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Thanks DJoneK  
For the 'Ring' number, is there a standard number of digits?
The PS2 Summoner disk I'm looking at has a clear PDSS-000215a1 with a 1 a ways away,
also a small AO4 and a hard to see number something like DAXX-00000881
Are we only looking for the main 12 digit number?

baldjared, since you're from Canada, do you know if French Canadian is the same as France French?

Ok, that's good to know. I was using ePSXe so I guess I need to change my posted dump info. 

When playing some anti-mod chip games on a non-stealth modded console, it was possible to bypass the modchip check and resulting lockout by pushing the 'start' button continuously- thus skipping directly to the main menu. It should behave the same way on an emulator so it's probably important to not press any buttons until the game gets into its intro?

How long I should test play to verify; do anti-mod chip PSX games always lock out before the title menu?

One other question: on a couple of my dumps for games that already had one dumper in the database, I got an EXE date that was one day different than the previous dumper. I'm guessing that it's being caused by a system setting difference and not a human error. Has anyone else experienced dates that are one day off?

Ok, I'm finding the guide a little obscure in places. Namely, it says "If the disc only contains a data track, you are ready to check the image for errors, head on to the step called 'Checking and repairing the data track", but there doesn't seem to be a section called 'Checking and repairing the data track'.

Anyways, here are the steps I think I need to do:

On a PSX CD with only one data track:
  1. Use ISOBuster and right-click on Track 01> Extract Track 01 > Extract RAW Data (2352 bytes/block) (*.bin, *.iso)
  2. Run Psxt001z on the dumped Track 01.bin using the command-  psxt001z.exe --fix "Track 01.bin"
  3. Run HashCalc on the dumped Track 01.bin and record the MD5, SHA1, and CRC32 values
  4. Repeat using a different CD drive and verify that results are identical
   
Do I need to do any further procedures or checks? What information from these procedures should I include for a database submission? The "Mandatory" info listed in the dumping guide is only part of what is listed in the actual game entries. So the mandatory info would be:

Nectaris: Military Madness
   Serial: SLUS-00764
   Edition: Original
   EXE Date: 1998-10-21
   Size: Bytes 485184672
   MD5: c141e27b08123e34b42f326106aba2e7
   SHA1: 1cbb529c1f42761d8b78d18770cd09fb4d5f01d6
   CRC32: 40ec65af
   Region: NTSC
   Languages: English

But should I include additional information from psxt001z like the following?:
  Sectors 206286
  Mode: 2
  EDC in Form 2 Sectors: Yes
  System Area: US EDC
  Postgap type: Form 2, zero subheader, zero data, EDC

Should I include other information which seems to be included in database entries like Pregap, Length, Anti-modchip, and LibCrypt? If so, how do I find out this info (for single data track PSX CDs)?