Comparing to GEDCOM was a bit of a parallel exaggeration.
The key to CSV and GEDCOM exchanges is the structure and the data format. From a CSV perspective, what fields and in what order. Hopefully the data the sender sends in each field is something the receiver can understand or deal with. For example, field 2 is a date. Good. But is it in the form of "yyyy-mm-dd" which as far as I'm concerned we should all use or, is it in the form or "yy-mm-dd", mm-dd-yyyy" or "dd-mm-yyyy" ...
From a GEDCOM perspective, it gets more complicated for a few reasons. Reason 1 is that the GEDCOM standard leaves a lotttttt to interpretation so that writers and readers of GEDCOM's don't always communicate in the same lingo. Reason 2 is that we as users want our genealogy applications to keep data GEDCOM was never meant to deal with and hasn't kept up with. Dare I mention the word "witness" as an example ...
At 2005-09-05 06:20 PM, you wrote:
On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:30:03 -0400, "C.G. Ouimet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >None that I of. CSV is really a database data transfer mechanism kind >of like GEDCOM is to genealogy data. But GEDCOM is just a text file based on a spec (geared to transfer of genealogy data). CSV is another form of text file used for transferring data, primarily to/from spreadsheet applications. A little more generic than GEDCOM. Is your spreadsheet/csv just a couple of columns? Maybe an event name and a date? If so, it would seem pretty straightforward to program something that would import specific csv positions to fields in an Access database. Maybe even let the user map the csv positions to database columns. -- Dennis M. Kowallek [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************** Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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