Archive: Beyond Project category
Yesterday Hilton blogged about the Genesis Data Model, which includes the Genealogy Core and Genealogy Provenance ontologies. I hadn't really looked much at RDF until I read this, but it seems like a pretty good idea for Beyond's interchange format.
For example, named graphs allow you to say, ...
I'm starting to design the database. Not having studied a lot of database theory, I find it slightly intimidating, especially with possible scalability concerns in the future. But I'm not going to let that paralyze me. If it ends up having problems, then I'll fix them and ...
This morning I had a small epiphany. When you're going through a pedigree, only a small amount of information is visible (because of the nature of a pedigree chart). Wouldn't it be nice if the main information -- vitals, perhaps a picture, whatever -- was right there? ...
On the LDSOSS mailing list, Gordon Clarke (from the Family History Department) just e-mailed this out. It's what they can say publicly about the new FamilySearch:
Brief Overview of New FamilySearch Features
1. Temple Ordinances
Family Search is simplifying the process required for Latter-day Saints to prepare names for the temple ...
I've created a new blog, Footprints from the Past, to serve as a place for me to record my genealogical research. What this means for Beyond is 1) I'll be doing more research and thus be more aware of how Beyond can fill users' needs, 2) I'll be ...
No, I'm not dead. :) School is definitely taking its toll, but things should be a bit smoother from here out, with no major assignments left other than my finals.
Anyway, that's boring. :) More importantly, I've made a mockup of the pedigree view:...
O, the joys of being busy. ~sigh~ Midterms are at it again, along with a myriad of other projects (designing wedding invitations for an old roommate, deadlines at work, etc. etc. etc.), and so not much is happening right now. Three more weeks and school is over. ...
Earlier this afternoon I read Dan Lawyer's post Trust Model. The intro paragraph does a great job of catching the gist of it:
Have you ever used an application that violated your trust? Maybe it didn’t save something when you thought it should have or maybe you unexpectedly came ...
Yesterday I hacked together a quick mockup of the login screen. It has problems in Safari, and I haven't even tested it in Internet Explorer, but it looks like this in Firefox:
It's good enough for now; I'll worry ...
Or rather just the snail. This is taking too long! Right now I'm working on Beyond only in my free time (because of these work projects that have a higher priority), and there isn't much of that with midterms crunching me (not to mention other obligations). But ...
