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From: "Geir Thorud" <>
Subject: Gedcom - was: Sort Dates et al
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 03:17:14 +0100
In-Reply-To: <HLENKFAGJBOMJKOMBBPJEEEEDJAA.paulharris@nc.rr.com>


Hi,

In my view the XML syntax is of little value
as long as you have already implemented a decoder
for the basic syntax in Gedcom. XML is (almost)
just another way to wrap up the same old Gedcom 5.5.

What really makes a difference is the data carried
inside the wraping. The xml gedcom 6.0 that I have seen
is a small step forward, but it has some way to go
before it can handle the data structures currently
handled by programs such as Genbox and TMG.

Does anyone know if anything is happening in the
area of standards development? I think I read somewhere
that development of 6.0 had been stopped?

Geir



> -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> Fra: Paul J. Harris [mailto:]
> Sendt: 8. februar 2005 02:52
> Til:
> Emne: RE: [GENBOX] Sort Dates et al
>
>
> Hope springs, eternal!
>
> XML may not be THE answer, but it could be AN answer. I wait in hope, as
> well, Phil.
>
> It may be noted that Bill has committed Genbox to supporting XML, should a
> standard emerge for this field.
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Warn [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 6:28 PM
> To:
> Subject: [GENBOX] Sort Dates et al
>
>
> Folks,
>
> If my reading of the Gedcom 5.5 "standard" (?) is correct, sort dates do
> not figure there.
>
> They have been added to the facilities offered by one or more family
> history programs.
>
> Therefore, any GEDCOM file exported will de facto not be
> conformant to this
> standard
>
> QED (I think!)
>
> You will have gathered about my cynical attitude to the GEDCOM
> 5.5 standard.
>
> There was talk some time ago of GEDCOM 6 being a totally XML re-write from
> the existing standard.
>
> That should make it more easy to port from program to program and
> easier to
> create web pages therefrom.
>
> I live in hope.
>
> Phil.
>
>
>
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