The HEAD record contains information on the program that created the file, the GEDCOM version and the author. The information may not be correct all of the time (particularly the version), but the information may prove useful in parsing the file. TreeChecker aims to be able to parse all GEDCOM files, and this may require multiple separate parsing routines, whose calls are dependent on the file structure. The information on author, program and GEDCOM version should also be reported to the user.
The HEAD record contains information on the program that created the file, the GEDCOM version and the author. The information may not be correct all of the time (particularly the version), but the information may prove useful in parsing the file. TreeChecker aims to be able to parse all GEDCOM files, and this may require multiple separate parsing routines, whose calls are dependent on the file structure. The information on author, program and GEDCOM version should also be reported to the user.