{"id":477,"date":"2012-02-06T20:53:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T20:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2012-02-06T21:03:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T21:03:04","slug":"gedcomx-announced-at-rootstech-2012-genealogy-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/gedcomx-announced-at-rootstech-2012-genealogy-conference.html","title":{"rendered":"GEDCOMX Announced at RootsTech 2012 Genealogy Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">The recent (Feb. 2-4, 2012) RootsTech genealogy conference in Utah was a mega-success with 4,300 attending genealogy\u2019s version of COMDEX (the large computer trade shows).<\/p>\n<p>I had a terrific time meeting the participants and talking with them about genealogy in general\u2014and GenealogyBank in particular.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the audience, one of the most exciting things about the RootsTech conference was all the incredible announcements about cutting-edge breakthroughs in genealogy tools.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-480\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/rootstech_20121.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-480\" title=\"rootstech_2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/rootstech_20121.png\" alt=\"RootsTech 2012 logo\" width=\"545\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/rootstech_20121.png 545w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/rootstech_20121-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/rootstech_20121-500x113.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2012 RootsTech | rootstech.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The key announcement for me at RootsTech this year was made by Jay Verkler (outgoing FamilySearch CEO) about the ongoing \u201cNew\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gedcomx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GEDCOMX<\/a> record genealogy tool that will carefully record all genealogical information about a person and then find and attach itself\u2014along with photos and documents\u2014to that person in the family tree of all GEDCOMX-compliant sites.<\/p>\n<p>The final details of how these new fortified, individual GEDCOMX records will work is being thought through, but look for them to have three key parts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exchange Standard (what GEDCOM does now) so that the records can migrate to any family tree site.<\/li>\n<li>API Standards for pulling data from multiple sources.<\/li>\n<li>Repository of Data (all uploaded documents, photos, media, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-479\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gedcomx_model_diagram.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-479\" title=\"gedcomx_model_diagram\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gedcomx_model_diagram.png\" alt=\"GEDCOMX Model Diagram \" width=\"740\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gedcomx_model_diagram.png 740w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gedcomx_model_diagram-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gedcomx_model_diagram-437x300.png 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2012 GEDCOM X | gedcomx.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is huge.<\/p>\n<p>This is the genealogy tool our community has needed.<\/p>\n<p>These individual \u201cPackaged Data\u201d units will carry all the data about a person\u2014the core genealogical facts, photos and video clips\u2014with the GEDCOM ability to plug in and find itself on a family tree, or the ability to create itself as a new twig on the family trees on all GEDCOMX-compliant websites.<\/p>\n<p>[like-to-dl theme=&#8221;blue&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/themes\/genealogybank\/download\/powerpoints\/Newspapers-For-Genealogists-GenealogyBank-RootsTech-2012.ppt&#8221; like_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GenealogyBank&#8221; message=&#8221;Click Like to Download Our <em>Newspapers for Genealogists<\/em> PPT from RootsTech!&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent (Feb. 2-4, 2012) RootsTech genealogy conference in Utah was a mega-success with 4,300 attending genealogy\u2019s version of COMDEX (the large computer trade shows). 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