"published" refers to posting on the Internet, and overall database
refers to a site of potential inclusion of these records into a larger set
of records, whether other amateur surveyors or state/federal records (I
have received notice from the USFWS that some of my reports have been
added to their database, etc.) I use the term 'database' as a general
reference to any large set of organized, catagorized data (a home file,
a public computer site, a business file, a civil file, etc.) whether one
based on my professional endeavors in molecular environmental science or
my business in personal financial analysis OR a database into which my
years and years of bird surveys, or even one key survey, may be included.

Cheers,
Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu Univ of WA and Des Moines, WA

"Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of
confusion and bamboozle requires vigilance, dedication, and courage."
-Carl Sagan-

On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, S&C Richardson wrote:

> Maureen
> Why the quotes on published?
> And to what "overall database" do you refer?
> --
> Scott Richardson
> Olympia, Washington
> salix at halcyon.com
>
> -----
> You wrote to Tom and Tweeters...
> Yes, all my records kept on computer file, and I'll be copying all to ZIP
> discs for back-up. Glad these records are thought to be useful to the
> overall database. And, these kinds of "published" surveys are a lifelong
> commitment to me...
>