Re: Genealogical evidence and data model

Wes Groleau <groleau+news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> Haines Brown wrote:
>> In my application (LifeLines) for example, I can readily create an
event
>> record of any kind. The template is:
>
> LifeLines allows you to put into the file almost anything
> the GEDCOM spec allows, and a few things it doesn't.  Most
> programs are not that flexible.  For example
>
> 0 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 INDI
>   1 FAMC @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   1 FAMC @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 0 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 FAM
>   1 HUSB @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   1 HUSB @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 0 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 INDI
>   1 *** F
>
> Technically this is not legal in the GEDCOM spec.
> Even in LifeLines, how do you display it on screen
> or re****t (GEDCOM displays don't count)?

Wes, I think you can see some of the reason for my not understanding the
restraints that folks have been mentioning.

Yes, I've not worried much yet about how to display the data on screen
or print it (just getting my feet wet). The main thing has been to
gather and store data. There are apps that show much of the data, but
not anything that shows it all in the form of an inclusive re****t rather
than raw data.

What is a "GEDCOM display"? Do you refer to the RootsWeb GEDCOM dump? Or
the display of the data itself? (which for me so far has
sufficed). Do you mean a chart display? There are GEDCOM -> HTML
converters, but I assume they all use a fixed and limited number of
tags. 

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       Haines Brown, KB1GRM