<s>
Kirix	B-Language
Strata	I-Language
is	O
a	O
specialty	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
designed	O
for	O
data	B-General_Concept
analytics	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strata	O
offers	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
's	O
ability	O
to	O
view	O
web	O
pages	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
includes	O
additional	O
tools	O
to	O
perform	O
data	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
and	O
create	O
reports	O
based	O
on	O
structured	O
data	O
from	O
local	O
files	O
,	O
external	O
relational	B-Application
databases	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
incorporates	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
's	O
XULRunner	B-Language
into	O
a	O
proprietary	O
data	O
engine	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
rich	B-Application
web	I-Application
application	I-Application
for	O
working	O
with	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirix	B-Language
Strata	I-Language
is	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
open	O
source	O
product	O
that	O
uses	O
the	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
wxWidgets	B-Language
toolkit	O
and	O
is	O
supported	O
on	O
both	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirix	O
Research	O
is	O
a	O
data	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
software	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
January	O
2001	O
by	O
four	O
brothers	O
and	O
a	O
friend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2005	O
,	O
Kirix	O
launched	O
Kirix	B-Language
Strata	I-Language
as	O
a	O
new	O
desktop	O
database	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
at	O
the	O
LinuxWorld	O
conference	O
in	O
Boston	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
combined	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
with	O
those	O
of	O
a	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
won	O
the	O
Product	O
Excellence	O
Award	O
in	O
the	O
Best	O
Desktop-Productivity-Business	O
Application	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2007	O
,	O
Kirix	O
relaunched	O
Strata	O
in	O
beta	O
as	O
a	O
specialty	O
browser	B-Application
for	O
working	O
with	O
data	O
from	O
anywhere	O
,	O
including	O
from	O
the	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
beta	O
product	O
took	O
the	O
database	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
previously	O
released	O
version	O
and	O
incorporated	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Gecko	I-Language
layout	I-Language
engine	I-Language
to	O
provide	O
Web	O
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strata	O
was	O
officially	O
released	O
out	O
of	O
beta	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
bringing	O
the	O
simplicity	O
of	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
to	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
tabular	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
web	O
connectivity	O
and	O
the	O
user-centric	O
analytic	O
features	O
,	O
Strata	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
productivity	O
tool	O
for	O
Business	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
such	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
and	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
,	O
Kirix	B-Language
Strata	I-Language
provides	O
tools	O
to	O
view	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
Access	B-Application
:	O
Web	O
data	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
HTML	O
tables	O
,	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
,	O
CSV	O
files	O
)	O
,	O
external	O
databases	B-Application
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
)	O
and	O
local	O
data	O
files	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
Access	B-Application
,	O
text-delimited	B-Algorithm
data	I-Algorithm
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
Analysis	I-General_Concept
:	O
Sorts	O
,	O
filters	O
,	O
copies	O
,	O
queries	O
,	O
calculated	O
fields	O
and	O
relationships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripting	O
and	O
Extensions	O
:	O
Data-enabled	O
version	O
of	O
JavaScript	B-Language
with	O
support	O
for	O
SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
