1 The Gedcom parser library (release @VERSION@)
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3 The Gedcom parser library is a C library that provides an API to applications
4 to parse and process arbitrary genealogy files in the standard gedcom format.
8 - strict callback-based parser written in C (using lex/yacc)
10 - supports the Gedcom 5.5 standard fully
12 - supports the standard encoding formats (ASCII, ANSEL, UNICODE), but
13 extensible (via a configuration file) to other encoding formats; by
14 default ANSI is also supported.
16 - all strings passed from callbacks to the using program are in UTF-8 format
18 - internationalization of the error and warning messages
20 - specific parsing of date values to a calendar-neutral date system (Julian
21 days aka serial day numbers); the date parser can be called separately
23 - provisions for "compatibility-mode" parsing, to allow for not-exactly-
24 standard syntaxes used by other genealogy programs (only the hooks are
25 in at the moment, not the actual compatibility)
28 - NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY is guaranteed for 0.x releases !
31 - specific parsing and checking of cross-references
32 - specific parsing of other special values
34 - compatibility with other genealogy programs
35 - older/newer Gedcom standards ?
38 For more information, refer to the documentation in the doc subdirectory,
39 or to the SourceForge project web site and summary page:
40 http://gedcom-parse.sourceforge.net
41 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gedcom-parse
43 Also, have a look at the 'Genes' program, from which this library is a
44 spin-off, and which intends to use this library:
45 http://genes.sourceforge.net
46 http://sourceforge.net/projects/genes
53 To build from sources, you'll also need:
58 - bison (won't work with plain yacc)
60 It is possible that it also runs on other platforms than Linux (and that the
61 glibc version requirement can be loosened), however, I can only support Linux
62 because that is the only platform I have...
73 You can also run some tests via:
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