diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 385fa9436..11bc2c6ef 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 2006-05-18  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
+	* data/grampsxml.dtd: Update for new bookmarks.
+	* data/grampsxml.rng: Update for new bookmarks.
+	* src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py (write_bookmarks): Add method to write
+	new bookmarks.
+	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py (start_bmark): Parse new bookmarks
 	* INSTALL: Clarify; list build-dependencies.
 	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadGrdb.py: Update progress.
 
diff --git a/data/grampsxml.dtd b/data/grampsxml.dtd
index 67d0d0948..bf4f11e80 100644
--- a/data/grampsxml.dtd
+++ b/data/grampsxml.dtd
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ DATABASE
 	sources
 	places
 	objects
+        repositories
 	bookmarks
 -->
 
@@ -306,7 +307,10 @@ BOOKMARKS
 
 <!ELEMENT bookmarks (bookmark)*>
 <!ELEMENT bookmark EMPTY>
-<!ATTLIST bookmark hlink IDREF #REQUIRED>
+<!ATTLIST bookmark 
+        target (person|family|event|source|place|media|repository) #REQUIRED
+        hlink  IDREF #REQUIRED
+>
 
 <!--	************************************************************
 SHARED ELEMENTS
diff --git a/data/grampsxml.rng b/data/grampsxml.rng
index 4817769ca..640c654c0 100644
--- a/data/grampsxml.rng
+++ b/data/grampsxml.rng
@@ -419,6 +419,15 @@
   </define>
 
   <define name="bookmark-content">
+    <attribute name="target"><choice>
+        <value>person</value>
+        <value>family</value>
+        <value>event</value>
+        <value>source</value>
+        <value>place</value>
+        <value>media</value>
+        <value>repository</value>
+    </choice></attribute>
     <attribute name="hlink"><data type="IDREF"/></attribute>
   </define>
   
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
index 7eee159f9..0ab044c0c 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
@@ -805,14 +805,43 @@ class GrampsParser(UpdateCallback):
         self.address.private = bool(attrs.get("priv"))
 
     def start_bmark(self,attrs):
-        try:
-            handle = attrs['hlink'].replace('_','')
+        target = attrs.get('target')
+        if not target:
+            # Old XML. Can be either handle or id reference
+            # and this is guaranteed to be a person bookmark
+            try:
+                handle = attrs['hlink'].replace('_','')
+                self.db.check_person_from_handle(handle,self.trans)
+            except KeyError:
+                gramps_id = self.map_gid(attrs["ref"])
+                person = self.find_person_by_gramps_id(gramps_id)
+                handle = person.handle
+            self.db.bookmarks.append(handle)
+            return
+
+        # This is new XML, so we are guaranteed to have a handle ref
+        handle = attrs['hlink'].replace('_','')
+        if target == 'person':
             self.db.check_person_from_handle(handle,self.trans)
-        except KeyError:
-            gramps_id = self.map_gid(attrs["ref"])
-            person = self.find_person_by_gramps_id(gramps_id)
-            handle = person.handle
-        self.db.bookmarks.append(handle)
+            self.db.bookmarks.append(handle)
+        elif target == 'family':
+            self.db.check_family_from_handle(handle,self.trans)
+            self.db.family_bookmarks.append(handle)
+        elif target == 'event':
+            self.db.check_event_from_handle(handle,self.trans)
+            self.db.event_bookmarks.append(handle)
+        elif target == 'source':
+            self.db.check_source_from_handle(handle,self.trans)
+            self.db.source_bookmarks.append(handle)
+        elif target == 'place':
+            self.db.check_place_from_handle(handle,self.trans)
+            self.db.place_bookmarks.append(handle)
+        elif target == 'media':
+            self.db.check_object_from_handle(handle,self.trans)
+            self.db.media_bookmarks.append(handle)
+        elif target == 'repository':
+            self.db.check_repository_from_handle(handle,self.trans)
+            self.db.repo_bookmarks.append(handle)
 
     def start_person(self,attrs):
         self.update(self.p.CurrentLineNumber)
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py b/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py
index 8958c8a46..24af5d604 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py
@@ -321,11 +321,8 @@ class XmlWriter(UpdateCallback):
                 self.update()
             self.g.write("  </repositories>\n")
 
-        if len(self.db.get_bookmarks()) > 0:
-            self.g.write("  <bookmarks>\n")
-            for person_handle in self.db.get_bookmarks():
-                self.g.write('    <bookmark hlink="_%s"/>\n' % person_handle)
-            self.g.write("  </bookmarks>\n")
+        # Data is written, now write bookmarks.
+        self.write_bookmarks()
 
         if len(self.db.name_group) > 0:
             self.g.write('  <groups>\n')
@@ -336,6 +333,44 @@ class XmlWriter(UpdateCallback):
 
         self.g.write("</database>\n")
 
+    def write_bookmarks(self):
+        bm_person_len = len(self.db.bookmarks)
+        bm_family_len = len(self.db.family_bookmarks)
+        bm_event_len = len(self.db.event_bookmarks)
+        bm_source_len = len(self.db.source_bookmarks)
+        bm_place_len = len(self.db.place_bookmarks)
+        bm_repo_len = len(self.db.repo_bookmarks)
+        bm_obj_len = len(self.db.media_bookmarks)
+
+        bm_len = bm_person_len + bm_family_len + bm_event_len \
+                 + bm_source_len + bm_place_len + bm_repo_len + bm_obj_len
+        
+        if bm_len > 0:
+            self.g.write("  <bookmarks>\n")
+
+            for handle in self.db.get_bookmarks():
+                self.g.write('    <bookmark target="person" hlink="_%s"/>\n'
+                             % handle )
+            for handle in self.db.get_family_bookmarks():
+                self.g.write('    <bookmark target="family" hlink="_%s"/>\n'
+                             % handle )
+            for handle in self.db.get_event_bookmarks():
+                self.g.write('    <bookmark target="event" hlink="_%s"/>\n'
+                             % handle )
+            for handle in self.db.get_source_bookmarks():
+                self.g.write('    <bookmark target="source" hlink="_%s"/>\n'
+                             % handle )
+            for handle in self.db.get_place_bookmarks():
+                self.g.write('    <bookmark target="place" hlink="_%s"/>\n'
+                             % handle )
+            for handle in self.db.get_media_bookmarks():
+                self.g.write('    <bookmark target="media" hlink="_%s"/>\n'
+                             % handle )
+            for handle in self.db.get_repo_bookmarks():
+                self.g.write('    <bookmark target="repository" hlink="_%s"/>\n'
+                             % handle )
+            self.g.write("  </bookmarks>\n")
+
     def fix(self,line):
         l = line.strip()
         l = l.replace('&','&amp;')