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> Note that original and interpreted are not of type FormalValue. I don't think that's necessary, but not everybody's aligned on that yet. I'd invite @carpentermp to open up a separate issue describin…
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The following commentary was submitted by user @ttwetmore regarding the "two-tiered" definition of the model:
> The GEDCOM X model is what I call a “two-tier” model because it has two levels, the rec…
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We need to define how record collections specify their contents.
The simplest solution would be to just have the collection contain a list of links to their records:
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There are two options for modeling a genealogical characteristic:
1. Keep date and place on characteristic to reduce the cost of disruption in the current genealogical development paradigm.
2. Remove …
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This approach of having a “www” flavor of an object that has “links” seems to be getting more and more problematic. It is exploding the number of classes (because lots of objects now have a “www” cou…
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We have to now used the generic "xlink:href" attribute for defining references to other resources. I propose we use "rdf:resource" instead as a more explicit and consistent mechanism for referencing r…
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Most collections are scoped within a country, or even a state or county, such that the indexing process doesn't include the country, state, county because it is assumed to be obvious. Going forward th…
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We probably need a model for Notes on a Person (and possibly other entities).
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What is the general approach to getting the metadata of a GedcomX entity? I can think of a few options:
1. Append “/meta” to the URL of an entity to fetch the metadata for that entity. I have grown…
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The original gedcomx Record is intended to be able to accurately represent original historical documents. In representing historical documents, it may be desirable to represent empty fields as well a…