FTM are one of the big players and they provide import routine for "Legacy" and "The Master Genealogist" as well as their own, Gedcom and PAF. I think self-interest by the big players will go that route rather than uprate gedcom. Incidentally FTM when using the Legacy Import does not translate Sourewriter sources from Legacy properly. Alan Pereira
-----Original Message----- From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 05 September 2011 16:54 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOM Issue Laura, I wouldn't hold my breath. The organisers/designers admit it is a long term project and is certainly far from new already. Mike is quite correct, it will not be of much use unless the big players incorporate it into their software - and arguably their use of propriety tags is in their own self-interest, as it makes it more difficult for people to switch from one database program to another. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Laura Johnson Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 4:15 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOM Issue There are people working on a solution to this problem. Check out the following URL :http://bettergedcom.wikispaces.com/ TITLE : BetterGedcom - Build a Better GEDCOM Project DESCRIPTION : The organizers of BetterGEDCOM are members of the genealogy user community not affiliated with any particular genealogical organization and not advocating for any particular constituency except the end-users. The goal is to define a standard that is meant to replace the current GEDCOM standard for both the communication of and the long term storage of genealogical information. On 9/5/2011 10:10 AM, Ward Walker wrote: > As I have mentioned before, I think Millennia could be proactive in > implementing a workaround to this problem. I wonder if any competitors are > doing this? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
