Comments on: Endless Possibilities http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=1072 the Development of my Genealogy Program named Behold http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/../beholdblog.gif Comments by Louis Kessler are Copyright 2000-2013 Louis Kessler, All Rights Reserved. Comments by others belong to the people who made them. By: Louis Kessler http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=1072#comment-460 Louis Kessler Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:15:17 +0000 http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=1072#comment-460 I intend to keep up with the development of any new standard. I'm involved with BetterGEDCOM and GEDCOMX and am staying up-to-date with all the progress towards a new GEDCOM. Writing the input and output for any new standard is not difficult, and that could be done in not too long a time, maybe a month. But it is how the data model will integrate with the existing GEDCOM model that will be more difficult. Translations of one structure to another will be required. Will they be compatible? Will information be lost? For RootsMagic and AncestorSync, will the new data model work with their database? Will it work with Behold's database that I will soon be creating? How much simplification is needed, and how many "features" of the new standard will require so much additional programming that it will prevent them from being implemented by many programs. There is a lot to consider here. It will probably be a couple of years at least before a Version 1.0 of a new proposed standard will be available. But by staying involved now, I can say my piece and try to keep the new standard grounded in ideas that make sense to me and to what I think genealogists will need. I'll also be able to pre-test and ensure that they are not introducing concepts or changes that programmers will find to be near-to-impossible to implement. I intend to keep up with the development of any new standard. I’m involved with BetterGEDCOM and GEDCOMX and am staying up-to-date with all the progress towards a new GEDCOM. Writing the input and output for any new standard is not difficult, and that could be done in not too long a time, maybe a month.

But it is how the data model will integrate with the existing GEDCOM model that will be more difficult. Translations of one structure to another will be required. Will they be compatible? Will information be lost? For RootsMagic and AncestorSync, will the new data model work with their database? Will it work with Behold’s database that I will soon be creating? How much simplification is needed, and how many “features” of the new standard will require so much additional programming that it will prevent them from being implemented by many programs.

There is a lot to consider here. It will probably be a couple of years at least before a Version 1.0 of a new proposed standard will be available. But by staying involved now, I can say my piece and try to keep the new standard grounded in ideas that make sense to me and to what I think genealogists will need. I’ll also be able to pre-test and ensure that they are not introducing concepts or changes that programmers will find to be near-to-impossible to implement.

]]> By: Brett http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=1072#comment-458 Brett Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:07:16 +0000 http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=1072#comment-458 You indeed sound excited today (or this morning your time). So does all this excitement, extend to your head nodding response at RootsTech2012 re implementing support for a 'new' GEDCOM standard within 30 days of release of said standard? You indeed sound excited today (or this morning your time).

So does all this excitement, extend to your head nodding response at RootsTech2012 re implementing support for a ‘new’ GEDCOM standard within 30 days of release of said standard?

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