
Itools is a Python package that encapsulates several Python tools
developed by the Itaapy company and other developers. The provided
tools are:

 * itools.uri -- an API to manage URIs, to identify and locate resources.

 * itools.types -- several type marshalers for basic types (integer, date,
   etc.) and not so basic types (filenames, XML qualified names, etc.)

 * itools.resources -- an abstraction layer over resources that let to
   manage them with a consistent API, independently of where they are stored.

 * itools.handlers -- resource handlers infrastructure (resource
   handlers are non persistent classes that add specific semantics to
   resources). This package also includes several handlers out of the
   box.                 

 * itools.gettext -- resource handlers for PO and MO files.

 * itools.xml -- XML infrastructure, includes resource handlers for XML
   and the Simple Template Language.
         
 * itools.xhtml -- resource handlers for XHTML documents.

 * itools.html -- resource handlers for HTML documents.

 * itools.i18n -- tools for language negotiation and text segmentation.

 * itools.workflow -- represent workflows as automatons, objects can move
   from one state to another through transitions, classes can add specific
   semantics to states and transitions.
                
 * itools.catalog -- An Index & Search engine.


Install
-------

Unpack the package and run "python setup.py install", be sure to have
the right permissions, maybe you will need to run the command as root.


Resources
---------

Home
http://www.ikaaro.org/itools

Mailing list
http://in-girum.net/mailman/listinfo/ikaaro

Bug Tracker
http://in-girum.net/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi


Author and license
------------------

Copyright 2002-2005  J. David Ibez <jdavid@itaapy.com>
          2002 Thilo Ernst <Thilo.Ernst@dlr.de>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA
