<s>
The	O
Portland	B-Application
Project	I-Application
is	O
an	O
initiative	O
by	O
freedesktop.org	B-Application
aiming	O
at	O
easing	O
the	O
portability	B-Architecture
of	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
between	O
desktop	O
environments	O
and	O
kernels	B-Operating_System
by	O
designing	O
cross-platform	O
APIs	B-Application
and	O
offering	O
implementations	O
thereof	O
as	O
libraries	B-Library
to	O
independent	B-Application
software	I-Application
vendors	I-Application
(	O
ISVs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
taken	O
to	O
establish	O
a	O
greater	O
foothold	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
desktop	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
aims	O
at	O
resolving	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
key	O
factors	O
that	O
are	O
believed	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
adoption	O
rate	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
as	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
of	O
choice	O
for	O
desktop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
at	O
home	O
or	O
in	O
the	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Tango	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
Project	I-Language
was	O
started	O
to	O
give	O
users	O
a	O
more	O
unified	O
graphical	O
experience	O
,	O
the	O
Portland	B-Application
Project	I-Application
is	O
intended	O
to	O
ease	O
the	O
porting	O
of	O
desktop	B-Application
applications	I-Application
to	O
Linux	B-Application
for	O
independent	B-Application
software	I-Application
vendors	I-Application
(	O
ISVs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
let	O
software	B-Application
developers	I-Application
worry	O
less	O
about	O
the	O
desktop	O
environment	O
a	O
distribution	O
is	O
using	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
bring	O
it	O
on	O
more	O
common	O
ground	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
in	O
this	O
particular	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
released	O
Portland	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
(	O
xdg-utils	B-Application
;	O
"	O
Cross	O
Desktop	O
Group	O
Utilities	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
common	O
interfaces	O
for	O
desktop	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
interface	O
is	O
a	O
common	O
MIME	B-Application
type	I-Application
database	O
for	O
icons	O
and	O
programs	O
associated	O
with	O
file	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
has	O
Alex	O
Graveley	O
(	O
GNOME	B-Application
)	O
and	O
George	O
Staikos	O
(	O
KDE	B-Application
)	O
as	O
two	O
of	O
the	O
task	O
force	O
leaders	O
,	O
who	O
will	O
look	O
to	O
gain	O
feedback	O
from	O
ISVs	O
,	O
integration	O
possibilities	O
,	O
and	O
possibly	O
create	O
a	O
draft	O
implementation	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
Portland	B-Application
Project	I-Application
meeting	O
,	O
held	O
in	O
Portland	O
,	O
Oregon	O
,	O
was	O
sponsored	O
by	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Development	O
Labs	O
(	O
the	O
predecessor	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
that	O
initial	O
meeting	O
,	O
Nat	O
Friedman	O
of	O
Novell	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
project	O
name	O
:	O
"	O
well	O
,	O
we	O
are	O
here	O
in	O
Portland	O
...	O
how	O
about	O
the	O
Portland	B-Application
Project	I-Application
?	O
"	O
</s>
