<s>
GNOME-DB	B-Application
is	O
a	O
database	O
application	O
by	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
free	O
unified	O
data	O
access	O
architecture	O
to	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
project	O
for	O
all	O
Unix	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME-DB	B-Application
is	O
useful	O
for	O
any	O
application	O
that	O
accesses	O
persistent	O
data	O
(	O
not	O
only	O
databases	O
,	O
but	O
data	O
)	O
,	O
since	O
it	O
now	O
contains	O
a	O
data	O
management	O
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
GObject	B-Language
Introspection	I-Language
and	O
Vala	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
the	O
4.2	O
series	O
,	O
GNOME-DB	B-Application
corresponds	O
to	O
the	O
libgda	O
library	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
libgnomedb	O
library	B-Library
provides	O
"	O
widgets	O
"	O
that	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
data	O
in	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
libgda	O
generic	O
database	O
API	B-Application
,	O
so	O
it	O
can	O
use	O
MySQL	O
,	O
Postgres	O
,	O
Sqlite	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNU	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Access	I-Application
(	O
GDA	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
plugin	O
APIs	B-Application
,	O
defined	O
as	O
generic	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
data	O
source	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
through	O
them	O
,	O
to	O
provide	O
uniform	O
access	O
to	O
different	O
kinds	O
of	O
data	O
sources	O
(	O
databases	O
,	O
information	O
servers	O
,	O
mail	O
spools	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Open	B-Application
Database	I-Application
Connectivity	I-Application
(	O
ODBC	B-Application
)	O
or	O
Java	B-Language
Database	I-Language
Connectivity	I-Language
(	O
JDBC	B-Language
)	O
,	O
GNU	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Access	I-Application
is	O
a	O
wrapper	O
but	O
with	O
more	O
features	O
to	O
access	O
several	O
database	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNU	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Access	I-Application
has	O
been	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
complete	O
architecture	O
that	O
provides	O
everything	O
required	O
to	O
access	O
data	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
library	B-Library
that	O
implements	O
the	O
interfaces	O
defined	O
by	O
the	O
GDA	O
architecture	O
,	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
client	O
and	O
the	O
server	O
parts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
additionally	O
provides	O
a	O
bunch	O
of	O
tools	O
to	O
help	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
data	O
sources	O
via	O
the	O
GDA	O
APIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Libgda	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GNOME-DB	B-Application
project	O
but	O
has	O
been	O
separated	O
from	O
it	O
to	O
allow	O
non-GNOME	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
based	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
libgda	O
library	B-Library
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
commercial	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
based	O
on	O
libgda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
command-line	O
and	O
UI	O
tools	O
are	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Libgda	O
is	O
a	O
(	O
relatively	O
small	O
)	O
database	O
access	O
library	B-Library
:	O
</s>
<s>
Libgda	O
is	O
coded	O
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
depends	O
on	O
GLib	B-Language
(	O
and	O
integrates	O
with	O
it	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
LibXML2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
