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NAME

Gedcom::FOAF - Output FOAF files from Gedcom individuals and families

SYNOPSIS

        use Gedcom;
        use Gedcom::FOAF;
        
        my $gedcom = Gedcom->new( gedcom_file => 'myfamily.ged' );
        my $i = $gedcom->get_individual( 'Butch Cassidy' );
        
        # print the individual's FOAF
        print $i->as_foaf;
        
        my( $f ) = $i->famc;
        
        # print the individual's family's (as a child) FOAF
        print $f->as_foaf;

DESCRIPTION

This module provides as_foaf methods to individual and family records. The resulting files can be parsed and crawled (scuttered) by any code that understands the FOAF and RDF specs.

METHODS

Gedcom::Individual

as_foaf( $baseurl )

Generates a FOAF (XML) string from the Gedcom::Individual object. Pass in a base url if desired.

label_name

Generates a string suitable for an foaf:name element.

Gedcom::Family

as_foaf( $baseurl )

Generates a FOAF (XML) string from the Gedcom::Family object. Pass in a base url if desired.

AUTHOR

  • Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2005 by Brian Cassidy

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.