That reads like an extract from a user manual or something.
Did you turn up information somewhere that the Hawaii Department of Health uses IBM DB2 Document Manager? This price list from an Illinois software vendor does imply that at least some parts of the state government use it. Did you come across more direct information, or are you just guessing?
Sorry it took so long to reply. Wrap my schedule around the baby. But in answer to your question, yes, the state of Hawaii does use IBM DB2.
I was flabbergasted this morning when I saw how Danae was being attacked for trying to do what we are all trying to do, which is to understand why obama will not release his pertinent documents and put this issue to rest.
I was trying to figure out why Danae would have received a birth document with a 2001 date on it in 2000. So I went hunting:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Official+document+revisions&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
I found this:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cmgmt/v8r4m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.administeringddm.doc/ddmlc106.htm
Then I checked to see if Hawaii used IBM DB2 and found that it does.
THEN, I checked a few other states’ official documents and found that some docs were in use up to 7 months before the official dates on the docs, while going through the drafting process, but I didn’t have time to post it when I found it because the baby was up and she doesn’t like to be kept waiting no way, no how.
What they did was schedule the revision on a certain date to be put into effect by a specific date in the future. However they did not wait until the official date to begin using the revisions they wanted in place because it had no effect on the legality of the document.
This is the first chance I have had to update my info.
NOW, I am not positive whether it is a revision number or a date, but regardless, it seems to be within the same timeframe as other docs I saw from other states.
There are variants as to the revise dates. Most specify it is a date, and others use MM/DD the 4 digit year. So the rev.11/01 on this doc is ambiguous. Clarification by Hawaii is probably the only way to prove it one way or the other, but I still find it hard to believe that Danae would suddenly become an agent provocateur just to embarrass herself OR Polarik.
MHG, thanks for updating me. I appreciate it.