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GEDCOM, an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication.

A proprietary and open de facto specification for exchanging genealogical data between different genealogy software. (From Wikipedia)

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Reading a line from a streamreader without consuming?

Is there a way to read ahead one line to test if the next line contains specific tag data? I'm dealing with a format that has a start tag but no end tag. I would like to read a line add it to a structure then test the line below to make sure it not…
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Is there a GEDCOM parser written in Python?

GEDCOM is a standard for exchanging genealogical data. I've found parsers written in C perl Ruby and even Factor but none so far written in Python. The closest I've come is the file libgedcom.py from the GRAMPS project, but that is so full of…
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GEDCOM to HTML and RDF

I was wondering if anyone knew of an application that would take a GEDCOM genealogy file and convert it to HTML format for viewing and publishing on the web. I'd like to have separate html files for each individual and perhaps additional files for…
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Produce Delphi Code that will Parse a file with a given BNF format

Is there parser code or a parser component for Delphi or a program that will accept BNF (Backus-Naur Form) notation as input and produce Delphi (or pascal) code to do the parsing? The reason for this is that I am going to be attempting to perfectly…
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Gedcom Reader for C#

Does anyone know of a good class to read in .ged files Gedcom is a file format that is used to store genealogical information. My goal is to write something that would let me import a ged file and export a .dot file for graphviz so that I can make a…
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Response.TransmitFile and delete it after transmission

I have to implement GEDCOM export in my site. My .net code created one file at server when export to gedcom clicked. Then I need to download it to client from server, as well as user should be asked where to save that file, meaning savedialog is…
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GEDCOM parser in JavaScript

I have been looking for a GEDCOM parser in JavaScript. Does one exist at the moment? I have found them in many languages but not in JavaScript yet.
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Cocoa interface to GEDCOM file

The only full-fledged GPL Cocoa editor for GEDCOM 5.5 files (GenerationX) was last released in 2003: http://sourceforge.net/projects/generationx/ It looks unstable under Snow Leopard and would badly need a revamp. Someone recently posted a…
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Horizontal Database and Vertical Database

I am working on a social networking site with a family tree that is GEDCOM-compliant. We need to decide if we should use a horizontal or vertical database structure for User profiles. So, I would like to know if anybody can answer when to use a…
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Parse Gedcom to SQLite-Database

I am a Hobby Xojo-User. I wanna import a Gedcom-File to my Program, espacially to a SQLite-Database. Structure of the Database Tables Persons - ID: Integer - Gender: Varchar // M, F or U - Surname: Varchar - Givenname: Varchar Relationships -…
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inbreeding coefficient calculation and genealogical software

I am currently looking for a piece of software which will be able to map a very large number of GEDCOM files (for around 33,000 individuals) as well as working out ancestral and individual inbreeding coefficients. Does anyone know of any software…
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Are Birth and Death as Events modeled as events or attributes of profile in Genealogy

Are births and deaths modeled as events for a person in a genealogy profile or as attributes of the person. What are the pros and cons of each approach?
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Python simplepyged graphical representation of family trees

Does anyone know a way to use the python package simplepyged (for parsing gedcom files) for graphical representation of family trees? XY-Pic? Matlibplot? pictex? I appreciate any help! Thanks!
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Read Gedcom file and store in Database

I want to read a Gedcom file and store in sql server . GEDCOM is a file format which allows genealogy files to be shared between different genealogy software applications. GEDCOM stands for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. Can any one help me on…
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How to deal with different newline conventions with Flex

We're trying to parse the GEDCOM file format. According to its standard, all combinations of CR and LF are valid to denote a newline break. It's a line based format, so often we want to match the rest of the line when we've already matched the…
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