<s>
Genealogy	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
computer	B-Application
software	I-Application
used	O
to	O
record	O
,	O
organize	O
,	O
and	O
publish	O
genealogical	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
a	O
minimum	O
,	O
genealogy	B-Application
software	I-Application
collects	O
the	O
date	O
and	O
place	O
of	O
an	O
individual	O
's	O
birth	O
,	O
marriage	O
,	O
and	O
death	O
,	O
and	O
stores	O
the	O
relationships	O
of	O
individuals	O
to	O
their	O
parents	O
,	O
spouses	O
,	O
and	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
most	O
genealogy	B-Application
programs	I-Application
handle	O
additional	O
events	O
in	O
an	O
individual	O
's	O
life	O
,	O
notes	O
,	O
photographs	O
and	O
multimedia	O
,	O
and	O
source	O
citations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genealogy	B-Application
software	I-Application
programs	O
can	O
produce	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
graphical	O
charts	O
and	O
text	O
reports	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
pedigree	O
charts	O
,	O
ahnentafel	O
reports	O
,	O
and	O
Register	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
desktop	O
applications	O
generate	O
HTML	B-Language
pages	O
for	O
web	O
publishing	O
;	O
there	O
are	O
stand-alone	O
web	O
applications	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
genealogy	B-Application
programs	I-Application
can	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
using	O
the	O
GEDCOM	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
most	O
programs	O
and	O
applications	O
are	O
desktop-based	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
web-based	B-Application
products	I-Application
in	O
the	O
genealogy	B-Application
software	I-Application
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
genealogy	B-Application
software	I-Application
allows	O
export	O
of	O
data	O
in	O
GEDCOM	O
format	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
shared	O
with	O
people	O
using	O
different	O
genealogy	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
