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Identity Linking Identity Linking An Alternative to Merging An Alternative to Merging A comprehensive model for A comprehensive model for sharing genealogical evidence sharing genealogical evidence extracts and extracts and
The single-valued, ideal view requires us to make The single-valued, ideal view requires us to make unfounded decisions that unfounded decisions that merge identities merge identities arbitrarily, without justification. arbitrarily, without justification. This replaces true ambiguity with false simplicity. This replaces true ambiguity with false simplicity.
A conclusion-only database offers no basis for future evidence evaluation: no researcher can future evidence evaluation: no researcher can build on the work published by another. build on the work published by another.
How to represent How to represent evidence evidence and and conflicting conflicting conclusions conclusions in in collaboration collaboration
1. 1. Evidence: Evidence: identity identity 2. 2. Matching identities with possible conflicts: Matching identities with possible conflicts: individual individual 3. 3. Single-valued, dynamically-assembled Single-valued, dynamically-assembled best view best view with simple conflict resolution. with simple conflict resolution.
Links, intra-database or across the Net
Dynamically assembled views
Structured Text Records
Tags
Family Relationships: Family Relationships: father mother child spouse father mother child spouse Four Basic Events: Four Basic Events: birth marriage death event birth marriage death event Identity Link: Identity Link: tie tie
3:239 3:239 identity identity Tom Jones Tom Jones birth birth 1903 Ohio 1903 Ohio marriage marriage 1922 1922 5:330 5:330 identity identity Thomas Jones Thomas Jones birth birth 1901 Ohio 1901 Ohio death death 1946 1946
3:239 3:239 identity identity Tom Jones Tom Jones birth birth 1903 Ohio 1903 Ohio marriage marriage 1922 1922 5:330 5:330 identity identity Thomas Jones Thomas Jones birth birth 1901 Ohio 1901 Ohio death death 1946 1946
6:101 individual 6:101 individual Thomas Jones Thomas Jones birth birth 1901 Ohio 1901 Ohio tie tie 3:239 3:239 tie tie 5:330 5:330 7:333 individual 7:333 individual tie tie 5:330 5:330 7:334 individual 7:334 individual tie tie 3:239 3:239
Dynamically Extended Complete View For Evidence Dynamically Extended Complete View For Evidence Evaluation Evaluation
6:101 individual 6:101 individual Thomas Jones Thomas Jones birth birth 1901 Ohio 1901 Ohio tie tie 3:239 3:239 tie tie 5:330 5:330
6:101 individual 6:101 individual Thomas Jones birth 1901 Ohio Thomas Jones birth 1901 Ohio tie tie 3:239 3:239 identity Tom Jones birth 1903 Ohio marriage 1922 identity Tom Jones birth 1903 Ohio marriage 1922 tie tie 5:330 identity Thomas Jones birth 1901 Ohio death 1946 5:330 identity Thomas Jones birth 1901 Ohio death 1946
Collaboration Collaboration Building on the Work of Others Building on the Work of Others 8:932 individual 8:932 individual Mary Jones Mary Jones father father 933 933 8:933 individual 8:933 individual Thomas Jones death 06 JUN 1946 Thomas Jones death 06 JUN 1946 tie tie 6:101 6:101 child 932 child 932
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