tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post3856496804644070158..comments2024-03-07T23:20:49.790-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Family History Standards -- What are we talking about?James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-51334889863842716582013-04-03T18:16:45.925-07:002013-04-03T18:16:45.925-07:00James
I also was at the FHISO meeting at RootsTech...James<br />I also was at the FHISO meeting at RootsTech. Let me say first that I support the goal of standards in the Genealogy space. <br /><br />One of my issue with FHISO is the lack of openness even though they state openness as one of their major goals. For example:<br /><br />To the best of my knowledge the meeting at RootsTech was the first public meeting the organization has ever had in over a year of existence.<br /><br />I still don't know what they mean by community. Just the large companies and groups that have already signed up? <br /><br />Who made the decision that now was the time to call for papers and not 6 months ago or 6 months from now?<br /><br />Who will decide which papers are acceptable and which will be ignored?<br /><br /><br />Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641421421609467340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-87955144077381459912013-04-02T03:39:33.693-07:002013-04-02T03:39:33.693-07:00Nice comments James. As a FHISO organising Member,...Nice comments James. As a FHISO organising Member, I have struggled to understand the reluctance in some parts of the community to supporting standards development - something that I personally feel is long overdue, and a natural progression for a fragmented industry like genealogy.<br /><br />I am beginning to think that some people may view "standardisation" simply as an edict being imposed on them, and so automatically turn-off and ignore it. FHISO is quite different to other similar initiatives I'm aware of since the standards are to be developed "by the community" themselves, as opposed to being developed in a closed room and handed to the community on a plate.<br /><br />Another risk is that traditional genealogists - those who may use technology to accomplish their research but who are not technologists themselves - disrespect the skills of the technologists who are trying to support them, and vice versa. I hope I'm mistaken here as the future requires input from both disciplines. FHISO is deliberately a "multi-stakeholder" initiative because we passionately believe in that requirement.Tony Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330460400737261264noreply@blogger.com