[image] GetMyAncestors : a standalone tool to export FamilySearch ancestors Help Has anyone had the chance to try the GetMyAncestors Python tool? It downloads as a GEDCOM but supposedly fully sourced. This @emyoulation post makes me thinking about this question. I d…

Perhaps there are open source ETL systems that automate leveraging resources like our v1.7.1 DTD for Gramps XML and RELAX NG Schema for GRAMPS XML See Docs on Gramps XML (all versions)

Sorry, but I don’t see the point of using external tools to convert to Gramps XML? Gramps can import a gedcom and then output a Gramps XML. If Gramps does not do a good job on the import, wouldn’t it be best to fix whatever flaws it has rather than recreate a considerable amount of existing functi…

The Form Gramplet and Form editor are baby steps towards an internal Swiss army knife of inbound ETL. As are the import & export plug-ins The creation of internal & external ETL tools would create a healthy data exchange ecosystem for Gramps. External products (complimentary and competitive) are N…

Sorry but I am not following you. Tools to bridge between rich data sources and Gramps sound wonderful. Tools to export Gramps in a form that can be used elsewhere are equally desirable. To me, however, Gramps XML has little to do with those scenarios. AIUI, and perhaps I’m wrong, Gramps XML is …

There are some misperceptions in this argument. First, there are already a few external applications in existence that use Gramps XML format. Next, being an extensible and chunky format, the .gramps files can be enrichened by external applications for purposes beyond Gramps’ scope. In the specifi…

oops. I meant that reply to a different thread in the digest.

[image] trlvn: Sorry but I am not following you. Tools to bridge between rich data sources and Gramps sound wonderful. Tools to export Gramps in a form that can be used elsewhere are equally desirable. To me, however, Gramps XML has little to do with those scenarios. AIUI, and perhaps I’m wrong…

Modifying GetMyAncestors to write Gramps XML is of course possible, and it has some advantages, like supporting more types of names than are covered in our current GEDCOM implementation, and even converting standardized place to a simple hierarchy. And that’s just a matter of reading the documentati…

The Family Tree Data Model The purpose of this document is to help programmers become familiar with the data model of the FamilySearch Family Tree. The FamilySearch data model conforms to the GEDCOM X spec as much as possible. For more information, see the GEDCOM X guide . The following graphic sho…

Why not use gramps for that ? You can do this without graphical user interface . gramps -O "My_database" -e "My-compressed-xml.gramps" For a gedcom output: gramps -O "My_database" -e "My-gedcom.ged"

How to generate a Gramps xml file outside of Gramps?

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How to generate a Gramps xml file outside of Gramps?

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