tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244988912841531834.post2199552960947234801..comments2024-02-06T00:07:12.420-07:00Comments on Enduring Legacy Genealogy: My RootsTech 2013: Day 2 - Ancestry.com breaking news, FHISO and GEDCOMX, handwriting recognitionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09108246378388789103noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244988912841531834.post-51118819352976364852013-03-26T21:43:05.610-06:002013-03-26T21:43:05.610-06:00Thanks for sharing - many of us geneabloggers rely...Thanks for sharing - many of us geneabloggers rely on one another's session feedback to get the bigger pictur eof where things are heading. I was too busy many times meeting new folks for the first time and promoting Genedocs with new contact cards. Did you get a card with a puple tree on it? Less than 2000 were available. 10 Genedocs T-shirts handed out to key firsts folks will forever be collectable items too. Only Keynote Speaker to recieve one was Syd!<br /><br /> - Eric / Genedocs FounderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244988912841531834.post-13194960334651690362013-03-26T06:49:34.771-06:002013-03-26T06:49:34.771-06:00Randy
Where do you get the ##I finally figured out...Randy<br />Where do you get the ##I finally figured out that FHISO doesn't plan to develop a GEDCOM replacement, but would endorse or embrace a GEDCOM replacement.## idea from????Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244988912841531834.post-32634211903426720552013-03-25T21:40:17.453-06:002013-03-25T21:40:17.453-06:00Randy,
Thanks for asking for more detail. Let me ...Randy, <br />Thanks for asking for more detail. Let me try. As I remember (fuzzy) Ryan Heaton said that GEDCOMX "1.0" will be out in spec form by the end of April I think. He promised to add more details about what GEDCOMX is to GEDCOMX.org in the future, and admitted that he knew he did not update it much--or at all--recently. It was asked what the worse case scenario is and he said it would be if no one adopts GEDCOMX, but FamilySearch would still use it. He said FamilySearch API already uses GEDCOMX specs and whenever a program like RootsMagic works with Family Tree they are using GEDCOMX behind the scenes. (Just with no user export option like most users think GEDCOMX would be). He also said that Ancestry.com's probate index will be transferred to them using GEDCOMX technology (as I understood). Ryan said this first "1.0" (used loosely) would incorporate certain things (he listed in a slide) and future versions would have more capabilities. For example, like I said, Randy Wilson's topic about transfer of index data from one platform to another.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108246378388789103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244988912841531834.post-69400818710149648482013-03-25T21:26:34.745-06:002013-03-25T21:26:34.745-06:00Alex,
I agree that perhaps many of us (including ...Alex,<br /><br />I agree that perhaps many of us (including myself) were a bit too judgmental of FHISO, and that their need to have community like us present things to them is valid. We can't expect them to fix our problems. It is just nice to know of a forum where I could send recommendations for standards and they'd actually have a chance of being reviewed by several major players.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108246378388789103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244988912841531834.post-46501930211707421232013-03-25T21:22:47.694-06:002013-03-25T21:22:47.694-06:00Alex,
I have approached FamilySearch employees ab...Alex,<br /><br />I have approached FamilySearch employees about the issue, but not found the person in charge yet. I will keep it on my to do list and work on it. I meant anyone interested by "our" like you or me. I ought to have asked for the contact info for the correct person before leaving RootsTech. It is much easier to get some things done (with talking to hard to find/reach employees) in person at the conference. That is one of my favorite things about actually going. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108246378388789103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244988912841531834.post-11428951204603225742013-03-25T15:18:27.026-06:002013-03-25T15:18:27.026-06:00Thank you for the discussion on FHISO and GEDCOMX....Thank you for the discussion on FHISO and GEDCOMX. <br /><br />I finally figured out that FHISO doesn't plan to develop a GEDCOM replacement, but would endorse or embrace a GEDCOM replacement. <br /><br />What else was said about GEDCOMX? Is it being used in the FamilySearch API to enable interaction with the Family Tree? <br />When will there be a working model?<br />What does it presently include? How will they deal with sources? <br /><br />Any additional info would be very helpful and informative to me and others who didn't attend.Randy Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244988912841531834.post-36268940177489490932013-03-24T21:35:30.953-06:002013-03-24T21:35:30.953-06:00many of us voiced the community's opinion that...many of us voiced the community's opinion that FHISO was working too slowly.<br /><br />From what I understand, FHISO is a bunch of dedicated genealogists with little/no actual support from the community. So being slow would be obvious and if the community wants it moving faster, they need to get in and support it.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244988912841531834.post-80412287493101748142013-03-24T21:30:49.701-06:002013-03-24T21:30:49.701-06:00We do not know why the choice was made, so it is o...We do not know why the choice was made, so it is our job to try and find contact information for the right person (that isn't easy) and tell them we want to see an official partnership.<br /><br />Who is OUR in our job. Are you going to approach them? It seems rather strange that Ancestry and other members are IN, but Family Search is OUT.Alexnoreply@blogger.com