New app for help with new immigration categories

Question

Steven Harris has created an app for assisting with the new immigration category structure, which will help anyone figure out which category to use on a profile:

http://mcg.harrislineage.com/

Thanks, Steven, this is excellent!!

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Thanks Natalie. The app is still very much an infant and a work in progress, and for the most part should be considered a beta release, so if there are any questions, issues, or suggestions on what can be improved, I am all ears.

When I get a chance, I will work up a free-space page to document the app a bit further and link it here.

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Great! Looking forward to seeing that.

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Hi.  I had a go with the app.  It is helpful.  It does highlight a problem in naming.  Category names must be unique. You need (a) an unambiguous naming system or (b) the app needs a database of name clashes with the preferred resolution or (c) you need to be able to refer a name clash to the project team for consideration.  Try this example: a person emigrates from Georgia (in the Caucasus) to Georgia (in the United States).  There will be other name clashes.  The app needs to detect when a name clash occurs.

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either that or it needs to display a higher category like Georgia, United States and Georgia, Europe. (yes, Georgia is almost Asia as well)

This would clear up what is going on.

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I agree.  I prefer two-part names throughout, except for countries, so we would have Emigrants from Georgia, Immigrants to United States, Migrants from Georgia to Georgia, United States; Migrants from Transylvania, Romania, to Pennsylvania, United States;  Transylvania, Romania, to Pennsylvania, United States; Dallas, Scotland to Dallas, Texas.