I beg to differ. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the creator and owner of the GEDCOM specification. The current version, 5.5, came out in January of 1996.
http://www.rootsworks.com/genart13.htm and http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pmcbride/gedcom/55gcint.htm The question still remains... Should SourceWriter be used if you want to be compatible with other genealogical programs? On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:35 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES<fourpa...@verizon.net> wrote: > Gedcom does not belong to LDS, nor anyone else. It was created by a committee > of interested parties, of which LDS was represented. What needs to happen is > to create a new committee, containing all (or most) of the major program > writers, database companies, descendant societies; if not actully > participating, but giving tacit approval in abstentia. Then it would take at > least a year. Don't hold your breath. > ich in LA CA > > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Chick Lewis <cglewi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: Chick Lewis <cglewi...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] combining/replacing sources >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 2:53 PM >> OK, I'm confused. I realize the >> GEDCOM standard is old, but it is >> still the only method available for transferring data >> between >> programs. If the new SourceWriter data and ESM's >> templates do not >> transfer well by gedcom, what is the alternative? Should we >> stop using >> SW until a new gedcom standard is developed? That may >> never happen >> because as far as I know, LDS has no plans to update the >> gedcom. >> Chick Lewis > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
