This sounds like a transaction... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_transaction Michelle On 6/22/2007 10:23:21 PM, Chad Phillips -- Apartment Lines (chad@apartmentlines.com) wrote: sorry about that. i really wasn't sure what else to call it. i'm happy to pick a better name if it avoids confusion. :) package == 'logical set of deletions that happen together' as in, when you delete a node, you also delete the associated comments, associated revisions, etc. they happen as a logical unit. the API keeps the logical units together, and presents the logical units to the hooks so that outside modules may have a look.