sub extractPartTuplesFromURL
  {
    my $cgi = shift;
    my @partTuples = $cgi->param('partID');
    
    @partTuples = map { my @t = split(','); 
                        {id=>$t[0],
                         version=>$t[1],
                         classification=>$t[2]} 
                      } @partTuples;

    return \@partTuples;
  }