I'm slowly going over the archive of the mailing list for this project -- havn't seen XML-RPC mentioned, but lots of ties to projects where it should've fit. Is this under consideration as a mechanism for constructing glue or for serialization? best, -tony -- A.J. Rossini Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Biostatistics/Univ. of Washington (Th) Box 357232 206-543-1044 (3286=fax) Center for AIDS Research/HMC/UW (M/F) Box 359931 206-731-3647 (3693=fax) VTN/SCHARP/FHCRC (Tu/W) Box 358080 206-667-7025 (4812=fax) rossini@(biostat.washington.edu|u.washington.edu|scharp.org) http://www.biostat.washington.edu/~rossini