GEDCOM

3.2.1 Document

Dataset :=

0 <<HEADER>>                               {1:1}
0 <<RECORD>>                               {0:M}
0 TRLR                                     {1:1}  g7:TRLR

The order of these is significant: the HEADER must come first and TRLR must be last, with any RECORDs in between.

`RECORD` :=

[
n <<FAMILY_RECORD>>                        {1:1}
|
n <<INDIVIDUAL_RECORD>>                    {1:1}
|
n <<MULTIMEDIA_RECORD>>                    {1:1}
|
n <<REPOSITORY_RECORD>>                    {1:1}
|
n <<SHARED_NOTE_RECORD>>                   {1:1}
|
n <<SOURCE_RECORD>>                        {1:1}
|
n <<SUBMITTER_RECORD>>                     {1:1}
]

`HEADER` :=

n HEAD                                     {1:1}  g7:HEAD
  +1 GEDC                                  {1:1}  g7:GEDC
     +2 VERS <Special>                     {1:1}  g7:GEDC-VERS
  +1 SCHMA                                 {0:1}  g7:SCHMA
     +2 TAG <Special>                      {0:M}  g7:TAG
  +1 SOUR <Special>                        {0:1}  g7:HEAD-SOUR
     +2 VERS <Special>                     {0:1}  g7:VERS
     +2 NAME <Text>                        {0:1}  g7:NAME
     +2 CORP <Text>                        {0:1}  g7:CORP
        +3 <<ADDRESS_STRUCTURE>>           {0:1}
        +3 PHON <Special>                  {0:M}  g7:PHON
        +3 EMAIL <Special>                 {0:M}  g7:EMAIL
        +3 FAX <Special>                   {0:M}  g7:FAX
        +3 WWW <Special>                   {0:M}  g7:WWW
     +2 DATA <Text>                        {0:1}  g7:HEAD-SOUR-DATA
        +3 DATE <DateExact>                {0:1}  g7:DATE-exact
           +4 TIME <Time>                  {0:1}  g7:TIME
        +3 COPR <Text>                     {0:1}  g7:COPR
  +1 DEST <Special>                        {0:1}  g7:DEST
  +1 DATE <DateExact>                      {0:1}  g7:HEAD-DATE
     +2 TIME <Time>                        {0:1}  g7:TIME
  +1 SUBM @<XREF:SUBM>@                    {0:1}  g7:SUBM
  +1 COPR <Text>                           {0:1}  g7:COPR
  +1 LANG <Language>                       {0:1}  g7:HEAD-LANG
  +1 PLAC                                  {0:1}  g7:HEAD-PLAC
     +2 FORM <List:Text>                   {1:1}  g7:HEAD-PLAC-FORM
  +1 <<NOTE_STRUCTURE>>                    {0:1}

The header pseudo-structure provides metadata about the entire dataset. A few substructures of note:

GEDC identifies the specification that this document conforms to. It is recommended that GEDC be the first substructure of the header.
SCHMA gives the meaning of extension tags; see Extensions for more details.
SOUR describes the originating software.
- CORP describes the corporation creating the software.
- HEAD.SOUR.DATA describes a larger database, electronic data source, or digital repository this data is extracted from.
LANG and PLAC give a default value for the rest of the document.

HEAD.SOUR.DATA is now deprecated and applications should use HEAD.SOUR.NAME instead.

3.2.1 Document

Dataset :=

RECORD :=

HEADER :=

`RECORD` :=

`HEADER` :=