From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1ebbccbc114d641e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-24 06:20:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!NewsWatcher!user From: ev_remove_this_ans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Genealogy Software [off-topic] Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:20:04 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <3BD498DF.27E8B66C@otelco.net> <3BD58F53.7A3F89B@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> X-Newsreader: MT-NewsWatcher 2.3.1 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15119 Date: 2001-10-24T09:20:04-04:00 List-Id: In article <3BD58F53.7A3F89B@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>, wwgrol@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com wrote: > Although GEDCOM has its flaws, something similar to it is a good > data structure for data that is as variable in format as genealogy. GEDCOM is designed for communication, not for internal representation. If I were doing this, I would study GEDCOM and select an internal representation that can readily be converted to or from it, but I doubt that I would use GEDCOM itself. I suggest you subscribe to soc.genealogy.computing, which is probably a better place to continue this discussion. I used to subscribe to it but do so no longer. I just checked, and it's quite active. Art Evans