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From: "Leif B. Kristensen" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] GEDCOM (was ROOTSWEB)
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 14:19:42 +0100
References: <4.1.20001201231335.00aa5a38@pop.mis.net> <3A28EF09.BE88576E@minn.net>
In-Reply-To: <3A28EF09.BE88576E@minn.net>


On Sat, 02 Dec 2000 06:46:01 -0600, Ted Meikle <> wrote:

>But why make the user do this? Couldn't the GEDCOM export simply have an option
>of generating the sentences or paragraphs (converting all the variables to words)
>and popping the whole text into a GEDCOM note file? This would violate no GEDCOM
>standard--it simply would be a note.
>
>I think Gene has a great idea, a way to preserve the data in sentences that
>otherwise can only reside in the TMG environment.

I agree. This has also been proposed before on this list. It could be
exported as kosher Gedcom by making each (expanded) sentence a NOTE
label within the event.

regards,
--
Leif Biberg Kristensen
http://hjem.sol.no/leifkris/index.htm

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