<s>
Gramps	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
GRAMPS	B-Application
,	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Genealogical	B-Application
Research	I-Application
and	I-Application
Analysis	I-Application
Management	I-Application
Programming	I-Application
System	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
genealogy	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
is	O
programmed	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
using	O
PyGObject	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
Graphviz	B-Language
to	O
create	O
relationship	O
graphs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
is	O
a	O
rare	O
example	O
of	O
commons-based	O
peer	O
production	O
as	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
created	O
by	O
genealogists	O
,	O
for	O
genealogists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
acknowledged	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
most	O
popular	O
FOSS	B-License
program	O
for	O
genealogy	O
"	O
by	O
Eastman	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Australian	O
consumer	O
advocacy	O
group	O
,	O
CHOICE	O
,	O
has	O
recommended	O
Gramps	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
biggest	O
offline	O
genealogy	O
suites	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
deals	O
with	O
this	O
by	O
allowing	O
for	O
language	O
specific	O
relationship	O
calculators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Generates	O
reports	O
in	O
multiple	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
.odt	O
,	O
LaTeX	B-Application
,	O
.pdf	B-Application
,	O
.rtf	O
,	O
.html	B-Language
,	O
and	O
.txt	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
is	O
easily	O
extended	O
via	O
plugins	O
called	O
Gramplets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Gramplet	O
is	O
a	O
view	O
of	O
data	O
that	O
either	O
changes	O
dynamically	O
during	O
the	O
running	O
of	O
Gramps	B-Application
,	O
or	O
provides	O
interactivity	O
to	O
your	O
genealogical	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
employs	O
an	O
explicit	O
event-centric	O
documentation	O
approach	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
CIDOC	B-Library
Conceptual	I-Library
Reference	I-Library
Model	I-Library
used	O
by	O
many	O
cultural	O
heritage	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Complete	O
programmer	O
's	O
API	O
documentation	O
with	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
code	O
made	O
publicly	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
export	O
file	O
format	O
of	O
Gramps	B-Application
is	O
named	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
uses	O
the	O
file	O
extension	O
.gramps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
extended	O
from	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
usually	O
compresses	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
with	O
gzip	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
format	O
Portable	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
Package	O
uses	O
the	O
extension	O
.gpkg	O
and	O
is	O
currently	O
a	O
.tar.gz	O
archive	O
including	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
together	O
with	O
all	O
referenced	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
may	O
rename	O
the	O
file	O
extension	O
.gramps	O
to	O
.gz	B-Application
for	O
editing	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
the	O
genealogy	O
document	O
with	O
a	O
text	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
,	O
Gramps	B-Application
uses	O
SQLite	B-Language
as	O
the	O
default	O
database	O
backend	O
,	O
with	O
other	O
databases	O
available	O
as	O
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
can	O
import	O
from	O
the	O
following	O
formats	O
:	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
Gramps	B-Application
Package	O
(	O
Portable	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
Gramps	B-Application
2.x	O
.grdb	O
(	O
older	O
versions	O
Gramps	B-Application
)	O
,	O
GEDCOM	O
,	O
CSV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
supports	O
exporting	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
formats	O
:	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
Gramps	B-Application
Package	O
(	O
Portable	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
GEDCOM	O
,	O
GeneWeb	B-Language
's	O
GW	O
format	O
,	O
Web	O
Family	O
Tree	O
(	O
.WFT	O
)	O
format	O
,	O
vCard	O
,	O
vCalendar	O
,	O
CSV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PhpGedView	B-Language
(	O
version	O
4.1	O
and	O
up	O
)	O
supports	O
output	O
to	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
script	O
tmg2gramps	O
by	O
Anne	O
Jessel	O
converts	O
The	B-Application
Master	I-Application
Genealogist	I-Application
v6	I-Application
genealogy	B-Application
software	I-Application
datafile	O
to	O
a	O
Gramps	B-Application
v2.2.6	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gramps	B-Application
PHP	B-Application
component	O
JoomlaGen	O
for	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
uses	O
an	O
upload	O
of	O
the	O
GRAMPS	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
database	O
export	O
to	O
show	O
genealogical	O
information	O
and	O
overviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JoomlaGen	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
GRAMPS	B-Application
3.3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
by	O
Bart	O
Feenstra	O
generates	O
static	O
websites	O
from	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
Package	O
files	O
as	O
alternatives	O
to	O
GEDCOM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
45	O
languages	O
(	O
December	O
2014	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
also	O
has	O
two	O
special	O
use	O
sub-translation	O
languages	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
history	O
The	O
project	O
began	O
as	O
GRAMPS	B-Application
in	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
stable	O
release	O
was	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Release	O
date	O
Name	O
Comment	O
GRAMPS	B-Application
1.0.0	O
2004-02-11	O
"	O
Stable	O
as	O
a	O
Tombstone	O
"	O
Used	O
XML	B-Protocol
to	O
store	O
all	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Don	O
originally	O
called	O
the	O
program	O
Relativity	O
before	O
his	O
father	O
suggested	O
the	O
name	O
GRAMPS(Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System )	O
)	O
GRAMPS	B-Application
2.0.0	O
2005-05-11	O
"	O
The	O
Bright	O
Side	O
of	O
Life	O
"	O
Introduction	O
of	O
the	O
Berkeley	B-Language
database	I-Language
backend	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
GRAMPS	B-Application
2.2.1	O
2006-10-30	O
"	O
One	O
,	O
two	O
,	O
five	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
this	O
release	O
GRAMPS	B-Application
became	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GRAMPS	B-Application
3.0.0	O
2008-03-24	O
"	O
It	O
was	O
just	O
getting	O
interesting.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
3.2.0	O
2010-04-15	O
"	O
I	O
am	O
your	O
father	O
"	O
name	O
changed	O
from	O
GRAMPS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
management	O
system	O
for	O
plugins	O
,	O
performance	O
optimization	O
,	O
hierarchical	O
Place	O
list	O
,	O
Map	O
plotting	O
view	O
Gramps	B-Application
3.4.0	O
2012-05-21	O
"	O
always	O
look	O
on	O
the	O
bright	O
side	O
of	O
life	O
"	O
Replaced	O
Source	O
References	O
with	O
Citations	O
that	O
allow	O
sharing	O
and	O
can	O
have	O
media	O
objects	O
and	O
'	O
data	O
 '	O
elements	O
attached	O
to	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gramps	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
Specification	I-Protocol
was	O
updated	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
idempotent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
4.0.0	O
2013-05-21	O
"	O
The	O
Miracle	O
of	O
Birth	O
"	O
Conversion	O
to	O
GTK+	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Keeps	O
the	O
same	O
data	O
format	O
as	O
Gramps	B-Application
3.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
4.1.0	O
2014-06-18	O
"	O
Name	O
go	O
in	O
book	O
"	O
Full	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Different	O
data	O
format	O
to	O
the	O
Gramps	B-Application
3.4	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gramps	B-Application
4.2.0	O
2015-08-03	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
support	O
only	O
(	O
Python	B-Language
2	O
support	O
dropped	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
