From: William M. <wgm...@ma...> - 2004-06-15 04:18:57
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On Jun 14, 2004, at 7:50 PM, Don Allingham wrote: > On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 17:48, William McCallum wrote: >> 1) I have some source citations like >> >> 2 SOUR @34@ >> 3 EVEN BIRT >> [etc] >> >> These are citations to the crossreferenced source, and the 3 EVEN line >> indicates that the source >> is a birth record. This is part of the Gedcom 5.5 SOURCE_CITATION >> structure. Gramps doesn't understand >> the EVEN line and skips it when importing. > > This appears to be redundant information. The record is in the format > of: > > 1 EVEN BIRT > 2 SOUR @34@ > 3 EVEN BIRT Well, it may not be worth worrying about, but technically this isn't redundant. The first 1 EVEN BIRT tells us we are talking about a birth. The second 3 EVEN BIRT tells us that the source record being cited is a birth record. This gives us greater confidence in this source than, say, 1 EVEN BIRT 2 SOUR @34@ 3 EVEN DEAT which would tell us that the source being cited as evidence for the birth is a death certificate, and therefore more prone to error (because, say, it is being filled out by a person who might not remember the birth date correctly). Here is the relevant passage from the Gedcom 5.5 standard: EVENT_TYPE_CITED_FROM: = {SIZE=1:15} [ <EVENT_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE> ] A code that indicates the type of event which was responsible for the source entry being recorded. For example, if the entry was created to record a birth of a child, then the type would be BIRT regardless of the assertions made from that record, such as the mother's name or mother's birth date. This will allow a prioritized best view choice and a determination of the certainty associated with the source used in asserting the cited fact. It's a fairly technical point, I agree. On the other hand, it is part of the standard, so if you want to conform completely with the standard you need to include it. Regards, Bill McCallum _______________________________________________________ http://www.math.arizona.edu/~wmc 520 621 6697 (Work) 520 615 4569 (Home) 520 440 1729 (Mobile) 520 621 8322 (Fax) |