Editing GEDCOM (section)

==GEDCOM X==
In February 2012 at the RootsTech 2012 conference, [[FamilySearch]] outlined a major new project around genealogical standards called GEDCOM X, and invited collaboration.<ref name="gedcomx">{{cite web|url=http://www.gedcomx.org/|title=GEDCOM X|publisher=FamilySearch|access-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref> It includes software developed under the [[Apache License|Apache]] [[open source license]]. It includes data formats that facilitate basing family trees on sources and records (both physical artifacts and digital artifacts), support for sharing and linking data online, and an API.<ref name="gedcomx"/><ref>{{cite news | url= http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com/2012/02/ryan-heaton-new-gedcom.html | title= Ryan Heaton: A New GEDCOM | work= The Ancestry Insider | date= 2012-02-04 | access-date= 2012-02-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= http://geneapoppop.blogspot.com/2012/02/rootstech-learning-3-gedcom-x-andor.html | title= RootsTech Learning #3 – GEDCOM X and/or BetterGEDCOM and/or FHISO | work= Stardust 'n' Roots | date= 2012-02-13 | access-date= 2012-02-16 }}</ref>

In August 2012 [[FamilySearch]] employee and GEDCOM X project leader Ryan Heaton dropped the claim that GEDCOM X is the new industry standard, and repositioned GEDCOM X as another FamilySearch [[open source]] project.<ref>[http://www.tamurajones.net/GEDCOMXNoIndustryStandard.xhtml 2012-08-31 GEDCOM X: no industry standard], FamilySearch abandons GEDCOM X push, By Tamura Jones, Modern Software Experience.</ref>

After the release of GEDCOM 7, FamilySearch positioned GEDCOM X as useful for interoperation with its FamilySearch Family Tree software.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General FAQs |url=https://gedcom.io/generalfaqs/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=FamilySearch GEDCOM |language=en}}</ref>