A small footnote, Richard, before I forget. The kind of genealogical mapping/dataering you refer to ...
"TiddlyWiki to aid in guiding, documenting and planning the research on an > individual." > Is, exactly what anthropologist's do. They look at relationships in relation an individual. In the anthro lingo "EGO". This would likely well match your aim. And, yes, *there is both a gap & a need for new tools that make it easier to both collect data and generate diagrams of "Ego-centred" kinship charts.* There are some Javascript libraries that facilitate this available but I don't have the competence to explore their potential usability in TiddlyWiki. Best wishes Josiah On Friday, 21 April 2017 00:37:08 UTC+2, Richard Evans wrote: > > Hi, > > First of all I want to thank you all for replying. Though I most of you > seem to have jumped to the conclusion, that I am trying to replace > genealogical programs. I am not. In fact, I believe I have identified, a > gap in the market. > > I would direct you to the phrase I used in my initial post: > > "TiddlyWiki to aid in guiding, documenting and planning the research on an > individual." > > The operative word there is individual. I am considering a TiddlyWiki that > concentrates on a single person. > > I know from my own experience that managing the research is the most > critical area when tracing your Family Tree. The number of times I have > completed a piece of research, only to find I have already done it some > years previously and not documented the results properly. Goodness knows > how many times I have duplicated a research task that had a negative > result. I frequently find I have essential information missing from > important people in my tree. Or I am just confused about how best to > proceed on researching an individual. > > A genealogist's requirements can be broken down into three components, a > research plan or checklist, a research log and documentation of the > results, positive and negative. There are various tools used by > genealogists to manage their research. People use Word or One Note or > Evernote or pen and paper. Personally, I think only pen and paper has the > flexibility to handle all three components. > > I have a thought, and it is just a thought at present, that TiddlyWiki can > be used to combine the three tasks, planning, managing progress and the > documenting the results. The requirements I want the result to fulfil are: > > > - provide an checklist template of the research items to be > completed. > - document the places where research needs to be carried out, so > when opportunity arises, the researcher has a defined list of tasks > - document the places research has been carried out > - document the results of each research task, positive and > negative. > - highlight the areas where results are lacking. > - provide a means of monitoring the progress of each research item > and research area. > > > A few definitions are appropriate here: > > > - research item - is researching a specific facet of the individuals > life, e.g. his birth certificate, her occupation etc. > - research area - contains a number of research items that together > would provide a complete picture of the individual's life in that area. > e.g. birth, marriage, death, school time, military service, profession, > dealings with justice system etc. > - research task - is the lowest granularity in this hierarchy, each > research item would be composed of a number of research tasks that > endeavour to completely document a research item. > > Well, it seems I had thought about this more than I realised, it wasn't > until I started writing this that it all came together. I would be very > interested in your thoughts and suggestions as to how to proceed. > > Best Wishes Ric Evans > > > On Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 2:31:59 AM UTC+1, Richard Evans wrote: > > Hi, > > I have an idea for a TiddlyWiki to aid in guiding, documenting and > planning the research on an individual. I am not a very good programmer, I > feel the need for help. Is there anybody who would be interested in > co-operating on developing this idea. > > Sincerely R A Evans > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cfd539f1-6edb-4721-9f1e-be9f0d825e3c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
