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+<!--
+  <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" >
+-->
+
+<chapter id="introduction">
+<title>Introduction</title>
+
+<!-- The introduction chapter contains a brief introduction for the
+application that explains what it does and where to report
+problems. Basically a long version of the abstract.  Don't include a
+revision history. (see installation appendix comment) -->
+
+<para>
+  &kexi; is a database management application.  It can be used for
+  creating databases, inserting data, performing queries, and processing
+  data. Forms can be created to provide a custom interface to your
+  data. All database objects - tables, queries and forms - are stored in
+  the database, making it easy to share data and design.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+  &kexi; is part of the &koffice; productivity suite for the K Desktop
+  Environment.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+  In addition to storing your &kexi; databases in files, &kexi; can also
+  store your data on a <firstterm>database server</firstterm>.  Using
+  a database server allows you to share your database with other
+  people, and also allows more than one person to use the database at
+  one time. The following database servers are supported by &kexi;:
+  <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>
+	MySQL (See <ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/"
+			  >http://www.mysql.com/</ulink>)
+      </para>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>
+	PostgreSQL (See <ulink url="http://www.postgresql.org/"
+			       >http://www.postgresql.org/</ulink>)
+      </para>
+    </listitem>
+  </itemizedlist>
+</para>
+
+<para>
+  More information about &kexi; can be found at the &kexi; page on the
+  &koffice; website
+  at <ulink
+	url="http://www.koffice.org/kexi/">http://www.koffice.org/kexi/</ulink>,
+  and on the website for &kexi; itself
+  at <ulink url="http://www.kexi-project.org/about.html"
+	    >http://www.kexi-project.org/about.html</ulink>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+  If you have any questions about &kexi;, there are two mailing lists
+  you can use.  The <ulink url="mailto:kexi@kde.org">Kexi user mailing
+    list</ulink> can be used to ask questions about using &kexi; or about
+  the &kexi; project.  The <ulink url="mailto:kexi-devel@kde.org">Kexi
+    development mailing list</ulink> can be used to ask questions about
+  the development of &kexi;.  Further information on how to subscribe
+  to these lists, together with a few other ways of making contact with
+  &kexi; developers, can be found at:
+  <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>
+        <ulink
+           url="http://www.kexi-project.org/support.html"
+           >http://www.kexi-project.org/support.html</ulink>
+      </para>
+    </listitem>
+  </itemizedlist>
+</para>
+</chapter>
+