tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post2529318813247699605..comments2024-03-07T23:20:49.790-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Storing your genealogy online -- access to the CloudJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-63056641520461707782013-07-02T06:57:34.827-07:002013-07-02T06:57:34.827-07:00I tend to agree. Thanks for the new topics to writ...I tend to agree. Thanks for the new topics to write about. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-87630847506192942622013-07-02T05:44:14.988-07:002013-07-02T05:44:14.988-07:00Tools like SVN, and more recently Google drive, ob...Tools like SVN, and more recently Google drive, obscure the distinction between what is stored locally and what is stored in the cloud. The synchronisation issue has been solved for simple files, as opposed to complex databases.<br /><br />I can envisage a world where that paradigm is used to hold private stuff in the cloud. My big issue is the assumption by most vendors that it's possible to merge everyone's data and generate a "Borg tree" that represents true history.<br /><br />You hinted yourself, Adrian, that you don't want such a merge, and I entirely agree. I am not aware of any current model that treats contributions as individual trees until a "virtual merge" is requested by a user (analogous to a SQL VIEW), and which gives full control over the visibility of such things as sensitive information, or half-formed hypotheses.<br /><br />In my aged scepticism, I believe that the difference between a technologically correct design and what's there now is possibly commerce and profit.Tony Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330460400737261264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-88013314563396785062013-07-01T08:56:16.871-07:002013-07-01T08:56:16.871-07:00"model of the future ... with the ability to ..."model of the future ... with the ability to synchronize different databases"<br />Logically, I need a database which is totally under my control (possibly with optional granting of update access to others I trust) plus the ability to sync that with a "world" tree open to everybody (call it "one tree to rule them all" or "a tree to assimilate all others" depending on your favourite mythology).<br /><br />I need a database under my control since I need to keep my view on things without having some guy merge his ancestor with mine just because they have the same name. <br /><br />But if I don't contribute to the world's view of things, why am I doing genealogy?<br /><br />Synchronising stuff is incredibly difficult. The first sync is just a long hard slog. The hard one is the second go, when you want to update your previously synchronised John Doe with your updated events and attributes, only to find someone else has merged their John Doe into yours so he doesn't look anything like yours any more. <br /><br />I remain to be convinced anyone is even thinking about this. So I'm relaxed about the physical location - it'll work eventually, even for people like me who don't trust that we'll always have Internet access (because we don't). It's the logical control that's obscure.Adrian Brucenoreply@blogger.com