diff --git a/extracted-files/tags/DATE b/extracted-files/tags/DATE index 574a88f..3ff081d 100644 --- a/extracted-files/tags/DATE +++ b/extracted-files/tags/DATE @@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ specification: The principal date of the subject of the superstructure. The payload is a `DateValue`. + When the superstructure is an event, the principal date indicates when the + event took place. + + When the superstructure is an attribute, the principal date indicates when the + attribute was observed, asserted, or applied. A date period might put bounds on + the attributes applicability, but other date forms assume that the attribute + may have also applied on other dates too. + + When the superstructure is a `https://gedcom.io/terms/v7/SOUR-DATA`, the + principal date indicates when the data was entered into the source; or, for a + source like a website that changes over time, a date on which the source + contained the data. + See `DATE_VALUE` for more details. - | A date, optionally with a time and/or a phrase. If there is a `TIME`, it diff --git a/extracted-files/tags/PLAC b/extracted-files/tags/PLAC index 9c98328..14bb844 100644 --- a/extracted-files/tags/PLAC +++ b/extracted-files/tags/PLAC @@ -35,8 +35,12 @@ specification: - The payload contains a comma-separated list of region names, ordered from smallest to largest. The specific meaning of each element is given by the `FORM` substructure, or in the `HEAD`.`PLAC`.`FORM` if there is no `FORM` - substructure. Elements should be left blank if they are unknown, do not apply - to the location, or are too specific for the region in question. + substructure. If neither `FORM` exists, the meaning of the elements are not + defined in this specification beyond being names of jurisdictions of some + kind, ordered from smallest to largest. + + Elements should be left blank if they are unknown, do not apply to the + location, or are too specific for the region in question.