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ICT for Library <strong>and</strong> Information Professionals: A Training Package for Developing Countries<br />

Slide 16<br />

Conversion programs<br />

v Fangorn: converts data from online <strong>and</strong> CD Rom<br />

<strong>information</strong> systems such as dialog<br />

v DB3ISO: allows to export data bases in dBASEIII<br />

to ISO2709<br />

v ISODB3: allows to load records from an ISO2709<br />

file into a dBASEIII data base.<br />

v CCF: converts records in UNIMARC format to<br />

Unesco's Common Communication Format (CCF) <strong>and</strong><br />

vice-versa.<br />

v IsisAscii converts a wide range of Ascii file types.<br />

This allows to convert data from MS Access.<br />

UNESCO ICTLIP Module 4. Lesson 5<br />

Note<br />

These programs are distributed with the UNESCO CDS/ISIS CD.<br />

Fangorn, db3ISO, ISOdb3, <strong>and</strong> CCF are available in<br />

CDS-ISISâdos âutilities directory.<br />

IsisAscii is available in CDS-ISISâ windowsâ utilities directory.<br />

More conversion programs are available at<br />

http://www.agralin.nl/isis/software.html<br />

Tip<br />

If you have an online connection to the Internet you can connect<br />

to this site <strong>and</strong> show the students the other conversion programs.<br />

Module 4: <strong>Database</strong> Design, <strong>and</strong> Information Storage <strong>and</strong> Retrieval: Lesson 5 Page 116 of 132

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