Peter said: >Going by web searching, there seems to have been no movement on the >Gentech data model since 2001. There also seems to be an annual flurry >of mentions in relation to the NGS conference, but no further developments. No further developments by whom? We're all volunteers. Some of us spent five years developing the GDM which was sponsored by all of the major genealogy societies in the U.S. and it was promptly ignored by the developers of the most popular software. The ground swell of market forces by researchers who claimed to be passionate about the subject also never materialized. Who do you think has the incentive to do more? In fact, there are a number of developers who are using the GDM (or some derivative of it) to develop software programs, XML transfer specs, and other projects. You can find some of them on the GenealogyXML mailing list but I wouldn't ever expect to hear about them in the mainstream. Yes, about once a year there is a flurry of people who are aghast that "nobody is doing anything" to solve their problems. Bob Velke Wholly Genes, Inc. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.32/1131 - Release Date: 11/14/2007 4:54 PM