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From: "Richard A. Pence" <>
Subject: Re: GENTECH Gedcom 5.5. test
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 19:35:34 -0400
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Doug, I respectfully suggest that what you describe may not be a
"breakdown" in the GEDCOM specs, but a fault of the programs
involved. How can it be the a failing of GEDCOM 5.5 if a program
decides to use the PAGE tag for a generalized comment about the
source instead of for its intended purpose?

The GEDCOM specs say:

"PAGE {PAGE}: = A number or description to identify where
information can be found in a referenced work."

I think that is clear enough. Why would a program decide to use
it for something else?

Regards,
Richard

"Doug Gordon" <> wrote in message
news:9squ7.141798$...

> The place where GED 5.5 really breaks down is
> in recording sources. Many programs (such as
> TMG) keep track of sources to a far greater extent
> than the GEDCOM specs allow for and as a
> result many things do not line up from one program
> to another. One example is the "PAGE" keyword,
> apparently intended for recording a specific page
> number, which some genealogy programs
>
> use for generalized comments about a citation.
>
> Doug Gordon



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