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==Primary Objects==
Primary objects are the fundamental objects in the GRAMPS database. These objects are:
* [http://www.gramps-project.org/api3docs/RelLibgen/gen_lib._Personhtml#module-gen.Person-classlib.html person Person] - Contains the information specific to an individual person.* [http://www.gramps-project.org/api3docs/gen/RelLibgen_lib._Familyhtml#module-gen.Family-classlib.html family Family] - Contains the information specific to relationships between people. This typically contains one or two parents and zero or more children.* [http://www.gramps-project.org/api3docs/RelLibgen/gen_lib._Sourcehtml#module-gen.Source-classlib.html src Source] - Contains the information related to a source of information.* [http://www.gramps-project.org/api3docs/RelLibgen/gen_lib._Placehtml#module-gen.Place-classlib.html place Place] - Contains the information related to a specific place.* [http://www.gramps-project.org/api3docs/gen/RelLibgen_lib._MediaObjecthtml#module-gen.MediaObject-classlib.html mediaobj Media Object] - Contains the information related to a media object. This includes images, documents, or any other type of related files.* [http://www.gramps-project.org/api3docs/RelLibgen/gen_lib._Eventhtml#module-gen.Event-classlib.html event Event] - Contains the information related to an event. The event is treated as a primary object in the database, it currently does not appear as a primary object to the end user.
Primary objects are treated as tables within the database. Individual components that compose the primary object are stored as individual items in the database.