The Ecosystem of Genealogical Data Exchange
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Introducing the technologies defining the flows and establishing the infrastructure for sharing genealogical data. Sketching the data sources, where data is flowing, how data moves between systems, and how service providers use these mechanisms to deliver value to customers. This presentation was given by Ryan Heaton at the 2015 RootsTech Innovator Summit held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA on February 11, 2015.
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- 1. The Ecosystem of Genealogical Data Exchange Ryan Heaton © 2015 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 3. ● The Evolution of our Genealogical Ecosystem ● The Elements of our Genealogical Ecosystem ● The Actors of our Genealogical Ecosystem ● The Flows of our Genealogical Ecosystem ● The Inhibitors of our Genealogical Ecosystem ● The Developments of our Genealogical Ecosystem Author: Soren Schaper https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
- 5. Ecosystem (noun) A community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system. Author: Richard Lin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.e
- 6. The beginnings of a genealogical ecosystem... Author: Owen Gilbert https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
- 20. The Elements of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● Records ● Persons ● Relationships ● Sources ● Citations ● Analysis ● Research Author: Phil's 1stPix https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
- 22. The Actors of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● Systems ● Users Author: Phil's 1stPix https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
- 24. The Flows of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● User-to-User ● System-to-User ● System-to-System Author: Henrik Johansson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 25. The Flows of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● User-to-User ● GEDCOM ● Proprietary Formats Author: Henrik Johansson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 26. The Flows of a Genealogical Ecosystem Case Study Author: Henrik Johansson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 27. ● GEDCOM ● Proprietary Import (not Export) ● Data Loss feature mismatch, encoding issues, etc. Author: Henrik Johansson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 28. ● Inhibitors ● Lack of specification support ● e.g. citation metadata ● Lack of incentive Author: Henrik Johansson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 30. The Flows of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● System-to-User ● Web Interface ● APIs Author: Jen Goellnitz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
- 31. The Flows of a Genealogical Ecosystem Case Study Author: Jen Goellnitz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
- 32. Author: Jen Goellnitz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ ● Family Graph API ● JSON over HTTP ● Entities Person, Relationship, User, Event, Source, Note
- 33. Author: Jen Goellnitz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ ● Family Graph API ● Smart Matches
- 34. The Flows of a Genealogical Ecosystem Case Study Author: Jen Goellnitz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
- 35. Author: Jen Goellnitz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ ● FamilySearch API ● XML, JSON over HTTP ● Entities Person, Relationship, User, Source, Note, Discussion Photo/Story, Search, Match, Change History, etc.
- 37. Author: Jen Goellnitz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ ● FamilySearch API ● Conforms to GEDCOM X ● Significant number of partners
- 40. The Flows of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● System-to-System ● APIs ● Business Deals Author: Henrik Johansson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 41. The Flows of a Genealogical Ecosystem Case Study Author: Henrik Johansson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 42. Author: Henrik Johansson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ ● Open Archives (openarch.nl) ● Tooling and APIs for data from hundreds of providers.
- 44. Author: Henrik Johansson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ ● Open Archives (openarch.nl) ● OAI-PMH ● A2A (Archives to All)
- 45. The Flows of a Genealogical Ecosystem Case Study Author: Henrik Johansson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 46. ● Bulk Record Data ● Bulk Tree Data ● Atom + GEDCOM X (Notify/Feed) ● GEDCOM X Data Sets Author: Henrik Johansson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 48. The Inhibitors of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● Security ● Budget Constraints ● Data Loss/Impedance ● Feature Mismatch Author: William Beem https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 49. The Inhibitors of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● Lack of Well-Established Processes ● Lack of Well-Established Specifications Author: William Beem https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 50. The Inhibitors of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● User Immaturity ● Developer Immaturity ● Product Management Immaturity Author: William Beem https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 51. The Inhibitors of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● User Immaturity ● “My Tree-itis” ● Outdated Mindsets Author: William Beem https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 52. The Inhibitors of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● Developer Immaturity ● Re-inventing the Wheel ● Internationalization Ignorance ● Backwards-Incompatible Changes ● Specification Ignorance Author: William Beem https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 53. The Inhibitors of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● Product Management Immaturity ● “My Product-itis” ● Misunderstood User Demands ● Compatibility De-prioritization Author: William Beem https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 55. The Developments of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● User Demand ● Business Demand ● Increasing Interest Author: Jason Scragz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 56. The Developments of a Genealogical Ecosystem ● GEDCOM X ● FHISO ● OAI-PMH and A2A Author: Jason Scragz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 58. GEDCOM X ● Conceptual Model ● Data Formats ● API Specifications Author: Randy OHC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 59. GEDCOM X ● Conceptual Model ● Defines the Concepts and Vocabulary ● Person ● Relationship ● Event ● Source Description ● Evidence ● Place Description Author: Randy OHC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 60. GEDCOM X ● Data Formats ● XML ● JSON ● File Format Author: Randy OHC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 61. GEDCOM X ● API Specifications ● REST Architecture ● Tree API ● Records API Author: Randy OHC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 62. GEDCOM X ● API Specifications ● Resources, Operations, and Links ● Read Person ● Update Source Description ● Search for Persons ● Delete Relationship Author: Randy OHC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 63. GEDCOM X ● API Specifications ● Potential for new providers ● Ancestry, FindMyPast, MyHeritage ● PHPGedView, WikiTree Author: Randy OHC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 64. GEDCOM X ● API Specifications ● Potential for new providers Author: Randy OHC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 65. GEDCOM X ● API Specifications ● Potential for new providers Author: Randy OHC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 66. GEDCOM X ● API Specifications ● Potential for new providers Author: Randy OHC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 67. How to Improve our Genealogical Ecosystem ● Make Noise ● Use the paved roads Credit: NASA
- 68. Credit: NASA