Base GEDCOM element
Each line in a GEDCOM file is an element with the format
level [pointer] tag [value] where level and tag are
required, and pointer and value are optional.
An indicator that additional data belongs to the superior value.
The information from the CONC value is to be connected to the value of
the superior preceding line without a space and without a carriage
return and/or new line character. Values that are split for a CONC
tag must always be split at a non-space. If the value is split on a
space the space will be lost when concatenation takes place.
This is because of the treatment that spaces get as a GEDCOM
delimiter, many GEDCOM values are trimmed of trailing spaces
and some systems look for the first non-space starting after
the tag to determine the beginning of the value.
An indicator that additional data belongs to the superior value.
The information from the CONT value is to be connected to the
value of the superior preceding line with a carriage return and/or
new line character. Leading spaces could be important to the
formatting of the resultant text. When importing values from CONT
lines the reader should assume only one delimiter character
following the CONT tag. Assume that the rest of the leading
spaces are to be a part of the value.
Identifies a legal, common law, or other customary relationship
of man and woman and their children, if any, or a family created
by virtue of the birth of a child to its biological father and mother.
A word or combination of words used to help identify an individual,
title, or other item. More than one NAME line should be used
for people who were known by multiple names.
Pertaining to a grouping of attributes used in describing something.
Usually referring to the data required to represent a multimedia
object, such an audio recording, a photograph of a person,
or an image of a document.
