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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Witness and Roles and V5.0
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:38:05 -0500
In-Reply-To: <F216DpiHSpoZlZ6JgOJ00018afb@hotmail.com>


Gene Stuff wrote:
>>From: "Jim Byram" <>
>>The real solution to the above issues (to a point)
>>will be whatever replaces GEDCOM as the means of transferring data
>>between programs.
>>Jim
>
>No, replacing GEDCOM with say, XML will not solve the problem. The
>underlying problem is the difference in database structures between
>event-based and lineage-linked software. Using a different markup
>language will not solve the core problem of how to transfer data from
>software that allows many individuals to be linked to a single event to
>one that doesn't allow that.

Since Jim did not specify what would replace GEDCOM then it would be pure
guessing on you part to say that XML would be the replacement. Actually,
if such occurred, there would really not be a replacement but a revision in
the format of GEDCOM. Having seen a presentation by the LDS Church Family
History Department concerning their announcement that there would be no
further GEDCOM development as currently known but they would be using XML
in the future. The examples they showed were very similar to the Tag
labels currently used. In addition, they indicated that the new
replacement would be based on the needs of the LDS Church (e.g., vendors
and other user requirements would not be considered. Thus there will _not_
be a full replacement of GEDCOM by the LDS Church. Any such replacement
would have to come from the genealogical community.

This may (and I expect will) come from the GENTECH Data Model that was
developed by the group which included Bob Velke. This group with
additional persons is still being developed.

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