RE: [xsl] gedML VS. the new gedcom xml 6.0 proposal

Subject: RE: [xsl] gedML VS. the new gedcom xml 6.0 proposal
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:33:56 +0100
Thanks for pointing this out. I had previously seen (and commented on)
unpublished versions.

For those interested in Genealogy and XML, there is a forum at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GenealogyXML

Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of L Rutker
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> Subject: [xsl] gedML VS. the new gedcom xml 6.0 proposal
>
>
> Hi,
> I noticed that the draft for the next version of gedcom has
> been released.
> For the first time gedcom will use XML !!
> For those who use Michael Kay's book (second ed) the use of
> XML for a family
> tree will be familiar.
> This will have a major ramification for the use of XSL with
> genealogical
> data.
> The draft including the proposed DTD can be found at:
> http://www.familysearch.org/GEDCOM/GedXML60.pdf
>
> Michael Kay started developing gedML but seemingly has not
> updated it in
> years.
> Anyone care to comment on how different they are?
> One area that I don?t like is the use of html within the
> gedcom XML file in
> the new proposal.
> (For example <html:BR />) I think that formatting has no
> place in XML but
> belongs in the XSL.
> I guess the third edition of Michael Kay's book might use the
> new format
> (assuming he likes it).
>
> Lou
>
>
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