dbf is an easy-to-use command line tool to show and convert the content of dBASE III, IV, and 5.0 files. It reads dBASE databases and prints the content to the screen or converts it to comma-separated (*.csv) files which can be opened in Excel, Calc.
Framework for software component integration, interoperability and adoptability through a XML based vocabulary: Software Component Integration Mark-up Language (SCIML)