This is the way. You should be able to immediately tell from looking at any log entry: * When it happened * How serious it is (Informational, Warning, Error,

This is the way. You should be able to immediately tell from looking at any log entry: * When it happened * How serious it is (Informational, Warning, Error, Fatal - at a minimum) * Type of issue (ideally a unique issue type from a list of known issue types) * Who logged it (system / subsystem / module / line number) * What happened (including any germane variable values)