Re: [Gramps-users] Event organisation in GRAMPS

[Doug L. <lai...@ho...>]

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:01:10 am Ole G. Gjelland wrote:
> Anne wrote:
> > In case anyone is interested, here's an example of how I
> > will deal with an Occupation event:
> >
> > Type: Occupation
> > Date: 1851
> > Description: Occ Jones J 1851 Tailor
> > Place: England
> > Attributes: Title=3D>Tailor
> > Notes: employs 1 man and 1 boy
>
> I think it should be pointed out that whatever you put in
> the description field is what ends up as the value for the
> OCCU attribute in a Gedcom export. Which is supposed to be:
> =ABThe kind of activity that an individual does for a job,
> profession, or principal activity=BB. This is at least the
> case for Gramps v2.2.8.
>
> When description is used for events like christening or
> burial it is put in a level 2 TYPE field.
>
> Complecated stuff, really...

Is it an "event"?  I know that the LDS like Newspeak, aka Humpty-Dumptyism =
("When I use a word, it means precisely what I want it to mean, neither mor=
e nor less." -- Alice Through the Looking-Glass, ) but an event is much sho=
rter in duration than an occupation.

I simply put "2 OCCU Tailor" in the individual's record, but I use LifeLine=
s.  If I want to elaborate, I create a Note.  It is apparently possible to =
have:

2 OCCU Tailor
2 NOTE @N000@


Anything more in the INDI tag, Legacy says is illegal.

Doug.
=2D-=20
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