[Zope-Annce] FSDumpTool 0.1 released

[Brent Hendricks]

Connexions is pleased to announce the initial release of FSDumpTool.

What is FSDumpTool?
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Inspired by Tres Seaver's FSDump, FSDumpTool is a CMF tool for exporting 
and importing content between the filesystem and the ZODB.

How does it differ from FSDump?
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- It's bidirectional: FSDumpTool supports both exporting *to* and 
importing *from* the filesystem.

- FSDumpTool is designed specifically for CMF content objects.  It 
allows you to configure "dump" parameters on a per content-type basis.

- Easily extensible through pluggable "Dumpers" to handle various 
metadata properties (currently supports DublinCore.  Help wanted writing 
Dumpers for workflow state, local roles, etc.)

Where to find it?
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FSDumpTool development is sponsored by the Connexions Project 
(http://cnx.rice.edu) and may be downloaded here:

http://software.cnx.rice.edu/downloads/zope/FSDumpTool/

CVS access is available through the collective on SourceForge:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/collective/FSDumpTool/

Feedback and contributions welcome
Brent Hendricks
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