version 7.0.12

extracted-files/grammar.abnf

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ dateRange   = %s"BET" D date D %s"AND" D date
 dateApprox  = (%s"ABT" / %s"CAL" / %s"EST") D date
 
 dateRestrict = %s"FROM" / %s"TO" / %s"BET" / %s"AND" / %s"BEF"
-            / %s"AFT" / %s"ABT" / %s"CAL" / %s"EST" / %s"BCE"
+            / %s"AFT" / %s"ABT" / %s"CAL" / %s"EST"
 
 calendar = %s"GREGORIAN" / %s"JULIAN" / %s"FRENCH_R" / %s"HEBREW"
          / extTag

extracted-files/tags/EDUC

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ uri: https://gedcom.io/terms/v7/EDUC
 standard tag: EDUC
 
 specification:
-  - Description
+  - Education
   - An Individual Attribute. See also INDIVIDUAL_ATTRIBUTE_STRUCTURE.
   - education
   - Indicator of a level of education attained.

extracted-files/tags/EMIG

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ uri: https://gedcom.io/terms/v7/EMIG
 standard tag: EMIG
 
 specification:
-  - Description
+  - Emigration
   - An Individual Event. See also INDIVIDUAL_EVENT_STRUCTURE.
   - emigration
   - Leaving one’s homeland with the intent of residing elsewhere.

extracted-files/tags/HEAD-LANG

@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ specification:
     preferred language may be a more appropriate default than the file’s
     default language. User language preferences can be found in a variety of
     platform-specific places, such as the default language from operating
-    system settings, user locales, Input Method Editors (IMEs), etc. User
-    language preferences can be found in a variety of platform-specific places,
-    such as the default language from operating system settings, user locales,
-    Input Method Editors (IMEs), etc.
+    system settings, user locales, Input Method Editors (IMEs), etc.
 
 payload: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#Language
 

extracted-files/tags/UID

@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ specification:
     Multiple structures describing different aspects of the same subject would
     have different UID values.
 
+    Because the UID identifies a structure, it can facilitate inter-tool
+    collaboration by distinguishing between a structure being edited and a new
+    structure being created. If an application allows structures to be edited
+    in a way that completely changes their meaning (e.g., changing all the
+    contents of an INDI record to have it describe a completely different
+    person) then any UIDs should also be changed.
+
     Some systems used a 16-byte UUID with a custom 2-byte checksum for a total
     of 18 bytes:
 

extracted-files/tags/type-Date

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ specification:
         dateApprox  = (%s"ABT" / %s"CAL" / %s"EST") D date
 
         dateRestrict = %s"FROM" / %s"TO" / %s"BET" / %s"AND" / %s"BEF"
-                    / %s"AFT" / %s"ABT" / %s"CAL" / %s"EST" / %s"BCE"
+                    / %s"AFT" / %s"ABT" / %s"CAL" / %s"EST"
 
         calendar = %s"GREGORIAN" / %s"JULIAN" / %s"FRENCH_R" / %s"HEBREW"
                  / extTag
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ specification:
     -   Extension calendars (those with extTag for their calendar) must use
         extTag, not stdTag, for months.
 
+    It is recommended that calendars avoid using a single tag to refer to both
+    a month and an epoch.
+
     An absent calendar is equivalent to the calendar GREGORIAN.
 
     The grammar above allows for dates to be preceded by various words. The