<s>
BOND	O
(	O
Building	O
Object	O
Network	O
Databases	O
)	O
started	O
development	O
in	O
late	O
2000	O
as	O
a	O
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
by	O
Treshna	O
Enterprises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
aim	O
was	O
to	O
fill	O
a	O
gap	O
that	O
traditional	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
applications	O
like	O
Borland	B-Language
Delphi	I-Language
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Access	I-Application
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
filled	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	O
desktop	O
,	O
but	O
targeted	O
for	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
allow	O
developers	O
to	O
quickly	O
build	O
database	O
forms	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
for	O
backend	O
SQL	B-Language
databases	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
as	O
its	O
backend	O
database	O
and	O
GTK+	B-Application
as	O
its	O
front	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
driven	O
front	O
ends	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
initially	O
worked	O
closely	O
with	O
Glade	B-Language
and	O
the	O
Gnome	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
,	O
newer	O
versions	O
have	O
focused	O
on	O
more	O
web	O
oriented	O
with	O
AJAX	B-General_Concept
driven	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Glade	B-Language
XML	B-Protocol
format	O
was	O
abandoned	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
years	O
ago	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
XML	B-Protocol
schema	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
flexible	O
with	O
the	O
range	O
of	O
data	O
required	O
for	O
storing	O
database	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOND	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
BONDDB	O
which	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
layer	O
between	O
the	O
BOND	O
API	O
and	O
the	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
backend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
future	O
,	O
BOND	O
aims	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
free	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
solution	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
quickly	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
databases	O
from	O
scratch	O
without	O
being	O
a	O
skilled	O
programmer	O
or	O
DBA	O
.	O
</s>
