Thanks Randy, that is an excellent summary.
* Randy Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Mon, 3 Jun 2002 at 11:58 -0600]
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> Thanks for the pointer to the GEDCOM 6.0/XML document. I had heard that the LDS
>church was planning to create an XML standard for GEDCOM, but I hadn't seen it yet.
>The difference is that they are doing an XML version of GEDCOM, while Hans is doing a
>XML version of the Genealogical Data Model (GDM).
>
> The GDM is based on storing raw data, making assertions based on that data, making
>higher-level assertions based on those, etc., in order to form conclusions based on
>lower-level information or logic. Each piece of data or assertion carries with it an
>audit trail to show exactly where it came from. GEDCOM, on the other hand, simply
>stores the final conclusions, possibly with one or more source citations (e.g., a
>book and page number, if you're lucky). That is a much larger leap, and makes it
>extremely difficult to verify what others have done (i.e., you would usually have to
>go to the library and look the page up, and then read through the page to find the
>sentence containing information about the person).
>
> --Randy Wilson
>
> >>> Lars Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/03/02 11:01AM >>>
> Newbie from UUG here...
>
> How does this project differ from the GEDCOM 6.0 project from the Mormon
> church? (They're creating an XML DTD so that GEDCOM files can ge
> migrated to XML.)
>
> More info:
> http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Home/FAQ/frameset_faq.asp?FAQ=faq_gedcom.asp
>
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