The Family History Information Standards Organisation was established in 2012 with the aim of developing international standards for family history and genealogical information.[64] One of their standards is a continuance of GEDCOM, called Extended Legacy Format (ELF), that will begin with compatibility with GEDCOM 5.5(.1) but include an extensibility mechanism. This is designed to assist software with a financial commitment to GEDCOM and prevent it getting left behind as further standards evolve.[65]