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Tony Proctor
Feb 8, 2012, 6:30:49 AM2/8/12
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Family History Information Standards Organisation (FHISO)
New standards-setting organisation formed to support Family History and
Genealogy
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA--Wednesday, February 1, 2012--FHISO
(http://fhiso.org) is a newly-formed international organisation created to
develop standards for the digital representation and sharing of family
history and genealogical information. The standards will solve today's
interoperability issues independently of technology platforms, genealogy
products or services. They will provide opportunities for innovation and
will address robust user requirements such as search, capture and research
administration.
In the fall of 2010, a group of dedicated technologists and users formed the
"Build a BetterGEDCOM Project" to improve data exchange standards and to
facilitate sharing between researchers. This grassroots effort has grown
into a dynamic, open forum for the exchange of ideas, and a substantial body
of work has been produced. In order to realise the project goals, a more
structured, organised environment was needed. FHISO will provide this
environment.
The FHISO process will identify practices and trends that require
standardisation. It will provide a transparent, collaborative environment
promoting innovation and consensus-building for the development of open
standards. Following publication, the organisation will provide education
and other support to encourage standards adoption and use. The FHISO
standards will be publicly available at zero or minimal cost on a
non-discriminatory basis. Anyone will be able to implement the standards for
any purpose without royalty or license fees.
FHISO will be community-owned. Membership is available to all who
participate in the global family history and genealogical community.
The success of FHISO depends on the voluntary participation of its members
representing all the global stakeholder groups. In the standards-setting
process, there is no substitute for the active involvement of vendors,
developers, technologists, users and family history or genealogy
organisations.
For more information, visit FHISO on the Web at http://fhiso.org. Follow us
on twitter @fhisorg ; http://facebook.org/fhiso ; http://goo.gl/FsYa5 on
Google+.
CONTACT:
Anthony C. Proctor, FHISO Media Relations (acpr...@fhiso.org)
Robert M. Burkhead, FHISO Acting Chair (rmbur...@fhiso.org)
Andrew G. Hatchett III, FHISO Acting Secretary (agh...@fhiso.org)
automatically but I'm having to do it myself the manual way...
Family History Information Standards Organisation (FHISO)
New standards-setting organisation formed to support Family History and
Genealogy
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA--Wednesday, February 1, 2012--FHISO
(http://fhiso.org) is a newly-formed international organisation created to
develop standards for the digital representation and sharing of family
history and genealogical information. The standards will solve today's
interoperability issues independently of technology platforms, genealogy
products or services. They will provide opportunities for innovation and
will address robust user requirements such as search, capture and research
administration.
In the fall of 2010, a group of dedicated technologists and users formed the
"Build a BetterGEDCOM Project" to improve data exchange standards and to
facilitate sharing between researchers. This grassroots effort has grown
into a dynamic, open forum for the exchange of ideas, and a substantial body
of work has been produced. In order to realise the project goals, a more
structured, organised environment was needed. FHISO will provide this
environment.
The FHISO process will identify practices and trends that require
standardisation. It will provide a transparent, collaborative environment
promoting innovation and consensus-building for the development of open
standards. Following publication, the organisation will provide education
and other support to encourage standards adoption and use. The FHISO
standards will be publicly available at zero or minimal cost on a
non-discriminatory basis. Anyone will be able to implement the standards for
any purpose without royalty or license fees.
FHISO will be community-owned. Membership is available to all who
participate in the global family history and genealogical community.
The success of FHISO depends on the voluntary participation of its members
representing all the global stakeholder groups. In the standards-setting
process, there is no substitute for the active involvement of vendors,
developers, technologists, users and family history or genealogy
organisations.
For more information, visit FHISO on the Web at http://fhiso.org. Follow us
on twitter @fhisorg ; http://facebook.org/fhiso ; http://goo.gl/FsYa5 on
Google+.
CONTACT:
Anthony C. Proctor, FHISO Media Relations (acpr...@fhiso.org)
Robert M. Burkhead, FHISO Acting Chair (rmbur...@fhiso.org)
Andrew G. Hatchett III, FHISO Acting Secretary (agh...@fhiso.org)
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