- From: Danny Ayers <danny666@virgilio.it>
- Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 01:31:41 +0200
- To: "B Cookson" <bcookson42@yahoo.com>, <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <EBEPLGMHCDOJJJPCFHEFEEMAFPAA.danny666@virgilio.it>
RDF seems like a perfect fit for genealogical data (Family Histories, etc.) . What work is being done using RDF and specific schemas using RDFS/DAML, etc. --Bennett Cookson (I am new to the list but a long time proponent of RDF. I would like to use RDF for a new Family Tree (Genealogy) project.) Yep, it's a great fit, also something of a challenge because the source data is very real-world. I've been looking into using GEDCOM as one of the formats for a graph-based project (I've done a SAX-like parser [1], not realising that Michael Kay had been covering the same ground with greater skill). I'm not aware of an RDF Schema that cover this (foaf->roar?), but recently the CLS (the Mormons) released a model, with XML syntax. heh - I just looked on the Genealogy XML list [2] to see if I could find references, and I see you subscribe Bennet ;-) Anyway, I reckon the GEDCOM terminology could easily be made into an RDF vocabulary, and all you need to do is attach a parser to an RDF API and you've got umpteen generations on the semantic web. Cheers, Danny. [1] http://www.isacat.net/2002/sag/sag.htm [2] GenealogyXML@yahoogroups.com
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