May I just attract your attention to the following report,
which will interest typologists:
V.A.Vinogradov, A.I.Novikov, E.I.Jaroslavceva:
"Baza dannyx 'Jazyki Mira' kak instrument lingvisticheskogo
issledovanija" [= Data-Base 'Languages of the World' as a
Means of Linguistic Research]
Voprosy Jazykoznanija 2003, No.3, pp. 3-14.
Gideon.