Hi, Let me first admit to not being a webtrees expert, although I am going to use it. Webtrees is a 'fork' in open source terms from the popular PhpGedView. It initially populates the custom database from data in one or more GEDCOM files which remain in the file store but aren't referred to again in operation after the initial loading use. The idea is that the database is updated online by those collaborating in the project and, subject to configuration; any user can export a GEDCOM for their own use at any time.
Multi-media is more problematic when it comes to portability, the GEDCOM FILE statement contains just a file pointer to a multimedia item, not the item itself. It's unlikely that this location would stay the same through a migration to webtrees so the program optionally strips off the leading part of the path and replaces it with a media directory constant. It's the left to the user to migrate media items manually. John -----Original Message----- From: Ron Savage [mailto:r...@savage.net.au] Sent: 27 July 2011 04:52 To: List Gedcom Subject: RE: Books, db designs, i/f designs, hosting & software for web access to GECDOM Hi John On Tue, 2011-07-26 at 10:20 +0100, John Dobson wrote: > Darren: GEDCOM was not designed or ever used as a database design / > schema. It was designed and sill operates today as a database backup > format. If you are developing a serious genealogy database you better > have an option to import / export GEDCOM or your product will not passed > first base. > > Ron: take a look at www.webtrees.net this is pretty much where things > are at for web based, collaborative genealogy products. Interesting. I d/l-ed the source. At webtrees/setup.php, line 575 they start creating the db tables. My /impression/ is that they store a GEDCOM file, and from that extract a few things: o Individuals o Families o Places o Dates Also, they allow uploading of 'media', presumably sound and video. But is that sufficient? I assume not, since it implies to me they only store info which can be imported from a GEDCOM file (or perhaps added online, but which would nevertheless always be GEDCOM compatible). If I've misunderstood, please correct me. -- Ron Savage http://savage.net.au/ Ph: 0421 920 622 NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER This email (including attachments) is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, notify the sender immediately, delete this email from your system and do not disclose or use for any purpose. Deutsche Telekom (UK) Limited Company Registered Number: 3951860 Registered Office Address: Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9BW Registered in England and Wales
