Is there some docs or description on Paos? I'm not familiar with it, although it sounds like it might be a some kind of object database with a little brokerage mixed in...? Cheers, Harry Harry J Mangalam, Developmental + Cell Biology Rm 4201, Biological Sciences II, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697 (949) 824 4824[vox], (949) 824 8551[fax], mangalam at uci.edu http://hornet.bio.uci.edu/~hjm/