Re: [Gramps-users] How to export Gramps data in XML format?

[Nick H. <ni...@gr...>]

On 15/01/17 00:03, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> Looked into it some more, isn't a bug. I guess the word researcher in
>> the <researcher></researcher> tags threw me a bit of a curve ball. In
>> order for data to be included in between the researcher tags in the XML
>> file one needs to go to Tools -> Family Tree Processing -> Edit Database
>> Owner Information.
>>
>> Doing so, entering the data and exporting the XML again results in:
>>
>> <created date="2017-01-14" version="GrampsAIO64-4.2.5-1"/>
>>        <researcher>
>>          <resname>removed for privacy</resname>
>>          <resaddr>removed for privacy</resaddr>
>>          <rescity>removed for privacy</rescity>
>>          <resstate>removed for privacy</resstate>
>>          <rescountry>removed for privacy</rescountry>
>>          <respostal>removed for privacy</respostal>
>>          <resemail>removed for privacy</resemail>
>>        </researcher>
> I still think it's a bug, since otherwise what's the point of having
> Edit->Preferences->Researcher?
>
The researcher information in the preferences is used to provide the 
default when a database is created.  The "Edit Database Owner 
Information" tool allows the researcher in the database to be changed.  
It doesn't change the default.  The researcher for each database can be 
different.

Nick.