Minimal Archive Example

The smallest valid GENEALOGIX archive with one person.

Structure

minimal/
├── persons/
│   └── person-abc123.glx
├── vocabularies/           # Symlinks to standard vocabularies
└── README.md

Files

persons/person-abc123.glx

persons:
  person-abc123:
    properties:
      name:
        value: "Test Person"
        fields:
          given: "Test"
          surname: "Person"

Validation

glx validate .
# ✓ All files valid

What This Demonstrates

• Minimum required file structure
• Simplest valid person entity

Next Steps

See basic-family for a more complete example with relationships and assertions.