Genealogy

One of my interests is the use of XML and related technologies to support genealogical data presentation. This page provides a few links. I don't spend much time on this, so this is just a short list.

At this site:

• GEDCOM 6.0 DTD (refresh or view the source if you get a blank screen)
• Contributed XML Schema "A" (default settings) and XML Schema "B" (alternate settings) for GEDCOM 6.0, from Johan Lindgren, created by XML Spy
• Java GEDCOM 5.5 XML Reader class (similar to GedML tools), and other free stuff (updated September 1, 2003)

Other links related to genealogy models, standards, and XML:

• GEDCOM 5.5 specification
• GEDCOM 6.0 specification (pdf)
• GedML GEDCOM XML software (background info here)
• GeniML GEDCOM utilities and 5.5 grammar
• Genealogy Specifications
• GENTECH Genealogical Data Model
• gdmxml (GENTECH data model)
• GenXML (GENTECH data model)
• Open Source Genealogical Data Model (OSGDM) RFC
• US National Genealogical Society (with good links page)
• XML Cover pages (see also genealogy section and article on GenealogyXML)
• xml.startkabel.nl

Related standards:

• Human Resources XML Consortium: specifications for DateTime, PersonName, and PostalAddress
• OpenGIS Consortium: Geography Markup Language (GML)
• Library of Congress Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
• Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
• Oasis Customer Information Quality Technical Committee: Name and Address Space initiatives

Some genealogy software links:

• Genealogical Software Report Card
• genealogy projects at sourceforge.net
• perl GEDCOM manipulation modules

Mailing lists:

• GenealogyXML group at Yahoo, see also its related web site
• GEDCOM-L@listserv.nodak.edu list server archives