I'm not sure what I did wrong, but Zope seems to be reporting something from deep within... The error message is just Error Type: Type Error Error Value: first argument must be sequence of strings the last message in the stack trace is <zopedir>/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 250, in recordMetaData If I open up __init__.py for Zope (shiver), the line in question is the second one from the pair below: if hasattr(object, getPhysicalPath): path = join(object.getPhysicalPath(), '/') So it looks like somewhere along the line, my object must have overridden getPhysicalPath, but I certainly don't have any method with a name like that, and I'm subclassing SimpleItem.SimpleItem. Sorry if this question is overbroad, but I really don't know where to begin. Is there any way to figure out what object is being manipulated here? -Chris -- Chris Curvey Curvey Consulting http://www.chriscurvey.com