Information about GEDCOM files – Standards

Heiner Eichmann’s GEDCOM 5.5 Sample Page

The GEDCOM Standard Release 5.5

XML for Genealogists

Articles

GEDCOM 101 – Jan McClintock – LeisterPro.com (Reunion for the Mac)

GEDCOM Explained – Dick Eastman (Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter)

Introduction to GEDCOM – 2001, Nigel Batty-Smith (Excellent guide)

GEDCOM Decoded – Rick Crume – Article at Family Tree Magazine

Sharing Genealogy Files – Sep, 1998, Gary B. Hoffman

Is GEDCOM Dead?

Help, Tips, etc.
Tips and Techniques (users.sisna.com/mhobart/Generations/tips/tip38.html) – Tips and Techniques on working with GEDCOM problems.

GEDCOM 5.5 Torture Test Files (geditcom.com) – Use these GEDCOM 5.5 files to test your applications’ abilities to import and export GEDCOM 5.5 files.