{"id":683,"date":"2011-11-03T20:50:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T00:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pgv.ireneeng.com\/?p=683"},"modified":"2011-11-10T12:49:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T16:49:45","slug":"facts-and-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pgv.ireneeng.com\/?p=683","title":{"rendered":"Facts and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is PGV define facts and events<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The naming conventions in Gedcom standard have \u201eEvents\u201d and \u201eFacts\u201d (sometimes called \u201eAttributes\u201d). They can both apply to individuals and families. The conceptual difference between events and facts is that Events occur at a definite point in time (while the point may extend as far as a day), while Facts are either extended in time, or don’t have a specific time attached to them. The real life and the reality of information gathering blurs somewhat this distinction. An example of a definite Event is birth, which occurs at a specific time and place (even if date or place is unknown, we expect this to be self-evident). A definite Fact could be Number of Children for an individual or family: we usually do not assign a date to such number. However, if you describe the education, you can use the \u201eEducation\u201d Fact extended in time, or \u201eGraduation\u201d Event, or both. A person’s medal or distinction can be described as fact of having or as event of receiving this medal or distinction, etc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n