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==A==
;<span id="active_person">Active Person</span>: (''core concept'') - The person designated as the momentary center of focus in the open Gramps database. The perspective of this person defines the context for actions and for displaying all the surrounding information. Changing this focus is done by [[Gramps_{{Version manualman version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Navigation#Setting_the_Active_Person|navigating the Active Person]] selection to another person.
;<span id="address">address</span>: (''[[#secondary_object|sec. obj.]]'') - The Gramps concept of an Address is a particular location with an associated time frame. Think of it as a mailing address. It is intended to represent where a person lived and when the person lived there. The Address consists:
:* Country
:* Phone
:Not to be confused with a [[Gramps_Glossary#place|Place]] which has a fixed position (its location). [[Why_residence_event_and_not_Address%3F|Use this with care. ]] For genealogical research you can also use the residence event coupled with a [[Gramps_Glossary#place|Place]]. For mailing (email, postal), add an address to a [[Gramps_Glossary#person|Person]] or [[Gramps_Glossary#repository|Repository]].
;<span id="aide">Aide</span>: (''[[#event_role|event role]]'') A term to refer to the role of an assistant.
;<span id="anglicisation">anglicisation</span>:
: process of making something English. If an immigrant (or their descendant) adopts a naturalized variation of their birth name, that [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_1#Preferred_name_section|preferred alias]] can be added with an ''Also Known As'' [[Names_in_Gramps#Name_Types|name type]] in the [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_1#Names|Names]] tab. All aliases can be categorized by type and surname variants may be [[Grouping_Surnames|grouped]] with the in the [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_3#Name_Editor|Name Editor]].
;<span id="attribute">attribute</span>: (''[[#secondary_object|sec. obj.]]'') - Attributes are for something permanent, or at least somewhat permanent: eye color, blood type, etc. Usually you would have not more than one of each attribute type for a [[Gramps_Glossary#person|Person]]/[[Gramps_Glossary#family|Family]]/etc. Attributes are managed from an Attributes tab in each [[#primary_object|primary Object]] Editor. There are no built-in Attributes, only custom types.
==B==
;<span id="books report">Books Report</span>:
A [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports|Reports menu]] feature of Gramps that allows the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_3|design or generation of a repeatable custom genealogy ''Book'']]. A Book consists of an ordered collation of Gramps textual and graphical reports in a single document.
 
;<span id="bride">Bride</span>: (''[[#event_role|event role]]'') A term to refer to the woman a marriage ceremony who will have the role of ''wife'' in the marriage. See also: ''mother''.
;<span id="clergy">Clergy</span>: (''[[#event_role|event role]]'') A term applied to a religious person regardless of religion. For example, a monk or priest. See also: ''[[#celebrant|celebrant]]''.<br /><small>Religious terminology is often subject to dispute, see the [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clergy Merriam-Webster] for an independent definition.</small>
;<span id="custom">''custom'' Types</span>: This indicates a user defined type, as opposed to types that came pre-defined in Gramps. When none of the pre-defined Types are suitable, add a new ''[[Gramps_Glossary#custom|custom]]'' Type by typewriting directly into the selector combo box. If the value doesn't precisely match any of the existing menu items, a new ''custom'' Type will be created when the {{man button|OK}} button is clicked. <br />Any added ''custom'' Type will remain available in that expanded menu... unless the Tree is exported & re-imported or via a [[Third-party_Addons|3rd party addon]] Utility like [[Types_Cleanup_Tool|Type Cleanup]].<br /><small>'''''custom'' Types''' can be defined for: Event Attributes, Family Attributes, media Attributes, Person Attributes, [[#event_role|Event Roles]], [[Custom_Event_Types|Event types]], Family Relation types, Child Reference Types, Name Origin Types, Names Types, Note Types, Place Types, Repository Types, Source Attributes, source Media Types, URL Types.</small>
==D==
==E==
;[[File:Gramps-event.png|right]]<span id="event">Event</span>: ({{icon|even}} ''[[#primary_object|prim. obj.]]'') - Contains the information related to an eventhappening. [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Editing_information_about_events|Adding an Event record]] provides the context of an interaction of the roles of People/Families, dates & places in activities. <br />A An Event is a defining moment in a person's life. See [[events in Gramps|events]] for the use in genealogy, for predefined events in Gramps and suggested naming for common events.
;<span id="event_role">event role</span>: The [[Gramps_Glossary#role|role]] a [[Gramps_Glossary#person|Person]] plays in an [[Gramps_Glossary#Event|Event]]. In Gramps, an Event can be linked to as many participants as desired. Each [[Gramps_Glossary#person|Person]] may partipate participate in different roles but more than one Person might play the same role. The Event Role captures this. Some common Roles are pre-defined but the user can add other [[Gramps_Glossary#custom|custom]] Roles by just typing in an appropriate new Role Type in the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Event_Reference_Editor_dialog|Event Reference Editor]].
:<small>Pre-defined Types of Event Role: [[Gramps_Glossary#aide|Aide]], [[Gramps_Glossary#bride|Bride]], [[Gramps_Glossary#celebrant|Celebrant]], [[Gramps_Glossary#clergy|Clergy]], [[Gramps_Glossary#family_role|Family]], [[Gramps_Glossary#groom|Groom]], [[Gramps_Glossary#informant|Informant]], [[Gramps_Glossary#primary|Primary]], [[Gramps_Glossary#witness|Witness]], [[Gramps_Glossary#unknown|Unknown]], ''[[Gramps_Glossary#custom|custom]]''</small>
;<span id="gedcom">GEDCOM</span>:
# acronym: '''Ge'''nealogy '''D'''ata '''Com'''munication
# a format for exchanging genealogical data. The <abbr title="an open standard is a standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it, and may also have various properties of how it was designed such as 'open process.' There is no single definition and interpretations vary with usage.">open</abbr> specification for the [https://www.familysearch.org/developers/docs/guides/gedcom GEDCOM format ] was developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) as an aid to genealogical research. The last long standing standard release was version 5.5 in 1996 with a 5.5.1 draft update presented for comment in 1999. (Belatedly, the 'draft' label was officially removed in the annotated 2019 release. After 20 years as the de facto standard format, it remained unimproved excepting for 2 tags and the copyright.) As an Open Standard, there are extensive and constantly changing incompatibilities between implementations and data loss when transferring GEDCOM formatted data between competing software tools is common.::GEDCOM [https://www.familysearch.org/developers/docs/guides/gedcom-x X proposed in 2012] and [https://www.google.com/amp/s/blog.eogn.com/2019/10/04/the-proposed-gedcom-5-5-5-standard-is-a-better-gedcom/amp/ 5.5.5 proposed in 2019] are improvements that have not gained the approval of the copyright holder.
;<span id="gramps">Gramps</span>: [https://gramps-project.org/blog/features/ Gramps] is an open-source genealogy program, a free software project and community. <br />''The [https://gramps-project.org/introduction-WP/2006/04/looking-back-over-5-years/ reverse engineered] '''GRAMPS''' ('''G'''enealogical '''R'''esearch and '''A'''nalysis '''M'''anagement '''P'''rogramming '''S'''ystem) acronym is being was phased out in favor of '''Gramps''' as the official name of the software. All upper-case software names have become unfashionable.''
;<span id="gramplet">Gramplet</span>: a [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#definition|Gramplet]] is a plug-in or addon widget that extends the functionality of Gramps by providing a dynamic view and interface to the Family Tree data. 3rd party Gramplets, reports, quick views, and tools are managed with the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Plugin_Manager|Plug-in Manager]].
:''See the [[Gramplets|Gramplets for Python Developers]] for independent development information.''
 
;<span id="GUI"><span id="graphical user interface">Graphical User Interface (GUI)</span></span>: a visual way of indicating interactive features of a computer operating system or application/program. Gramps uses a "windows, icons, menus, pointer" ([https://wikipedia.org/wiki/WIMP_(computing) WIMP]) based GUI with [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-WIMP post-WIMP] elements like hyperlinked redirection and custom interface objects.
:The appearance and interaction may vary by conventions dictated by the [[Download|Operating System (OS)]], installation option (such as [[Portal:Translators|language localization support]] or [[{{man version}}_Addons|add-on/plug-in]]), [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computing) theme] (at the OS or [[Addon:Themes|internal]] levels), and/or [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Preferences|user preferences customization]].
:The specific interface elements are identified by customary name, general appearance & behavior in the [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window|Visual Guide to Gramps]]. Expansion interface elements are described in the user documention for [[{{man version}}_Addons|each specific add-on]].
;<span id="groom">Groom</span>: (''[[#event_role|event role]]'') A term to refer to the man at a marriage who will be referred to as ''husband'' after the marriage. See also: ''father''.
 
;GUI: An acronym. ''see [[#graphical user interface|Graphical User Interface]]''.
==H==
[[File:Gramps Go-Home48x48 win.png|right]]
;<span id="home_person">Home Person</span>: (''core concept'') - The persistently designated '''Home Person''' is the foundational [[#person|Person]] in the Tree (the currently open Gramps database). This Person is the central target of genealogical research and family references extend from this center. Ideally, every person, event and source in the Tree will (however directly or indirectly) relate back to the '''Home Person'''.<br />By default, the database reports describe everything else in contextual relation to this person. The [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#Status_Bar_and_Progress_Bar|Status Bar]], the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#Quick_View|Quick View]] called "[[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_8#Relation_to_Home_Person|Relation to Home Person]]", and the Third party addon [[#gramplet|Gramplet]] called "[[Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections]]" all describe different aspects of the relationship of the [[#active_person|Active Person]] to the '''Home Person'''.<br />You (or your client) are customarily designated ([[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Setting_Home_person|set]]) as the Home Person. And this ''Home'' designation serves as a persistent point of reference for the rest of the the Tree in Reports generally and for the Active Person in detail. But a different '''Home Person''' might be temporarily [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Setting_Home_person|set]] when generating reports or when researching a complex biography or obituary. <Br />Fascinating tidbits often lure Gramps researchers into wandering off-course. When the [[#active_person|Active Person]] has become lost, the bearings can be instantly regained by navigating the [[#active_person|Active Person]] selection back to the '''Home Person'''.<br /><small>Navigate to '''Home Person''' - ''keyboard shortcut''</small> {{man key press|Alt|Home}} or press the toolbar <!-- broken icon {{icon|thom}}-->[[File:Gramps_Go-Home48x48 win.png|text-bottom|20px]]{{man button|Home}} button. <br />The custom filter rule for finding the '''Home Person''' is in a People category filter under the General filters and is named 'Default person.'
==I==
:An optional attribute (characteristic) identifying how a name was derived for a [[#person|Person]]. Pre-defined items of the [[Names_in_Gramps#Origin_Attributes|origin selection menu]] include: inherited, patrilineal, matrilineal, given, taken, [[#patronymic|patronymic]], [[#matronymic|matronymic]], feudal, pseudonym, occupation.<br />''Available as a standard attribute of [[Names_in_Gramps|Names in Gramps]].''
;[[File:Gramps-notes.png|right]]<span id="note">Note</span>: ({{icon|note}} ''[[#primary_object|prim. obj.]]'') - Contains the information related representing a textual brief record of facts and how it [[#reference|references]] other objects in the Tree. Notes can be added to a noteany object at any any level of the Tree and are often used to detail the context of that record in the Tree. :Records in the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#Notes_Category|Note Category]] contain free-form text with [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Note_markup_and_preformat_in_reports|basic formatting ]] and [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Link_Editor|linking ]] features. That text is created and modified using the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Editing_information_about_notes|Notes Editor]].
==O==
;[[File:Gramps-person.png|right]]<span id="person">Person</span>: ({{icon|peop}} ''[[#primary_object|prim. obj.]]'') - Contains the information specific to an individual person in the People category.
;[[File:Gramps-place.png|right]]<span id="place">Place</span>: ({{icon|plac}} ''[[#primary_object|prim. obj.]]'') - The Gramps concept of a Place is a particular location independent of time. Over time, the same Place may have different address information due to changing borders and political situation. For example, Leningrad and St. Petersburg represent the same place, but with different names. Places in Gramps are stored in a hierarchyand are direct accessed via the [[Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#Places_Category|Places category view]]. A Place consists of:
:* Descriptive Title
:* Name
:* A list of regions which enclose the place
;<span id="posix">POSIX</span>: [httphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posix Portable Operating System Interface]: a family of OS standards specified by the [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Computer_Society IEEE] Computer Society for maintaining compatibility with variants of Unix (such as Linux) and other operating systems. Although the MacOS is "POSIX-certified", the term is used in this manual to generically refer to just the "Mostly POSIX-compliant" Linux and BSD distributions [[Download#Linux_and_BSD_distributions|with verified Gramps downloads]] and which use the POSIX-style [httphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard environment].
;<span id="primary_object">primary object</span>: Primary objects are the [[Using_database_API|data structures]] at the top level objectsof a [[Gramps_Data_Model|hierarchical collection of records]]. They Beside the main structure of data, they can contain a hierarchy of [[#secondary_object|secondary objects]], and can be referenced by other primary or secondary objects. In the Gramps database, primary objects and the secondary objects that they contain are stored as separate records. Each primary object type is stored in a separate table. See [[Using_database_API#Primary_Objects|Using database API, Primary Objects]] (see also ''[[#secondary_object|secondary object]]'')
: The [[Using_database_API#Primary_Objects|primary objects ]] are: <br />{{icon|cite}} [[#citation|Citation]], {{icon|even}} [[#event|Event]], {{icon|fami}} [[#family|Family]], {{icon|medi}} [[#media|Media]], {{icon|note}} [[#note|Note]], {{icon|peop}} [[#person|Person]], {{icon|plac}} [[#place|Place]], {{icon|repo}} [[#repository|Repository]], {{icon|sour34}} [[#source|Source]], [[File:16x16-gramps-tag.png]] [[#tag|Tag]].
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:{{icon|cite}} [[#citation|Citation]] - Contains the information related to a citation into a source.
;[[File:gramps-unlock.png|right]]<span id="private_tag">Private tag</span>:
: The Private option tags information that should be redacted when sharing data or printing reports. Records are shown with: a locked padlock when private; and, an unlocked padlock when public. Clicking the padlock icon toggles between public Public &amp; privatePrivate flags. This manual override supplements the automated [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Probably_Alive|Probably Alive]] and custom [[Filter|Filter]] featureswhich help Gramps to respect Personal Privacy. :Gramps is a single user database and omits the typical security features of a multi-user system. So even Private data will be accessible from within Gramps. However, generating reports and exporting data default to redacting information flagged as Private.
==Q==
;<span id="reference">Reference</span>: the basic a system of linking relationships between objects in Gramps. When when an object is added in the Editor for record, a [[References#definition|Reference]] (link) is created in the object that was added.
;[[File:Gramps-relation.png|right]]<span id="references_tab">References tab</span>: a system of linking between objects in Gramps. When objects of Gramps are linked, the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_1#References|References tab ]] lists the objects to link toward it.
;[[File:Gramps-repository.png|right]]<span id="repository">Repository</span>: ({{icon|repo}} ''[[#primary_object|prim. obj.]]'') - Contains the information related to a physical or virtual structure where genealogical and family history sources are stored. Once a [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Editing_information_about_repositories|Repository is added]] to a Gramps Tree, it can used to organize [[#source|Sources]].
==T==
;[[File:gramps-tag.png|right]]<span id="tag">Tag</span>: ([[File:16x16-gramps-tag.png]] ''[[#primary_object|prim. obj.]]'') - A label that can be attached to a {{icon|cite}} [[#citation|Citation]], {{icon|even}} [[#event|Event]], {{icon|fami}} [[#family|Family]], {{icon|medi}} [[#media|Media]], {{icon|note}} [[#note|Note]], {{icon|peop}} [[#person|Person]], {{icon|plac}} [[#place|Place]], {{icon|repo}} [[#repository|Repository]] or {{icon|sour34}} [[#source|Source]] for the purpose of easy identification and filtering.<br />A keyword or phrase used to group the collection to produce a report.
 
;<span id="Typographical conventions">Typographical conventions</span>: The [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Preface#Typographical_conventions|customary formatting]] having special (and possibly peculiar) meaning when used throughout the MediaWiki driven [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual|Gramps manual]] and documentation. The different typeface accents, highlighting and enclosures indicate specific parts of the Gramps [[#graphical user interface|Graphical User Interface]] ([[#GUI|GUI]]) or prompt a User activity.
==U==
;<span id="unknown">Unknown</span>: (''[[#event_role|event role]]'') A placeholder for when the [[#role|role]] of a participant in an [[#event|Event]] has not yet been defined. Gramps sets an appropriate default Role as each new Event type is created. But when a new participant is associated with an existing Event via Share or drag'n'drop, the Role isn't as predictable. In such a case, an Unknown placeholder is inserted. :Any Unknown [[#event_role|Event Role]] type causes a variety of reporting problems . [[Rule_expansions#People_with_events_with_a_selected_role|Persons and Families with Unknown Roles]] should be found and the Roles manually replaced as soon as is practical.
==V==
;<span id="view">View</span>: ''([[Gramps_{{version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window|graphical user interface terminology]])'' - a '''[[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window|View]]''' is a Gramps-specific name for the Window display layouts presenting information in a structured and predictable manner. Layouts are in table, outline or graphical formats; depending on the preferred way to represent how the data elements relate to on another. <br />Gramps divides and organizes the information about each [[#primary_object|Primary Object]] into a series of Categories, each with their own View. Each of the Category Views displays a smaller, more digestible portion of the total information that comprises a Genealogical Tree. <br />A Category View may have alternate modes (subcategories) of display layout. (e.g. Views with Table layouts might have flat listed or hierarchically grouped modes.) Each mode of a category can be independently configured.<br />View data may be further subdivided with tabbed pages of layouts.
==W==
==X==
;<span id="xml">XML</span>: acronym: E'''x'''tensible '''M'''arkup '''L'''anguage. A schema used to define the expected structure of data in a text format. The system annotates a document in a way that data elements are syntactically distinguishable from identifying tags. A markup language defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a fault tolerant format that is both (marginally) human-readable and machine-readable. 
==Y==
==Z==
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