<s>
Skipper	B-Language
is	O
a	O
visualization	B-Application
tool	O
and	O
code/schema	B-Application
generator	I-Application
for	O
PHP	O
ORM	B-General_Concept
frameworks	I-General_Concept
like	O
Doctrine2	B-Language
,	O
Doctrine	B-Language
,	O
Propel	B-Language
,	O
and	O
CakePHP	B-Language
,	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
database	B-Application
abstraction	I-Application
layer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skipper	B-Language
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Czech	O
company	O
Inventic	O
,	O
s.r.o.	O
</s>
<s>
based	O
in	O
Brno	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
ORM	B-Language
Designer	I-Language
prior	O
to	O
rebranding	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skipper	B-Language
was	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Import/export	O
of	O
the	O
schema	O
definitions	O
uses	O
XSL	B-Application
transformations	I-Application
powered	O
by	O
LibXslt	B-Language
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Imported	O
source	O
files	O
are	O
first	O
converted	O
to	O
XML	O
format	O
:	O
no	O
conversion	O
for	O
XML	O
,	O
simple	O
conversion	O
for	O
YML	O
,	O
creating	O
the	O
Abstract	B-Data_Structure
Syntax	I-Data_Structure
Tree	I-Data_Structure
and	O
its	O
subsequent	O
conversion	O
to	O
XML	O
for	O
PHP	O
annotations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skipper	B-Language
was	O
created	O
as	O
an	O
internal	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
web	O
applications	O
developed	O
by	O
Inventic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
tool	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
ORM	B-Language
Designer	I-Language
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Application	O
was	O
reworked	O
and	O
optimized	O
in	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
ORM	B-Language
Designer	I-Language
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
ORM	B-Language
Designer	I-Language
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
South	O
Moravian	O
Innovation	O
Center	O
Incubator	O
program	O
(	O
support	O
program	O
for	O
innovative	O
technological	O
startups	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
