[Opengenalliance] How open is FamilySearch?

[Ben Laurie]

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Ben Brumfield <benwbrum at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm considering integrating my manuscript transcription software tightly
> with FamilySearch to look up and provide unique IDs for people and places.
> (Although I wish it were possible, this is not something that can be done
> with sites like DBPedia because Wikipedia's notability requirement excludes
> most people who show up in genealogical records.)
>
> I am concerned that FamilySearch may not be considered Open, however.  They
> have an excellent, free-as-in-beer API to their data, but you certainly
> can't download all their records and trees to set up your own database.
>
> What is the general perception of FamilySearch's openness among the
> community?
>
> Their license agreement is here:
> https://devnet.familysearch.org/certification/affiliate-programs/familysearch-legal-agreements/APILicense.pdf

The general view, at least from where I'm sitting is: open but not
very accurate.

I have not looked at their API, does it allow additions and corrections?

Sounds like an interesting project to start and make _properly_ open...