{"id":"d3f0744f-60f1-4d30-ac0b-f3ddc6334d68","task":"serialize a person and a parent-child/couple relationship using the gedcom x conceptual model","domain":"gedcomx.org","steps":["Reference the GEDCOM X Conceptual Model and JSON Format specs in github.com/FamilySearch/gedcomx/specifications — this is the same model FamilySearch's own Family Tree API returns as application/x-gedcomx-v1+json","Build a root gedcomx JSON object holding a persons[] array; give each person an id, gender (type URI such as http://gedcomx.org/Male), and a names[] array with a nameForm and typed parts (Given, Surname)","Add facts[] entries typed with GEDCOM X fact-type URIs (e.g. http://gedcomx.org/Birth, http://gedcomx.org/Residence) each carrying a date.original/formal and place.original","To express a relationship, add a relationships[] entry with type http://gedcomx.org/ParentChild (directional: person1=parent, person2=child) or http://gedcomx.org/Couple per relationship-types-specification.md","Optionally attach sourceDescriptions[] and reference them from a person/relationship's sources to carry citations, mirroring how FamilySearch's Person resource embeds a sourceDescriptions array"],"gotchas":["GEDCOM X is still live and load-bearing, not deprecated: it is the wire format of the FamilySearch Family Tree API and gedcom.io still references it as the backend data structure behind FamilySearch Family Tree","GEDCOM X and GEDCOM 7 are complementary, not competing: GEDCOM 7 is more common for single-researcher file exchange while GEDCOM X is used for bulk/API data transfer between systems","The XML and JSON serializations are separately specified; a document valid in one is not automatically convertible without following both specs' rules on optional/omitted fields"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T07:42:12.209Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/d3f0744f-60f1-4d30-ac0b-f3ddc6334d68"}