What are you using as a schema? --hsm
> -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Woodbridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:09 PM > To: Jim Seymour > Cc: Mike Hamilton; perl-gedcom@perl.org > Subject: Re: GEDCOM to Wiki, anyone? > > > As an alternate to this approach, > > I maintain my genealogy in FalimyTree maker and dump a GEDCOM > file that > gets loaded into a database. This is then used to serve > genealogy pages. > The database is a drop and reload when I have new data. and I > maintain > the INDI ids to preserve continuity of bookmarks. > > http://swoodbridge.com/family/Woodbridge/ > > The application hides people that are living unless you have a family > login. There is some risk that someone could hack it, but > then they can > dumpster dive also. > > -Steve > > Jim Seymour wrote: > > Mike Hamilton wrote: > >> I did some preliminary work on exactly this quite some > years back. I > >> think I can claim to know the Paul's (excellent) Gedcom > module pretty > >> well, having used it to generate custom charts, etc. > > > > Well, then... I may start hitting you up for some advice... :-) > > > >> But there's a huge problem to which I could find no answer; what > >> happens when somebody makes a change? These should update > the Gedcom > >> file, which would often have a flow-on effect to the rest > of the Wiki, > >> which would need regenerating. > > > > In my case, this is not a problem. The GEDCOM file is merely a > > one-time transport mechanism. Once the pages are up, my Wiki will > > become the official repository. > > > > In other words, this conversion is a one-way trip. > > > >> I used MediaWiki, but I see that DokuWiki "makes sure the datafiles > >> remain readable outside the Wiki and eases the creation of > structured > >> texts", so it looks a much better choice. > > > > Yes, this is the main reason I chose DokuWiki. The pages > are stored > > as plain text files. When I first got the Wiki running, I > generated > > most of the initial pages by converting them from HTML > pages (using a > > quick one-shot perl script). > > > >> Sorry I couldn't give Jim a more positive and useful response > > > > Not a problem. I'll be spending some time on this project this > > weekend. When I'm done, I'll try to include a page on my wiki about > > the conversion process (in case others might find it useful in the > > future). > > >
