.. _intro: Introduction ============ This part of the documentation covers all the interfaces of Tablib. Tablib is a format-agnostic tabular dataset library, written in Python. It allows you to Pythonically import, export, and manipulate tabular data sets. Advanced features include, segregation, dynamic columns, tags / filtering, and seamless format import/export. Philosphy --------- Tablib was developed with a few :pep:`20` idioms in mind. #. Beautiful is better than ugly. #. Explicit is better than implicit. #. Simple is better than complex. #. Complex is better than complicated. #. Readability counts. All contributions to Tablib should keep these important rules in mind. .. _apache: Apache License v2 ----------------- A large number of open source projects you find today are `GPL Licensed`_. While the GPL has its time and place, it should most certainly not be your go-to license for your next open source project. A project that is released as GPL cannot be used in any commercial product without the product itself also being offered as open source. The MIT, BSD, and ISC licenses are great alternatives to the GPL that allow your open-source software to be used in proprietary, closed-source software. Tablib is released under terms of `The Apache License v2`_. .. _`GPL Licensed`: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php .. _`The Apache License v2`: http://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0 .. _license: Tablib License -------------- Copyright 2011 Kenneth Reitz Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. .. _pythonsupport: Pythons Supported ----------------- At this time, the following Python platforms are officially supported: * cPython 2.5 * cPython 2.6 * cPython 2.7 * cPython 3.1 * cPython 3.2 * PyPy-c 1.4 * PyPy-c 1.5 Support for other Pythons will be rolled out soon. Now, go :ref:`Install Tablib `.