Hi Mikkel
Thanx for the extra info.
On 30/12/12 20:13, Mikkel Eide Eriksen wrote:
On 30/12/2012, at 05.08, Ron Savage<r...@savage.net.au> wrote:
On 30/12/12 13:46, Philip Durbin wrote:
I just noticed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEDCOM#GEDCOM_X which led me
to http://gedcomx.org and https://github.com/FamilySearch/gedcomx
Forgive me if this has already been discussed on this list, but I'd be
curious to know if anyone has looked into GEDCOM X already.
I've come across it but I thought it had long been abandoned. I see githubh
says recent work on the code has taken place.
The Wikipedia pages describes it as "a major new project around
genealogical standards".
Hi Ron, Phil
I've been following it somewhat on& off for a few months. It's still very much
a work in progress, with drastic changes being made at times. It is my
understanding that FamilySearch are talking privately with a number of other
commercial genealogy software/data providers before making decisions. However,
they're open to discussion on the Github issue tracker, and a couple of my
suggestions have been accepted.
Recently, much work was done on the Place model -- see
https://github.com/FamilySearch/gedcomx/pull/79 -- and current work appears to be
concentrated on multimedia links& attachments -- see
https://github.com/FamilySearch/gedcomx/pull/224
One thing I like about the idea of GedcomX is the emphasis on sourcing
conclusions, which will make the workflow more documentation-centric (most
Gedcom-based apps I've tried treat sources almost as an afterthought).
Hopefully a useful standard will emerge in the end.
I suggest taking a look at their blog on gedcomx.org and the specifications:
https://github.com/FamilySearch/gedcomx/tree/master/specifications
Especially the conceptual model.
Regards,
Mikkel Eide Eriksen (@mikkelee on github)
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Ron Savage
http://savage.net.au/
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