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→Information in GEDCOM 5.5 not in Gramps (lost on import): make the note seem less snarky about not being explicit & detailed
Although Gramps should be able to import most data from GEDCOM through its GEDCOM Import module, many of the Gramps features are not supported by the GEDCOM standard and so GEDCOM Export from a Gramps Family Tree or Gramps XML is a '''lossy''' operation.
{{man tip|Gramps state of the GEDCOM art|
[[Import_from_another_genealogy_program#Standard_GEDCOM_as_transfer_tool|GEDCOM has become the de facto standard]] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schema_crosswalk schema crosswalking ] the family history data between programs. Because dialects arise for each program that writes GEDCOM files, we openly document where that additional layer of data loss occurs.
The 2018 revision of a blog article by Keith Riggle is a frank evaluation of GEDCOM dialect issues between [[Import_from_another_genealogy_program#Family_Tree_Maker|Gramps & Family Tree Maker]].}}
* '''Parish''' Church Parish fields in Locations
* '''Media Attributes''': no equivalent in GEDCOM.
* '''Source Attributes (previously Data)''': no equivalent in GEDCOM.
* '''Source and Date on places''': no equivalent in GEDCOM.
* '''Event Attributes different from age, father age, mother age, cause, agency'''. These other attributes have no equivalent in GEDCOM. AGNC and CAUS are exported from Agency and Cause attributes (respectively) of an event. AGE, HUSB:AGE and WIFE:AGE are exported from Age, Father's Age and Mother's Age (respectively) of an event reference. Hence these items of data should be stored in the appropriate place for export.
* '''Persian, Islamic, Swedish calendars'''
* '''Dual date and non 31/12 new year'''
* '''Independent event, source, citation, media, repository, note''': GEDCOM needs INDIvidual or FAMily as top level.
* Some '''Gramps' Types''' (Note, Repository, Repository reference, etc ...)
== Information in GEDCOM 5.5 not in Gramps (lost on import) ==
{{man note|Gramps GEDCOM Import|Details of GEDCOM import for Gramps are already provided in the [[Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees#Importing_data|Gramps manual's Importing Data section]], and '''will not be repeated here'''.}}
Details for earlier versions of Gramps 4.1