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Date: 8th May 2013
Eneclann (www.eneclann.ie) and Family History Information Standards Organisation, Inc. (FHISO) announced today that Eneclann has finalised its plans to become a founding member of the organisation. Brian Donovan, Eneclann’s CEO, said of the partnership “Digitising, indexing and publishing family history records online is fraught with problems. Genealogy needs FHISO to help navigate a collaborative solution to shared problems, and to set meaningful standards, and we in Eneclann are delighted to be partners in this”. The company will participate with other FHISO members from the global genealogical community in the development of standards for the digital representation and sharing of family history and genealogical information. As an organisation involved in the management, digitisation of, and research with archives, they bring a unique perspective on the work of FHISO. Fiona Fitzsimons, Research Director, commented ‘Digitisation of records has transformed the way we do genealogy, but […]
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire (UK) and Gilbert, AZ (USA) — December 4, 2012 — The Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) and Family History Information Standards Organisation, Inc. (FHISO) announced today that the The Federation of Family History Societies has finalised its plans to become a founding member of the organisation. As part of this process, FFHS has designated Malcolm Austen as its key organisational member representative. Malcolm will participate with other FHISO members from the global genealogical community in the development of standards for the digital representation and sharing of family history and genealogical information.
“As family historians embrace the digital age and new technology transforms the way we research, discover and collate information about our ancestors, it is vitally important that we ensure that we adhere to the highest standards available when accessing and sharing data online. We are already seeing some of the problems emerging – incorrect citation of primary sources, […]
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Bob Coret, of Coret Genealogie in the Netherlands, has blogged about FHISO at: http://blog.coret.org/2012/10/het-belang-van-standaarden-en-fhiso.html.
Bob, who describes himself as open data evangelist, in addition to Internet genealogist and consultant, recently became a founding member of FHISO. He sees huge international benefit from an organisation where genealogists and technologists will work side-by-side using the principles of diversity and due process, and he is already spreading FHISO’s message across mainland Europe. He sees this international message as crucial during the difficult process of creating a standards authority since “…a standard without adoption by software developers, website builders and institutions such as archives is worth nothing”.
Bob’s knowledge, experience, and insights will make a pivotal change in the recognition and support of FHISO. Excellent stuff Bob!
Patrick Jones, well-known for his work with Internet security, governance, and policy, has recently blogged about FHISO: http://jonesandrelated.blogspot.com/2012/10/tech-tuesday-information-standards-in.html.
FHISO had a meeting with Patrick a few months ago where we had discussed several topics including our ‘Why FHISO?’ document. Patrick, who is also a keen family historian, immediately recognised the importance of FHISO’s multi-stakeholder model for developing community-owned standards and serving genealogists worldwide. He likened its self-governing collaboration between all the stakeholders in our field to the coordination of the Internet’s unique identifier systems, and to the Open Stand model. Patrick is a great person to have supporting FHISO and we’re honoured to welcome him onboard.
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