On 05-24-2011 16:26, Tom Wetmore wrote: > That doesn't solve the problem of where to store those links. As Cheryl > points out, if you put a link in a person record, you are making the > explicit statement that the linked-to evidence refers to that person. Always? Many programs support some variation of GEDCOM's TYPE tag. No reason a link couldn't have a TYPE subrecord, or a NOTE or .... Even if GEDCOM doesn't officially support it. Maybe some software out there somewhere has tried that. (Please don't take my comments as an enthusiastic endorsement of GEDCOM) -- Wes Groleau There are two types of people in the world … http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1157

On Wednesday, May 25, 2011 12:40:54 PM UTC-4, Wes Groleau wrote: > On 05-24-2011 16:26, Tom Wetmore wrote: > > That doesn't solve the problem of where to store those links. As Cheryl > > points out, if you put a link in a person record, you are making the > > explicit statement that the linked-to evidence refers to that person. > > Always? Many programs support some variation of GEDCOM's TYPE tag. > > No reason a link couldn't have a TYPE subrecord, or a NOTE or .... > Even if GEDCOM doesn't officially support it. > > Maybe some software out there somewhere has tried that. > > (Please don't take my comments as an enthusiastic endorsement > of GEDCOM) > Wes, I wasn't clear enough. The idea I was getting at is this. You have found an item of evidence that you either copy onto your computer as a file or you have as a URL text string. You are pretty sure this evidence refers to a person you are interested in, but you haven't gotten enough info yet to be sure of this or to know exactly what person it refers to. Cheryl made the point that she would keep a link to that file or URL in a person record in her database. My question was directed to the situation where you don't yet have such a person record to hold the link. My preferred approach is to codify that evidence into new persona records and let them be sit in the database while you collect more data. These persona records are indexed and searchable and manipulable and editable as easily as regular person records. I personally find that this simple mechanism solves all problems I have with designing a single system that can seamlessly handle both record-based and person-based genealogy. I just need the software to give the UI to do this. Tom