The term document has multiple meanings in ordinary language and in scholarship. WordNet 3.1. lists four meanings (October 2011):

• document, written document, papers (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))
• document (anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks)
• document (a written account of ownership or obligation)
• text file, document ((computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters).

In Library and information science and in documentation science is "document" considered a basic theoretical construct. It is everything which may be preserved or represented in order to serve as evidence for some purpose. The classical example provided by Suzanne Briet is an antelope: "An antelope running wild on the plains of Africa should not be considered a document, she rules. But if it were to be captured, taken to a zoo and made an object of study, it has been made into a document. It has become physical evidence being used by those who study it. Indeed, scholarly articles written about the antelope are secondary documents, since the antelope itself is the primary document." (Quoted from Buckland, 1998 ^[1]). (This view has been seen as an early expression of what now is known as actor–network theory).

That documents cannot be defined by their transmission medium (such as paper) is evident because of the existence of electronic documents.

What is a document?[link]

The concept of document has been defined as “any concrete or symbolic indication, preserved or recorded, for reconstructing or for proving a phenomenon, whether physical or mental" (Briet, 1951, 7; here quoted from Buckland, 1991).

A much cited article asked "what is a document" and concluded this way: “The evolving notion of ‘‘document’’ among Otlet, Briet, Schürmeyer, and the other documentalists increasingly emphasized whatever functioned as a document rather than traditional physical forms of documents. The shift to digital technology would seem to make this distinction even more important. Levy’s thoughtful analyses have shown that an emphasis on the technology of digital documents has impeded our understanding of digital documents as documents (e.g., Levy, 1994^[2]). A conventional document, such as a mail message or a technical report, exists physically in digital technology as a string of bits, as does everything else in a digital environment. As an object of study, it has been made into a document. It has become physical evidence by those who study it.

Types of documents[link]

Documents are sometimes classified as secret, private or public. They may also be described as a draft or proof. When a document is copied, the source is referred to as the original.

There are accepted standards for specific applications in various fields, such as:

• a7a: thesis, paper, journal
• Business and accounting: Invoice, quote, RFP, Proposal, Contract, Packing slip, Manifest, Report detailed & summary, Spread sheet, MSDS, Waybill, Bill of Lading (BOL), Financial statement, Nondisclosure agreement (NDA) or sometimes referred to as; Mutual nondisclosure agreement (MNDA)
• Law and politics: summons, certificate, license, gazette
• Government and industry: white paper
• Media and marketing: brief, mock-up, script

Such standard documents can be created based on a template.

Developing documents[link]

The page layout of a document is the manner in which information is graphically arranged in the document space (e.g., on a page). If the appearance of the document is of concern, page layout is generally the responsibility of a graphic designer. Typography deals with the design of letter and symbol forms, as well as their physical arrangement in the document (see typesetting). Information design focuses on the effective communication of information, especially in industrial documents and public signs. Simple text documents may not require a visual design and may be handled by an author, clerk or transcriber. Forms may require a visual design for the initial fields, but not to fill out the forms.

History[link]

Traditionally, the medium of a document was paper and the information was applied to it as ink, either by hand (to make a hand-written document) or by a mechanical process (such as a printing press or, more recently, a laser printer).

Through time, documents have also been written with ink on papyrus (starting in ancient Egypt) or parchment; scratched as runes on stone using a sharp apparatus; stamped or cut into clay and then baked to make clay tablets (e.g., in the Sumerian and other Mesopotamian civilisations). The paper, papyrus or parchment might be rolled up as a scroll or cut into sheets and bound into a book. Today short documents might also consist of sheets of paper stapled together.

Modern electronic means of storing and displaying documents include:

• desktop computer and monitor (or laptop, tablet PC, etc.); optionally with a printer to obtain a hard copy
• Personal digital assistant (PDA)
• dedicated e-book device
• electronic paper
• information appliances
• digital audio players
• radio and television service provider

Digital documents usually have to adhere to a specific file format in order to be useful.

That documents cannot be defined by their transmission medium

In law[link]

Documents in all forms are frequently found to be material evidence in criminal and civil proceedings. The forensic analysis of such a document falls under the scope of questioned document examination. For the purpose of cataloging and managing the large number of documents that may be produced in the course of a law suit, Bates numbering is often applied to all documents so that each document has a unique, aribitrary identifying number.

See also[link]

Related concepts:

• Data storage device: to store documents.
• Document automation
• Document collaboration
• Document-centric collaboration
• Document file format: a standard used for represent the document into a storage device.
• Media type: document parts (text block, illustration, audio sample, etc.) can use different media types to store and "display" it.
• Internet of Things
• Realia (library science)
• Subject (documents)

Other related articles:

• Historical document
• Desktop publishing
• Word processor
• Documentary film
• Documentation science

References[link]

Further reading[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Documents

• Briet, S. (1951). Qu'est-ce que la documentation? Paris: Documentaires Industrielles et Techniques.

• Buckland, M. (1991). Information and information systems. New York: Greenwood Press.

• Frohmann, Bernd (2009). Revisiting "what is a document?", Journal of Documentation, 65(2), 291-303.

• Hjerppe, R. (1994). A framework for the description of generalized documents. Advances in Knowledge Organization, 4, 173-180.

• Houser, L. (1986). Documents: The domain of library and information science. Library and Information Science Research, 8, 163-188.

• Larsen, P.S. (1999). Books and bytes: Preserving documents for posterity. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 50(11), 1020-1027.

• Lund, N. W. (2008). Document theory. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 43, 399-432.

• Riles, A. (Ed.) (2006). Documents: Artifacts of Modern Knowledge. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI.

• Schamber, L. (1996). What is a document? Rethinking the concept in uneasy times. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 47, 669-671.

• Signer, Beat: What is Wrong with Digital Documents? A Conceptual Model for Structural Cross-Media Content Composition and Reuse, In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2010), Vancouver, Canada, November 2010.

• Ørom, A. (2007). The concept of information versus the concept of document. I: Document (re)turn. Contributions from a research field in transition. Ed. By Roswitha Skare, Niels Windfeld Lund & Andreas Vårheim. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. (pp. 53–72).

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Andrew Golota
Andrew Golota against Mike Mollo (2008)
Statistics
Real name	Andrzej Gołota
Nickname(s)	"Powerful Pole"
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1968-01-05) January 5, 1968 (age 44) Warsaw, Poland
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	51
Wins	41
Wins by KO	33
Losses	8
Draws	1
No contests	1
Medal record Competitor for  Poland Men’s Boxing Olympic Games Bronze 1988 Seoul Heavyweight European Amateur Championships Bronze 1989 Athens Heavyweight

Andrew Golota (born January 5, 1968 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish boxer. Nicknamed "Foul Pole," he won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and is a four-time world heavyweight title challenger.

Amateur career[link]

Golota had 111 wins in an amateur career that culminated in his winning a bronze medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Golota won other international amateur tournaments as well. In 1990, he married a U.S. citizen of Polish descent and moved permanently from Poland to the city of Chicago. His wife had lived in Chicago since the age of eleven.

Gołota's Olympic results were as follows:

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Svilen Rusinov (Bulgaria) 5-0
• Defeated Harold Obunga (Kenya) 5-0
• Lost to Baik Hyun-Man (South Korea) RSC 2

Professional career[link]

In 1992, he turned professional, knocking out Roosevelt Shuler in three rounds. He had three more knockouts and then went the distance for the first time, defeating Robert Smith in six rounds. He won his next 16 fights by knockout. His wins included Bobby Crabtree and Jeff Lampkin. Following his KO of Crabtree he was featured in Ring Magazine's new faces section. Soon after, he faced a respected contender, Maron Wilson. Golota won a ten round decision. Gołota won his next five bouts by knockout. His opponents included Samson Po'hua and Darnell Nicholson, both of whom were considered fringe contenders at the time. The win over Po'hua was memorable for the moment in which Gołota bit Po'hua on the shoulder, two years before the infamous bite-filled rematch between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson.^[1]

Golota vs. Bowe[link]

Golota's first high-profile fight came against former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe. Bowe had not fought in nearly a year since his third and final fight with Evander Holyfield, which he won by technical knockout in the eighth round, and had said regarding his opponent, "how do you train for a bum?", paying no attention to his opponent's won-loss record. The fight was held at Madison Square Garden on July 11, 1996, and was televised by HBO as part of its World Championship Boxing series.

Early in the fight it appeared that Bowe had underestimated his opponent's skills, as Golota knocked him down in the second round. After being knocked down in the fourth round, Golota knocked Bowe down a second time in the fifth round and appeared to be winning the fight on all of the ringside scorecards. However, Golota's penchant for not following the rules was also showcased in this fight as he had trouble keeping his punches above Bowe's belt line. After being repeatedly warned, referee Wayne Kelly began deducting points from Golota and had done so twice prior to the seventh round. Early in that round Kelly took a third point from Golota and warned him that if he did it again, he was going to lose the fight. Golota continued to fight and with less than a minute left in the round landed several hard shots that appeared to have Bowe staggered. However, with 37 seconds remaining in the round Golota dropped Bowe with another blatant low punch, directly to the genitals, and Kelly disqualified him.

What ensued was a dramatic riot that left a large number of civilians and policemen injured, including Gołota himself, who was hit by a member of Bowe's entourage with a two-way radio and required eleven stitches to close a cut on his head. The riot, which has been named "Riot at the Garden", was called Event of the Year by the Ring Magazine.

The fight made a number of sports shows, including SportsCenter. The controversy of this fight created interest in a rematch. The rematch was on Pay Per View and Gołota once again led Bowe on the scorecards only to be disqualified in the ninth round, again for multiple low blows. This fight also proved to be controversial, and a protest was filed by Gołota's camp to try to overturn the fight's result. Michael Katz, a sportswriter, coined the term Foul Pole for Gołota.

Both fights are featured on HBO's documentary Legendary Nights The Tale of Bowe Golota.

Despite two losses in a row, Gołota became the WBC number one contender. On October 4, 1997, he received a shot at the world's Heavyweight championship against Lennox Lewis in Atlantic City, NJ. Gołota was knocked out in the first round.

Gołota subsequently claimed that an injection of lidocaine for tendonitis in his right knee given to him by his physician shortly before the fight made him woozy and impaired his vision. The adverse effects of lidocaine include dizziness, blurred vision, seizures. As a result, he filed a medical malpractice suit against his physician, claiming that the injection had cost him the fight and a deal with HBO for $21 million to broadcast his next four to five fights.^[2]

Later career[link]

Gołota's boxing career continued with him beating former 2-time world champion Tim Witherspoon by decision. In his next match, he lost to Michael Grant by a knockout in the tenth round in one of The Ring's 1999 fights of the year. Gołota scored two knockdowns of Grant in the first round. He was ahead on all three judges' scorecards in the tenth round when he himself was knocked down. When asked by referee Randy Neuman whether he wanted to continue, he shook his head twice and then haltingly answered "No."

In 2000, Gołota fought in China beating Marcus Rhodes with a third round knockout.

Later in 2000, he faced former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. In the third round, as he had done in the Grant match, Gołota told the referee he did not want to continue. The result of the fight was later changed to no contest when Tyson failed a post fight drug test, testing positive for marijuana.

Following the Tyson fight, Gołota was inactive for nearly three years before returning to the ring on August 14, 2003. He scored a technical knockout of journeyman Brian Nix in the seventh round. On November 15, Golota knocked out Terrence Lewis in the sixth round at Verona, New York.

Gołota then received a second world title shot, fighting IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd at New York City's Madison Square Garden on April 17, 2004. The fight resulted in a draw.

On November 13 of that year, he received his second world title shot in a row. Despite knocking down WBA champion John Ruiz twice within the bout, he lost by unanimous decision.^[3]

Golota received his third world title try in a row on May 21, 2005 against WBO champion Lamon Brewster. Though heavily favored to win, Gołota lost when Brewster knocked him down three times inside the first round, prompting the referee to stop the bout.

June 9, 2007, he beat Jeremy Bates in the 2nd round by technical knockout.

Gołota fought Kevin McBride on October 6, 2007 in Madison Square Garden and won by TKO in the 6th round, winning the IBF North American Heavyweight championship.

On January 19, 2008, Gołota defeated Mike Mollo by unanimous decision in 12 rounds to win the World Boxing Association Fedelatin heavyweight championship belt.

In January, 2009, Gołota lost by first round TKO to Ray Austin.

On October 24, 2009 in Łódź, Gołota fought Tomasz Adamek and lost by TKO in the 5th round. The event was hosted on Polsat TV, it was also broadcast live online on ipla.tv platform. It was the largest live internet transmission in Poland^{[citation needed]}.

Professional boxing record[link]

41 Wins (33 knockouts, 8 decisions), 8 Losses (5 knockouts, 3 decisions), 1 Draw, 1 No Contest [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Rounds	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	41-8-1 1 NC	Tomasz Adamek	TKO	5 (10)	24/10/2009	Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland	For vacant IBF International Heavyweight title. Golota down in the 5th round.
Loss	41-7-1 1 NC	Ray Austin	RTD	1 (12)	07/11/2008	Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China	For vacant WBC USNBC Heavyweight title. Golota was knocked down at the start of round 1. Claiming an arm injury, Golota failed to come out for the next round.
Win	41-6-1 1 NC	Mike Mollo	UD	12	19/01/2008	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Won WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight title.
Win	40-6-1 1 NC	Kevin McBride	TKO	6 (12)	06/10/2007	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Won vacant IBF North American Heavyweight title. McBride was slowing down and did not properly respond to punches.
Win	39-6-1 1 NC	Jeremy Bates	TKO	2 (10)	09/06/2007	Spodek, Katowice, Poland	Bates down in 2nd round.
Loss	38-6-1 1 NC	Lamon Brewster	TKO	1 (12)	21/05/2005	United Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States	For WBO Heavyweight title. Golota was knocked down three times in 53 seconds - all by left hooks.
Loss	38-5-1 1 NC	John Ruiz	UD	12	13/11/2004	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	For WBA Heavyweight title. Ruiz down twice during the fight.
Draw	38-4-1 1 NC	Chris Byrd	PTS	12	17/04/2004	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	For IBF Heavyweight title.
Win	38–4 1 NC	Terrence Lewis	TKO	6 (10)	14/11/2003	Turning Stone Casino, Verona, New York, United States	Lewis was down in rounds 1, 2, and twice in round 6.
Win	37–4 1 NC	Brian Nix	TKO	7 (10)	14/08/2003	Dover Downs, Dover, Delaware, United States
NC	36–4 1 NC	Mike Tyson	NC	3 (10)	20/10/2000	The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
Win	36–4	Orlin Norris	UD	10	16/06/2000	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	35–4	Marcus Rhode	TKO	3 (10)	22/04/2000	Tianhe Sports Complex, Guangzhou, China
Loss	34–4	Michael Grant	TKO	10 (12)	20/11/1999	Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	For NABF Heavyweight title. WBC Heavyweight title eliminator. Grant down twice in 1st; Golota refuses to continue after rising from a knockdown in the 10th.
Win	34–3	Quinn Navarre	TKO	6 (12)	26/06/1999	Hala Ludowa, Wroclaw, Poland
Win	33–3	Jesse Ferguson	UD	10	30/01/1999	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Ferguson was a late replacement for the injured Jimmy Thunder.
Win	32–3	Tim Witherspoon	UD	10	02/10/1998	Hala Ludowa, Wroclaw, Poland
Win	31–3	Corey Sanders	UD	10	21/07/1998	Mark Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	30–3	Jack Basting	TKO	3 (10)	08/05/1998	Trump Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	29–3	Eli Dixon	KO	6 (10)	14/04/1998	Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
Loss	28–3	Lennox Lewis	KO	1 (12)	04/10/1997	Caesar's Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	For WBC Heavyweight title.
Loss	28–2	Riddick Bowe	DQ	9 (10)	14/12/1996	Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Bowe down in 2nd and 5th rounds. Golota down in 4th round. Golota was DQ'd for low blows.
Loss	28–1	Riddick Bowe	DQ	7 (12)	11/07/1996	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Golota was DQ'd after dropping Bowe with a big low blow uppercut.
Win	28–0	Danell Nicholson	TKO	8 (10)	15/03/1996	Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	27–0	Charles Hostetter	TKO	2 (10)	30/01/1996	Medieval Times, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, United States
Win	26–0	Jason Waller	TKO	2 (10)	18/11/1995	Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	25–0	West Turner	TKO	1 (8)	26/08/1995	Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	24–0	Samson Po'uha	TKO	5 (10)	16/05/1995	Resorts Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	23–0	Marion Wilson	UD	10	11/04/1995	Bismarck Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win	22–0	Dwayne Hall	TKO	1 (8)	26/01/1995	Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Win	21–0	Darren Hayden	TKO	7 (8)	01/11/1994	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	20–0	Jeff Lampkin	RTD	1 (8)	13/08/1994	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Lampkin, floored in the 1st round, doesn't come out for the 2nd.
Win	19–0	Jesse Shelby	TKO	2 (8)	18/06/1994	Bismarck Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win	18–0	Terry Davis	TKO	1 (10)	06/05/1994	Boardwalk Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	17–0	Larry Davis	KO	1 (8)	16/03/1994	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win	16–0	Donnell Wingfield	TKO	1 (8)	14/01/1994	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win	15–0	Calvin Jones	TKO	2 (6)	23/11/1993	Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Win	14–0	Andre Smith	KO	1 (8)	04/09/1993	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	13–0	Marion Wilson	PTS	8	10/07/1993	Fernwood Resort, Bushkill, Pennsylvania, United States
Win	12–0	Carlton West	TKO	2 (8)	22/06/1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	11–0	Kevin P Porter	KO	3 (6)	15/05/1993	Eagles Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Win	10–0	Bobby Crabtree	TKO	2 (10)	26/03/1993	Union Hall, Countryside, Illinois, United States
Win	9–0	Andre Crowder	TKO	1 (6)	05/02/1993	Eagles Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Win	8–0	Eddie Taylor	TKO	1 (8)	05/12/1992	Dolton, Illinois, United States
Win	7–0	Aaron Brown	TKO	2 (6)	03/10/1992	Saint Andrews Gym, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win	6–0	James Holly	KO	1 (6)	28/08/1992	Union Hall, Countryside, Illinois, United States
Win	5–0	Robert Smith	PTS	6	24/07/1992	Union Hall, Countryside, Illinois, United States
Win	4–0	Joey Christjohn	TKO	1 (6)	20/06/1992	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win	3–0	Charles Presswood	KO	1 (4)	27/03/1992	Union Hall, Countryside, Illinois, United States
Win	2–0	Joe Jones	KO	1 (4)	28/02/1992	Union Hall, Countryside, Illinois, United States
Win	1–0	Roosevelt Shuler	TKO	3 (4)	07/02/1992	United Community Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States	Pro debut for 1988 Heavyweight Olympic Bronze Medalist Golota.

Golota in media[link]

Andrew Golota took part in Census 2010 commercials, recorded in Polish and English.

In 2010 Golota appeared in the Polish edition of Dancing with the Stars Taniec z Gwiazdami. His partner was Magdalena Soszyńska-Michno. In his first appearance he danced waltz. He fell out on 7 November 2010, in 1/8 final. He reached 5th place.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Andrzej Gołota official site
• Professional boxing record for Andrew Golota from BoxRec

Assemblage 23
Tom Shear is Assemblage 23
Background information
Origin	Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres	Futurepop Industrial music Electro-industrial Synthpop Electronic Body Music
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Gashed! Metropolis Accession Records
Website	www.assemblage23.com
Members
Tom Shear

Assemblage 23 is an electronic act from the United States, currently based in Seattle. It was founded in 1988 by Tom Shear who writes the music and lyrics and does the recording himself.

History[link]

1980s–1990s (Pre-Assemblage 23)[link]

Prior to starting Assemblage 23, Shear experimented with music under the name Man on a Stage, beginning in the early 1980s. Most of Shear's music at this point was instrumental, as he lacked the confidence to sing; the quality of the music itself was highly questionable by his own admission. Shear eventually began to add vocals to his music; at the same time, Shear was also playing bass in a live band called the Advocates.

Assemblage 23 was officially born in 1988, after Shear experienced the industrial dance music played by an opening DJ for Depeche Mode. The style of this genre deeply impressed Shear; he believed he had finally found the sort of sound he wanted for his music.^[1] Even so, the project was more of a hobby for Shear at this point; it took until 1998 for Assemblage 23 to gather enough positive acclaim to attract the attention of record labels.

Late 1990s – early 2000[link]

Shear signed a deal in 1999 with the Canadian label Gashed! to for a full-length album (Contempt, released in November 1999). A second album, Failure, followed in March 2001 and was released by Gashed in North America and Accession Records in Europe. A single from Failure, "Disappoint", was released on Accession in October 2001. The song dealt with Shear's sense of loss after his father's suicide on October 28, 1999 and features a sample from the film In the Line of Fire.

After falling out with Gashed Records following Failure, Shear signed with US label Metropolis Records (US) later in 2001; Metropolis re-released Contempt and Failure in November. A remix release, Addendum, was also released in November only on Accession. By this point, Assemblage 23 had become fairly popular within the EBM genre; the third album, Defiance, was released in October 2002 on Metropolis and Accession, preceded by the single "Document", in September of that year.

Assemblage 23 released a fourth album, Storm, in October 2004 with singles "Let the Wind Erase Me" in August and "Ground" in November.

Mid 2000 – present[link]

In March 2007, Assemblage 23 released a new single, "Binary", which debuted at #21 on the Billboard US singles chart, preceding the album Meta, released in April 2007.

Also in 2007 saw the release of "Early Rare & Unreleased"^[2] which is a collection of 14 Assemblage 23 tracks taken from the years 1988–1998. In 2009, "Early Rare & Unreleased Volume Two" was released.

Assemblage 23 performed at Montreal's Kinetik Festival in May 2009. In September 2009, Assemblage 23 released the single "Spark," followed by its sixth studio album Compass.

The upcoming album "Bruise", is scheduled for release on June 12, 2012.^[3]

Discography[link]

Demo cassette[link]

• Demo, Fall 1998 – (CS demo) 1998 – no label

Studio albums[link]

• Contempt – (CD album) 1999 – Gashed! • (CD album) 2000 – Accession Records • (CD album) 2001 – Metropolis
• Failure – (CD album) 2001 – Gashed!, Metropolis, Accession Records
• Defiance – (CD album) 2002 – Metropolis, Accession Records • (CD album) 2005 – Irond
• Storm – (CD album) 2004 – Metropolis, Accession Records • (CD) 2005 – Irond
• Meta – (CD album) 2007 – Metropolis, Accession Records, Irond
• Compass – (CD album) Oct. 2009 – Metropolis, Accession Records, Irond
• Bruise – (CD album) June 2012– Metropolis, Accession Records, Irond

Remix albums, EPs[link]

• Addendum – (CD) 2001 – Accession Records

Early, Rare, & Unreleased collections[link]

• Early, Rare & Unreleased 1988–1998 – (CD, Ltd. Edition) 2007 – 23db
• Early, Rare & Unreleased: Volume Two – (CD, Ltd. Edition) 2009 – 23db

Singles[link]

• "Disappoint" – (CD, Maxi) 2001 – Accession Records
• "Document" – (CD Maxi) 2002 – Accession Records
• "Let the Wind Erase Me" – (CD Maxi) 2004 – Metropolis, Accession Records
• "Ground"– (CD Maxi) 2004 – Metropolis, Accession Records
• "Binary" – (CD Maxi) 2007 – Metropolis, Accession Records
• "Spark" – (CD Maxi) Sept. 2009 – Metropolis, Accession Records

See also[link]

• Nerve Filter, a side project by Shear.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Official MySpace
• Human.Not.Machine Official Forum
• Metropolis Records
• Accession Records
• Unofficial Releases, Remixes and Compilations