Re: Use of XML?

Everett M. Greene wrote:

> JD <jd4x4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>verizon.net> writes:
> 
>>Ian Goddard <goddai01@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>In practice it seems that the GEDCOM type of model has 
>>>influenced genealogical S/W to the extent that there doesn't
>>>seem to be any real advance on it.
>>
>>Again, one of the problems coming out of GEDCOM is that the DATA is
>>getting mixed with the model. The data is and will always be what it is,
>>right? The differences are in how we each use it and think of it, imo. 
> 
> 
> All this discussion is interesting (and we hope useful), but
> could there be some elaboration on the above points?  It would
> seem that genealogical info describes a network of parents
> to/from children with nets spliced/joined by marriages.  How
> does one "improve" on this "model"?


just open any small gedcom in a text editor and study the links by the 
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