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RecordSeek - Genealogy While You Sleep. Second Site. The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ("TNG") "This program is a winner! " — Dick Eastman, Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. (Read the story here!) CURRENT VERSION:10.1.1 (4 April 2015)PRICE: $32.99 USD The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding© ("TNG") is a powerful way to manage and display your family tree on your own website, all without generating any static HTML. Instead, your information is stored in a database and the pages are created on demand. If your web server supports PHP and MySQL (the language and database used by the software), you can set up and run TNG with very little effort. Don't settle for ancient site creation methods that leave you with thousands of dull-looking HTML pages, or for freeware solutions that seem thrown together!
Key Features: GEDCOM Import/Export: No need to retype everything. New & Improved in TNG 10: Mobile-Friendly: No special app is required, but your site will look great and be much easier to use on your mobile device. See a fully functional demonstration right now! Need Web Hosting? Rootsy | Private Family Sharing. Clooz. Genealogical Data and XML. Overview This document provides references for some prominent initiatives which have proposed the use of XML for storing and processing genealogical information. A separate document on Markup Languages for Names and Addresses contains information on abstract models and markup models for person, family, name, and related concepts.
See also prosopographical research: "an independent science of social history embracing genealogy, onomastics and demography. " Contents GedML: [GEDCOM] Genealogical Data in XML GedML provides "a way of encoding genealogical data sets in XML. On 12-May-1999, the software was updated to work with SAXON 4.2. Software provided by Kay (as of 2002-12-27) included four Java classes in source and compiled form: Kay also provides stylesheets: Principal URLs: GedML website. Earlier references of possible historical value, some URLs broken: GEDCOM (Genealogical Data Communication) References: GenealogyGEDCOM 6.0 DTD as of 2005-12-30.
XGenML gdmxml GENTECH Genealogical Data Model. MudCreek Products - GENViewer. The fastest way to view and analyze your genealogy information. GENViewer is a Windows-based application that is used to view and analyze GEDCOM, PAF 3- 5, TMG 4.x, 5.x, 6.x and 7.x, Legacy 3-7, RootsMagic 2 and 3 and Family Tree Maker 2006 and previous versions genealogy files.
With GENViewer, you can search and view dozens of files in minutes. Intuitive, Easy-to-use interfaces GENViewer provides the user with 9 different views of your genealogy information. Your information is just one mouse click away. Updating your existing version of GENViewer? Just download this release of GENViewer and install over your existing version. Install Instructions See what our users say. Oxy-Gen : The Ultimate GEDCOM Converter. Using the Semantic Web for Genealogy. Summary For thousands of years, people have been keeping track of their family history. Therefore, genealogy seems to be an obvious application of an RDF ontology and the Semantic web. I've investigated making use of RDF and the Semantic Web for Family History. The results of my investigation are here on this web page.
In my work, I created a program to translate files in GEDCOM format to XML. I also wrote several stylesheets which translated the data into a new format GEDCOM XML, HTML, and RDF. History of Genealogy and Computers In the 1980's, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints created computer software to help individuals keep track of their family history. Genealogy Markup languages There are many markup languages which have been or are being developed for Genealogy. GEDCOM XML - As mentioned above, this is also referred to as Gedcom 6.0. Since Gedcom XML is the next version of the Gedcom standard, I believe it will be more poplular than the others. Gedcom format: <! Genealogy Software Reviews. Behold Genealogy Software.