Revision history

0.01  Mon Dec 22 17:28:49 PST 2003
	- original version. 
0.02  Tues Jan 06 17:01:12 PST 2004
        - some code cleanup, documentation changes 
0.03  Thu Feb 19 09:46:40 PST 2004
        - refactored: database connection is now made at runtime
0.04  Mon Feb 23 11:15:53 PST 2004
        - refactored tests so that tests that need a DB connection skip if DB connection is not negotiated
0.05  17 May 2004
	- refactor of reconstitution code
0.06  Mon Aug 16 14:24:43 PDT 2004
        - major refactor of persistence handling. store() method added to store objects explicitly (implicit 
          storage still occurs when an object is destroyed. Implicitly destroyed objects will not overwrite 
          explicitly destroyed ones). Mosts tests have been re-written and new ones have been added to test
          this storage handling.
0.07  Tue Aug 17 10:52:27 PDT 2004
       - require 5.8.2 added for perl version, manifest rebuilt to include patch files 
0.08  Wed Sep  1 14:09:29 PDT 2004
       - The following defects have been addressed (see also bug tracker at www.sf.net project: isbiology):
       1016244  no persistence on (enclosed) test
       1016246 	reformat of list sorage
       1019348 	not all objects stored
       1016242 	create flag not working for registry
       1016238 	_registry_is_saved error
       1017046 	not all objects stored
