1. A method for extracting raw data from documents containing textual material in various rows of one column and tabular material in at least a second column, the second column containing the various rows comprising the steps of: reviewing a first document to identify schedule information in said first document; identifying textual character strings in the various rows of said first document identified in said previous step; assigning database reference numbers to each of said textual character strings identified in said previous step; extracting said textual character strings from said first document; creating a first matrix of textual character strings provided on a first plane; and creating a first data matrix provided on a first plane, said data matrix provided in the first column of tabular material extracted from said first document and a second column including said database reference numbers.