From: anne001 Date: 2006-09-27T22:20:18+09:00 Subject: Re: how to design a system to centralize data? -- using ruby Thank you for your post, Unfortunately it is almost impossible to communicate with Computer Science students at Harvard. I have tried in the past, Harvard has no intra posting ability, only computer science students can belong to computer science association, etc. but we get bright student coming through our courses, so we can hook students in that way. Your response is very helpful in that it suggests that for now, we don't need to change the way we acquire and store the data, and can develop the interface seperately. This will reduce the complexity of the project -- if it ain't broke don't fix it -- . anne