AUTH:INDI

[mariannevanharten]

I am trying to make my tree compatible to Gedcom 7.
What is the best way to refer to a person, who is the author/initiator of something:
0 @F1@ FAM
1 MARR
2 HUSB @i2@
2 WIFE @i3@
2 SOUR @s4@
...
0 @s4@ SOUR
1 AUTH
2 INDI @i5@

But AUTH:INDI is not invalid.

Hope you can help me.

Marianne van Harten

[tychonievich]

This is not directly supported in the current spec. However, it is very doable using extensions. The ALIA structure is the closest match to this use case, so I'd recommend using a relocated extension strcuture, like so:

Add to the HEAD the following

1 SCHMA
2 TAG _ALIA https://gedcom.io/terms/v7/ALIA

and then use it as

0 https://github.com/s4@ SOUR
1 AUTH
2 _ALIA @i5@

You are also welcome to create your own extension if you don't like relocating ALIA.