As a newbie, I've not played with the surety, but this thread got me interested enough to check it out, and see how it could be used to do what is desired here. With a range of 0-4 only, it seems too limited to be made to fit. Having the ability to use your own numbers system could be better. But I've an idea, it's a general coding trick, and could apply to ratings systems in general.
Decide how many digits your ratings system needs, for example we'll say three digits each for your three questions to represent 0 to 100%. (Note, 3 digits may be too many 0-9 may be a fine system). So i = 999, ii =999, and iii = 999. You can string these together, with a space between or not (its up to you), to make a nine digit number, call it the Evidence Explained Surety Number (EESN = 999 999 999). If you can follow that, then perhaps you could keep a small summary in your Source Detail comments box like so: m. 025 025 025 b. 075 050 060 d. 100 099 002 etc. Commence with dart throwing On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:02 AM, Nick Ingham <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Carol > > To be honest, I have no idea no what the programming ramifications would > be. From my limited knowledge of computing, presumably a related table in > the database which, as I suggested, would link to the name, event, > circumstance or whatever rather than the source. But maybe this is not > possible and, unless anyone has any other ideas, I suspect that the bottom > line is for me to use either the event's notes field or the relevant > individual's research notes for what I had in mind. > > Nick Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
