Hi all,
This week I've released version 0.17 of the Gedcom parser.
The main new feature is the addition of a C object model. If you
would compare the callback parser to the SAX interface of XML, then
the C object model is comparable to the DOM interface of XML. In
many ways, the C object model is easier to use, but it is a little
less flexible.
See the NEWS file in the distribution for some interface changes
(and backward incompabilities) that are caused by this.
My further objectives are (not necessarily in order):
- support for modifying data (actually, this is already possible
in the C object model, but it requires too much internal
knowledge)
- support for writing GEDCOM files, and maybe GEDML files
- C++ object model (perl also ?)
- more compatibility with other genealogy programs.
Now, my call for help... It is in fact two-fold:
- I'd like to see examples of GEDCOM files made by other programs
(e.g. PAF, FTM, ...), to be able to enhance the compatibility
of the parser with the non-standard GEDCOM syntax enhancements
of other programs.
- If you have a GEDCOM file with embedded multimedia objects in
it (i.e. the BLOB tag) I'd like to see it. I want to be able
to decode multimedia blobs correctly, but I have the impression
that this is one of the least standard-abiding features in
GEDCOM, mainly because the standard is a little ambiguous in
its description about it...
Any comments on the Gedcom parser are always welcome. Also have
a look at Genes (genes.sourceforge.net) which uses this parser
natively.
Best regards,
Peter.
--
===================================================================
Peter Verthez Software engineer
Email: mailto:Pet...@ad...
WWW: http://users.skynet.be/Peter.Verthez
PGP key: on homepage (see above) or http://www.keyserver.net
===================================================================
Semper in faecibus sumus, sole profundum variat.
|
