Taxonomy import/export via XML

This module makes it possible to import and export vocabularies and taxonomy terms via XML, CSV, RDF and other formats.

Work is currently being done in the Drupal 6 branch to extend support for remote services - online vocabulary, glossary, thesaurus and taxonomy resources - so libraries of structured terms can be imported directly.
Examples include taxonomy structures of:

• Hierarchical Countries and states
• The Dewey Decimal system
• Library of Congress classification scheme
• IPTC press topic catalog
• Encyclopedia of Life organism database

A goal is to get the taxonomy import/export to a point where a Drupal site can become a taxonomy server of its own, providing realtime vocabulary sharing.

Background on recent motivations that have moved this forward a bit.

Documentation distributed with the module includes:

• Information on the formats readable by taxonomy_xml - CSV, XML, RDF, TCS
• About the samples distributed with the package
• Notes from my study of alternative taxonomy notation schemas - The theory of taxonomy and uses in the real world
• About using services (remote taxonomy servers) as a source for taxonomy import

About Releases 2009-05.
The DRUPAL-6--1-x recommended release is stable. Some libraries are refactored and moved around in the DRUPAL-6--2-DEV branch, so if upgrading to that, DELETE all old module files and replace with the new ones.

PHP4 is no longer supported in the dev branch. Old compatibility code is being removed. PHP4 just doesn't do XML very well.

Releases

Official releases	Date	Size	Links	Status
6.x-1.3	2009-Mar-03	188.21 KB	Download · Release notes	Recommended for 6.x
5.x-1.0	2008-Apr-11	10.88 KB	Download · Release notes	Supported for 5.x

Development snapshots	Date	Size	Links	Status
6.x-2.x-dev	2009-Nov-24	292 KB	Download · Release notes	Development snapshot
5.x-2.x-dev	2009-Jan-08	107.25 KB	Download · Release notes	Development snapshot