GEDCOM 5.5.1 is older than all genealogy APIs, all mobile genealogy apps and cross-platform genealogy syncing technology. GEDCOM 5.5.1 is older than MacFamilyTree (1998), MyHeritage and RootsMagic (2003), (2006), New Family Tree Maker (2007), MyBlood (2009), Chronoplex My Family Tree (2011) and Behold 1.0 (2012). GEDCOM 5.5.1 predates XHTML (2000), Windows XP and Mac OS X (2001), Facebook (2004), twitter (2006), the Apple iPhone (2007), Dropbox, Evernote, Google Chrome and Android (2008), and the Apple iPad (2010). GEDCOM 5.5 is older than USB and PNG (1996), older than Google (1998), and the Microsoft IntelliMouse (1999). The current version of GEDCOM is 15 years old now! datedįifteen years is a long time in the software industry. GEDCOM 5.5 was released on 31 December 1995. GEDCOM 5.5.1 was released on 2 October 1999. That is 15 years ago today. FamilySearch merely told everyone it is a draft that should not be implemented, while they themselves hurried to have it implemented in their own desktop application… Actions speak louder than words, and FamilySearch’s actions leave no doubt GEDCOM 5.5.1 isn’t a draft, and never was a draft. Some people maintain that GEDCOM 5.5 is the current standard, and version 5.5.1 is just a draft, because FamilySearch says so, but that is a naïve view, and not just because all leading genealogy software vendors have been using GEDCOM 5.5.1 for years. The mainstream version is GEDCOM 5.5.1, with some vendors still using GEDCOM 5.5. GEDCOM is the de facto genealogy data exchange standard.
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