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GEDCOM

Summary

GEDCOM is a technical specification[1]. GEDCOM draws 177 Wikipedia views per month (technical_specification category, ranking #6 of 35).[2]

Key Facts

  • GEDCOM's instance of is recorded as technical specification[3].
  • GEDCOM's developer is recorded as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[4].
  • GEDCOM's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0[5].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.4[6].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.0[7].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.1[8].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.2[9].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.3[10].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.5[11].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.6[12].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.7[13].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.8[14].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.9[15].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.10[16].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.11[17].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.12[18].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.13[19].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.14[20].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.15[21].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.16[22].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.17[23].
  • GEDCOM's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.18[24].
  • GEDCOM's publication date is recorded as +1984-01-01T00:00:00Z[25].
  • GEDCOM's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01nx12[26].
  • GEDCOM's official website is recorded as https://www.familysearch.org/developers/docs/gedcom/[27].

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Designation and Status

GEDCOM's instance of is recorded as technical specification[3].

Why It Matters

GEDCOM draws 177 Wikipedia views per month (technical_specification category, ranking #6 of 35).[2] GEDCOM has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). GEDCOM. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gedcom
MLA “GEDCOM.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gedcom.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gedcom_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{GEDCOM}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gedcom}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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