From: Benny M. <ben...@gm...> - 2009-10-27 10:37:14
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2009/10/26 Nicholas Robinson <np...@bo...>: > On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 13:41 +0100, doug wrote: >> Duncan Lithgow wrote: >> > Since GRAMPS doesn't yet really help me compare two genealogies what >> > do people suggest I use. I know there are lots of tools but I'd love >> > to hear some recommendations. >> > >> > My only thoughts of a gramps solution would be to import both >> > databases and then run the tool looking for duplicates. I can then >> > write down the IDs of the duplicates. >> > >> > Duncan >> > >> I'd be interested too to hear what others do. >> I guess it'll depend on what aim one has in mind - when checking an >> external limited genealogy (say less than 100) for importing, I've >> exported a relevant section of my main genealogy; then as you do, >> imported both the external and the exported section into a trial >> database and looked for duplicates. >> where there seemed to be genuine duplicates, I used 'Compare and Merge', >> then followed up 'Relationship' to see if it resulted in any glaring >> discrepancies. Sometimes it did; then I had either to do a lot of >> unscrambling on the mixed database or else scrap it entirely - but the >> original database was safe, of course. >> >> Doug >> > > Hi > > This sounds a fascinating programming exercise! Are you limiting the > comparison to 'structure' i.e. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat > Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren and so on. Or are you > looking to fit where there are missing people, branches, errors, > identify missing data such as dates? Yes fascinating :-) Unfortunately also very difficult. This is a part of GRAMPS that needs some attention and a lot of love. Benny > > Intuitively, I'd say write a utility outside gramps that would parse > each genealogy and then attempt to compare the two using tree-based > algorithms. > > I wonder, though, if there are tools on the genesreunited site for doing > something like this? I haven't looked, but it would seem to be something > their site should be doing as a matter of course to reunite the genes! > > Nick > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > |