GEDCOM 5.5.1 spec syntax errors

[dthaler]

MULTIMEDIA_LINK:=
 n OBJE @<XREF:OBJE>@                 {1:1} p.26
 |
 n OBJE
 +1 FILE <MULTIMEDIA_FILE_REFN>       {1:M} p.54
 ...

The second OBJE is missing the cardinality, presumably {1:1}.

FAMILY_EVENT_STRUCTURE:=
 [
 n [ ANUL | CENS | DIV | DIVF ]       {1:1}
 +1 <<FAMILY_EVENT_DETAIL>>           {0:1} p.32
 ...
 |
 n RESI
 +1 <<FAMILY_EVENT_DETAIL>>           {0:1} p.32

RESI is missing the cardinality, presumably {1:1}.

Not sure what we want to do about 5.5.1 spec syntax errors. Have an errata document?

[tychonievich]

Not sure what we want to do about 5.5.1 spec syntax errors. Have an errata document?

Per #52, I think that the PDFs we have are derivatives, not the originals, and thus that there's no compelling reason not to replace them with fixed derivatives as long as doing so doesn't change the spec.

[dthaler]

Discussing in GEDCOM Steering Committee 17 DEC 2024:

• The current PDF for 5.5.1 was generated by @chronoplexsoftware and then updated by the committee for title, copyright, and contact info.
• The committee will generate an updated PDF with these two omissions corrected.

[chronoplexsoftware]

The current PDF for 5.5.1 was generated by @chronoplexsoftware and then updated by the committee for title, copyright, and contact info.

Just for clarity, we generated derivate PDF versions of GEDCOM 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.3, and 5.4.

The copy of the 5.5.1 draft from 1999 we host, is, as far as we can tell, an unmodified original. We had no role in generating the PDF for the 5.5.1 release in 2019. The errors noted by the OP occur in both documents.

[dthaler]

Thanks @chronoplexsoftware for the clarification! The committee was able to find Word document source for the 5.5.1 PDF so we can generate a corrected PDF.