<s>
ATLAS.ti	B-Application
is	O
a	O
computer-assisted	B-Application
qualitative	I-Application
data	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
software	I-Application
that	O
facilitates	O
analysis	O
of	O
qualitative	O
data	O
for	O
qualitative	O
research	O
,	O
quantitative	O
research	O
,	O
and	O
mixed	O
methods	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ATLAS.ti	B-Application
is	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
supports	O
locating	O
,	O
coding/tagging	O
,	O
and	O
annotating	O
features	O
within	O
bodies	O
of	O
unstructured	B-Application
data	I-Application
;	O
it	O
also	O
offers	O
visualization	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
XML	O
export	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
non-proprietary	O
,	O
cross-platform	O
interface	O
to	O
facilitate	O
academic	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
prototype	O
of	O
ATLAS.ti	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Thomas	O
Muhr	O
at	O
Technical	O
University	O
in	O
Berlin	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
project	O
ATLAS	O
(	O
1989	O
–	O
1992	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
first	O
commercial	O
version	O
of	O
ATLAS.ti	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
to	O
the	O
market	O
by	O
company	O
"	O
Scientific	O
Software	O
Development	O
,	O
"	O
later	O
ATLAS.ti	B-Application
Scientific	O
Software	O
Development	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ATLAS.ti	B-Application
'	O
s	O
founders	O
have	O
ascribed	O
its	O
methodological	O
roots	O
in	O
part	O
to	O
grounded	O
theory	O
and	O
content	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ATLAS.ti	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
via	O
a	O
web-based	O
Cloud	O
portal	O
.	O
</s>
