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[[File:Relationships-category-view-50.png|right|450px|thumb|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Relationships Category view in Gramps version 5.0]]Prior to the Genealogical Symbols feature being implemented, birth and death data were explicitly labeled in English for the Active Person. This data was labeled with a simple abbreviation of label where more compact display was needed for the other relatives.
The Relationship category view to the right shows the superseded English label method.
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[[File:Relationships-category-view-51.png|right|450px|thumb|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Relationships Category view in Gramps version 5.1]]It was determined that these English labels did not encourage localization. An arbitrary set of symbols had been proposed that was deemed more universal than English terms and abbreviations.
The symbols are [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_coding hard-coded], following a [Tamura Jones expounds on [https://www.tamurajones.net/GenealogySymbols.xhtml 30-year old recommendation for genealogical software]. However, these recommendations were based on the very limited options in early personal computers. The symbols used for birth & death are re-purposed from mathematical operators. This raises objections about ambiguity.
On the other hand, genealogical charts and books have been being printed for centuries. It is possible to hack the hard-coding to use other standards.
=== Where are the Symbol definitions are stored in Gramps ===
