MDB Tools
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The MDB tools project is an open source
effort to create a set of software
libraries and utilities to manipulate files in the proprietary
JET
3 and 4 database
formats (used by Microsoft Access 97, 2000, 2002-2003). Version 0.7 release candidate 1 was released in september 2011 on github.
The MDB tools include Gnome MDB Viewer (gmdb2), a desktop tool for viewing MDB databases on Linux. For MacOS X there is a proprietary application named MDB Viewer that also provides a graphical front end to the MDB tools library.
There is a Java port of the MDB tools library named Jackcess. Jackcess adds write support, but drops support for Access 97. It seems to be under active development as of 2010.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
effort to create a set of software
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
libraries and utilities to manipulate files in the proprietary
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
JET
Microsoft Jet Database Engine
The Microsoft Jet Database Engine is a database engine on which several Microsoft products have been built. A database engine is the underlying component of a database, a collection of information stored on a computer in a systematic way...
3 and 4 database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
formats (used by Microsoft Access 97, 2000, 2002-2003). Version 0.7 release candidate 1 was released in september 2011 on github.
The MDB tools include Gnome MDB Viewer (gmdb2), a desktop tool for viewing MDB databases on Linux. For MacOS X there is a proprietary application named MDB Viewer that also provides a graphical front end to the MDB tools library.
There is a Java port of the MDB tools library named Jackcess. Jackcess adds write support, but drops support for Access 97. It seems to be under active development as of 2010.