Alfred,
The number generated from your web site is of little value for Legacy, but
the ones generated automatically by Legacy itself are quite valuable because
there is a UID for each individual record. There is no need for you to
create them. Here is an example how they are useful. Say you and a cousin
are both working on the family. You are designated as the master file
keeper, and you send him a copy of your data. He reviews it and makes
corrections or adds information, then send the file back to you. When you
import the file, rather than having to manually merge all the duplicates the
UID matches up the records. Only the ones that have been changed are
presented to you to review, while the identical ones are automatically
merged.
Gary Templeman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfred F. Schwilk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] "Universal Identifier"
UUID stands for Universally Unique IDentifier, GUID for Globally Unique
IDentifier. The correct way to construct these identifiers is described
in RFC 4122 <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt>, ITU-T Rec. X.667
<http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/oid.html> and ISO/IEC
11578:1996 <http://www.iso.ch/cate/d2229.html>.
If you go to http://www.famkruithof.net/uuid/uuidgen, this site will
generate a unique identifier
for you to use for any application, data base or record. Press refresh
in browser to generate a new one. I haven't figured out
how useful it would be in Legacy. Windows uses a form of this identifier
in the registry to identify applications.
Fred Schwilk
San Jose, California
ronald ferguson wrote:
Jim,
My understanding has always been that in Gedcoms UID stands fo "Unique
Identifier" and *not* "Universal ID"
Ron Ferguson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] "Universal Identifier"
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:18:50 -0600
A Universal Identifier is a unique ID assigned to a particular record
created at a particular time on a particular system. Identical records
created at the same time on different systems will have different
Universal
Identifiers. Legacy creates?/maintains Universal Identifiers and will
export
them in gedcoms (tag = _UID) but I've found no way so far to view them
from
within the program.
Jim Rickenbacker
Kingwood, TX
Home Page: http://borisbrooks.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Owen Berio"
To:
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 10:16 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] "Universal Identifier"
While searching for persons in my family tree I often see a "Universal
Identifier" in conjunction with a person. What is a "Universal
Identifier" and how is it arrived at? Can it be used with Legacy
software?
Thanks,
Owen
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