I know that Bob, which is why I said "dumbed-down". :-) I was just trying to make a case for getting a new file format on as many desktops as possible. It would be some time before anything really took advantage of its full potential, but it's "numbers" that count Tony Proctor "Bob Velke" <bvelke@whollygenes.com> wrote in message news:mailman.583.1195140985.7651.gencmp@rootsweb.com... > Tony said: > > >I can't imagine why there was no participation from the software vendors > > Can't you <g>? > > >I know there are such viewers available now but what if there > >was a free one that used the GDM model, and supported all the > >bells-and-whistles associated with its enhanced specification. It may sound > >a brain-dead idea but if there were non-distributable tools to convert all > >those dumbed-down GEDCOM files to the format accepted by this new viewer... > > As I said, by the time the data has been converted to GEDCOM, the > damage has been done. The data that has been lost/corrupted can't be > recovered/repaired by merely looking at the GEDCOM file. It isn't there. > > 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 > >

Tony said: >I know that Bob, which is why I said "dumbed-down". :-) > >I was just trying to make a case for getting a new file format on as many >desktops as possible. It would be some time before anything really took >advantage of its full potential, but it's "numbers" that count I think that the last 10+ years proves what drives the genealogy software market - and it isn't a overriding interest to transfer data between researchers while maintaining data integrity. So if a reader application was capable of displaying those "dumbed-down GEDCOM files" in the context of a more comprehensive data model, then wouldn't that just discourage software developer's from producing anything else? Going out of your way to accommodate weakness doesn't hasten its demise. >then it wouldn't be long before that new format was all-pervasive, and not >long after that before other products would support it natively. I don't think so but go for it! I'd even pay for a copy. 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