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|name=db-preservation-toolkit
|purpose=Enables conversion between database formats or dumping from live database systems for the purposes of preservation.
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|homepage=http://keeps.github.io/db-preservation-toolkit/
|license=LGPL v3
|platforms=Platform independent - Java
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The Database Preservation Toolkit allows conversion between Database formats, including connection to live systems, for purposes of digitally preserving databases. The toolkit allows conversion of live or backed-up databases into preservation formats such as DBML, an XML format created for the purpose of database preservation. The toolkit also allows conversion of the preservation formats back into live systems to allow the full functionality of databases. For example, it supports a specialized export into MySQL, optimized for PhpMyAdmin, so the database can be fully experimented using a web interface.

== Features == 
At the current version (1.0.0) the following database management systems import/export modules are supported:
* MySQL 
* MS SQL Server
* MS Access
* Oracle (untested)
* PostreSQL
* DBML (Database Markup Language)

Additionally it is possible to export a database management system to a specific database SQL using the following export modules: 
*PostgreSQLFile 
*MySQLFile 
*SQLServerFile 
*GenericSQLFile 

More import/export modules are being developed at the current time being '''DB2''' one of them. 
Besides, it is also being developed the modules to support the '''SIARD''' database preservation format [[formats:SIARD]]. (2014-03-11)

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== Development Activity ==
Code is being actively developed at [[https://github.com/keeps/db-preservation-toolkit Database Preservation Toolkit GitHub repository]] and [[https://github.com/miguelsc/db-preservation-toolkit Database Preservation Toolkit GitHub Forked repository]]. Lastest version is db-preservation-toolkit 1.0.0 (release at 2013-09-10).

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