016-02-03"    "esther"    9   2       "the jews gathered..." 

my observablecollection's class structured such...

    public class biblereadingcollection     {         public string date { get; set; }         public string book { get; set; }         public int chapter { get; set; }         public int versenumber { get; set; }         public string versetext { get; set; }          public biblereadingcollection(string _date, string _book, int _chapter, int _versenumber, string _versetext)         {             date = _date;             book = _book;             chapter = _chapter;             versenumber = _versenumber;             versetext = _versetext;         }     }     // create collection (like array) binding data added     public static observablecollection<biblereadingcollection> biblereadingcollection = new observablecollection<biblereadingcollection>(); 

my intention use observablecollection feed ui of app in master/detail type of scenario (master being date/chapter , detail being series of verses). theoretically, master list populated form of linq statement , clicking on 1 of chapters fire linq statement populate detail list verses.

my question whether right way think observablecollections (like flat database). maybe better have each day (and, thusly, each chapter) single record (row) , somehow nest verses within record. i'm not sure if that's possible (can stick observablecollection or array within observablecollection?). know, in sql-land, can join tables don't duplicate data. then, can create query output looks flat database.

what guys think? i'm amateur developer, lot of these concepts new me.