<s>
Tryton	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
three-tier	O
high-level	O
general	O
purpose	O
computer	B-Application
application	I-Application
platform	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
built	O
an	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
business	O
solution	O
through	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
Tryton	B-Protocol
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
three-tier	O
architecture	O
consists	O
of	O
the	O
Tryton	B-Protocol
client	O
,	O
the	O
Tryton	B-Protocol
server	O
and	O
the	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
mainly	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
official	O
modules	O
,	O
are	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-3.0-or-later	B-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	O
and	O
the	O
server	O
applications	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
the	O
client	O
uses	O
GTK+	B-Application
as	O
graphical	O
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
web	O
client	O
also	O
exists	O
written	O
in	O
JavaScript	B-Language
using	O
jQuery	B-Language
and	O
Bootstrap	B-Application
and	O
is	O
named	O
sao	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
kernel	O
provides	O
the	O
technical	O
foundations	O
needed	O
by	O
most	O
business	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Report	O
Engine	O
:	O
the	O
report	O
engine	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
relatorio	O
that	O
uses	O
ODT	B-Application
files	I-Application
as	O
templates	O
and	O
generate	O
ODT	B-Application
or	O
PDF	B-Application
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internationalisation	O
:	O
Tryton	B-Protocol
is	O
available	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
Catalan	O
,	O
and	O
Italian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
XML-RPC	B-Protocol
and	O
JSON-RPC	B-General_Concept
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Database	O
independence	O
is	O
allowed	O
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
python-sql	O
library	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
testing	O
with	O
the	O
SQLite	B-Language
backend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
a	O
framework	O
,	O
Tryton	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
various	O
other	O
solutions	O
than	O
just	O
business	O
ERPs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
very	O
prominent	O
example	O
is	O
GNU	B-Language
Health	I-Language
,	O
a	O
free	B-Application
Health	O
and	O
Hospital	O
Information	O
System	O
based	O
on	O
Tryton	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tryton	B-Protocol
's	O
origin	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
version	O
4.2	O
of	O
TinyERP	B-Application
(	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
called	O
OpenERP	B-Application
and	O
now	O
renamed	O
Odoo	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
their	O
parent	O
project	O
and	O
other	O
open-source	O
business	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Tryton	B-Protocol
founders	O
avoided	O
creating	O
a	O
partner	O
network	O
,	O
which	O
tends	O
to	O
generate	O
opposition	O
and	O
duality	O
between	O
the	O
partners	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
of	O
volunteers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
followed	O
the	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
example	O
where	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
driven	O
by	O
a	O
federation	O
of	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
Tryton	B-Protocol
is	O
supported	O
by	O
17	O
of	O
such	O
companies	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
distributed	O
globally	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
France	O
3	O
,	O
Spain	O
3	O
,	O
Colombia	O
2	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
2	O
,	O
Argentina	O
1	O
,	O
Australia	O
1	O
,	O
Belgium	O
1	O
,	O
Brazil	O
1	O
,	O
India	O
1	O
,	O
Mexico	O
1	O
,	O
Switzerland	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
backed	O
by	O
Tryton	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
Belgian	O
private	O
foundation	O
pursuing	O
a	O
disinterested	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Tryton	B-Protocol
refers	O
to	O
Triton	O
,	O
a	O
mythological	O
Greek	O
god	O
(	O
son	O
of	O
Poseidon	B-Application
,	O
god	O
of	O
the	O
sea	O
,	O
and	O
Amphitrite	O
,	O
goddess	O
of	O
the	O
sea	O
)	O
and	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
the	O
implementation	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
