Color Space

Hi, this question is for Greg Staton (or maybe anyone else who knows the answer). I am using this monitor with a pc. I understand that color calibration information is stored in the monitor. And that maybe some other information (like monitor profiles) is stored on the pc. I have spoken with a woman in tech support at x-rite who tells me that "you don't calibrate to a color space," which confuses me, because it seems to me that that is precisely what I am doing. I thought that I understood color calibration, but clearly this monitor is somewhat different than a "normal" setup. Can anyone articulate what the differences are, or point me to some sort of white paper on this subject?

thanx --ds