Hi Steve
AFAIK the gedcom standard does not impose any restrictions on whether an app
may modify an xref, so there's no guarantee that an xref will survive being
opened in "some app". You're probably only using your own code for these files,
though, so that might not be an issue. Anyway, maybe you can use one of the
following tags:
+1 RFN <PERMANENT_RECORD_FILE_NUMBER> {0:1}
+1 REFN <USER_REFERENCE_NUMBER> {0:M}
+2 TYPE <USER_REFERENCE_TYPE> {0:1}
+1 RIN <AUTOMATED_RECORD_ID> {0:1}
Regards,
Mikkel
On 11/01/2013, at 15.46, Stephen Woodbridge <wood...@swoodbridge.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Is it possible to create and individual and set the xref to a specific value?
>
> The use case for this is to maintain consistent references between various
> files and/or when the xref is used as a persistent reference for a web
> application.
>
> For example, I am parsing some web pages that use the xref for individuals in
> the url. I would like to maintain these in the Gedcom file I create so when I
> later regenerate the pages I can maintain the same url to individuals
> relationship.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -Steve
