-- _15176609 ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >Nice use of bold.... Data does not just appear... You need a system to >record it. You mean "record it" ??.. Then what is "it". That is the Data. which is row but does hold info (rith or wrong/good or bad) in has something in it.. Now we (meatware) gives the interpretations to 'it' which is derived from the nature of 'data' (meta data & datum). . Note : A datum is a statement accepted at face value (a "given").Data is the plural of datum. -- _15176609 ALT--