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The database structures holding the Gombe-MI data are constructed in a fashion which enables arbitrary and efficient data retrieval. Because these tables and their relationships are not necessarily convenient or understandable to the average user of the Gombe-MI system, the system uses the view database feature to provide simplified “pictures” of the data. Views are nothing more than queries, queries which appear to be tables. Views differ from tables only in that some views may not be used to change (insert, update, or delete) the underlying data.