Add project release config and cleanup project setup. (#398)

* Add project release config and use Travis build stages.

Refs #378.

* Restructure project to use src/ and tests/ directories.

* Fix testing.

* Remove eggs.

* More fixes.

- isort and flake8 config
- manifest template update
- tox ini extension
- docs build fixes
- docs content fixes

* Docs and license cleanup.

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diff --git a/src/tablib/__init__.py b/src/tablib/__init__.py
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+""" Tablib. """
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+
+from tablib.core import (
+    Databook, Dataset, detect_format, import_set, import_book,
+    InvalidDatasetType, InvalidDimensions, UnsupportedFormat
+)
+
+try:
+    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
+except DistributionNotFound:
+    # package is not installed
+    __version__ = None
diff --git a/src/tablib/compat.py b/src/tablib/compat.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+tablib.compat
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Tablib compatiblity module.
+
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+is_py3 = (sys.version_info[0] > 2)
+
+
+if is_py3:
+    from io import StringIO
+    from statistics import median
+    from itertools import zip_longest as izip_longest
+    import csv
+    import tablib.packages.dbfpy3 as dbfpy
+
+    unicode = str
+    xrange = range
+
+else:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+    from tablib.packages.statistics import median
+    from itertools import izip_longest
+    from backports import csv
+    import tablib.packages.dbfpy as dbfpy
+
+    unicode = unicode
+    xrange = xrange
+
+from MarkupPy import markup  # Kept temporarily to avoid breaking existing imports
diff --git a/src/tablib/core.py b/src/tablib/core.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    tablib.core
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    This module implements the central Tablib objects.
+
+    :copyright: (c) 2016 by Kenneth Reitz. 2019 Jazzband.
+    :license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from copy import copy
+from operator import itemgetter
+
+from tablib import formats
+
+from tablib.compat import unicode
+
+
+__title__ = 'tablib'
+__author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
+__license__ = 'MIT'
+__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2017 Kenneth Reitz. 2019 Jazzband.'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
+
+
+class Row(object):
+    """Internal Row object. Mainly used for filtering."""
+
+    __slots__ = ['_row', 'tags']
+
+    def __init__(self, row=list(), tags=list()):
+        self._row = list(row)
+        self.tags = list(tags)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return (col for col in self._row)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self._row)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return repr(self._row)
+
+    def __getslice__(self, i, j):
+        return self._row[i:j]
+
+    def __getitem__(self, i):
+        return self._row[i]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, i, value):
+        self._row[i] = value
+
+    def __delitem__(self, i):
+        del self._row[i]
+
+    def __getstate__(self):
+
+        slots = dict()
+
+        for slot in self.__slots__:
+            attribute = getattr(self, slot)
+            slots[slot] = attribute
+
+        return slots
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        for (k, v) in list(state.items()): setattr(self, k, v)
+
+    def rpush(self, value):
+        self.insert(0, value)
+
+    def lpush(self, value):
+        self.insert(len(value), value)
+
+    def append(self, value):
+        self.rpush(value)
+
+    def insert(self, index, value):
+        self._row.insert(index, value)
+
+    def __contains__(self, item):
+        return (item in self._row)
+
+    @property
+    def tuple(self):
+        """Tuple representation of :class:`Row`."""
+        return tuple(self._row)
+
+    @property
+    def list(self):
+        """List representation of :class:`Row`."""
+        return list(self._row)
+
+    def has_tag(self, tag):
+        """Returns true if current row contains tag."""
+
+        if tag == None:
+            return False
+        elif isinstance(tag, str):
+            return (tag in self.tags)
+        else:
+            return bool(len(set(tag) & set(self.tags)))
+
+
+class Dataset(object):
+    """The :class:`Dataset` object is the heart of Tablib. It provides all core
+    functionality.
+
+    Usually you create a :class:`Dataset` instance in your main module, and append
+    rows as you collect data. ::
+
+        data = tablib.Dataset()
+        data.headers = ('name', 'age')
+
+        for (name, age) in some_collector():
+            data.append((name, age))
+
+
+    Setting columns is similar. The column data length must equal the
+    current height of the data and headers must be set ::
+
+        data = tablib.Dataset()
+        data.headers = ('first_name', 'last_name')
+
+        data.append(('John', 'Adams'))
+        data.append(('George', 'Washington'))
+
+        data.append_col((90, 67), header='age')
+
+
+    You can also set rows and headers upon instantiation. This is useful if
+    dealing with dozens or hundreds of :class:`Dataset` objects. ::
+
+        headers = ('first_name', 'last_name')
+        data = [('John', 'Adams'), ('George', 'Washington')]
+
+        data = tablib.Dataset(*data, headers=headers)
+
+    :param \\*args: (optional) list of rows to populate Dataset
+    :param headers: (optional) list strings for Dataset header row
+    :param title: (optional) string to use as title of the Dataset
+
+
+    .. admonition:: Format Attributes Definition
+
+     If you look at the code, the various output/import formats are not
+     defined within the :class:`Dataset` object. To add support for a new format, see
+     :ref:`Adding New Formats <newformats>`.
+
+    """
+
+    _formats = {}
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self._data = list(Row(arg) for arg in args)
+        self.__headers = None
+
+        # ('title', index) tuples
+        self._separators = []
+
+        # (column, callback) tuples
+        self._formatters = []
+
+        self.headers = kwargs.get('headers')
+
+        self.title = kwargs.get('title')
+
+        self._register_formats()
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return self.height
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        if isinstance(key, (str, unicode)):
+            if key in self.headers:
+                pos = self.headers.index(key) # get 'key' index from each data
+                return [row[pos] for row in self._data]
+            else:
+                raise KeyError
+        else:
+            _results = self._data[key]
+            if isinstance(_results, Row):
+                return _results.tuple
+            else:
+                return [result.tuple for result in _results]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        self._validate(value)
+        self._data[key] = Row(value)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        if isinstance(key, (str, unicode)):
+
+            if key in self.headers:
+
+                pos = self.headers.index(key)
+                del self.headers[pos]
+
+                for i, row in enumerate(self._data):
+
+                    del row[pos]
+                    self._data[i] = row
+            else:
+                raise KeyError
+        else:
+            del self._data[key]
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        try:
+            return '<%s dataset>' % (self.title.lower())
+        except AttributeError:
+            return '<dataset object>'
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        result = []
+
+        # Add unicode representation of headers.
+        if self.__headers:
+            result.append([unicode(h) for h in self.__headers])
+
+        # Add unicode representation of rows.
+        result.extend(list(map(unicode, row)) for row in self._data)
+
+        lens = [list(map(len, row)) for row in result]
+        field_lens = list(map(max, zip(*lens)))
+
+        # delimiter between header and data
+        if self.__headers:
+            result.insert(1, ['-' * length for length in field_lens])
+
+        format_string = '|'.join('{%s:%s}' % item for item in enumerate(field_lens))
+
+        return '\n'.join(format_string.format(*row) for row in result)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.__unicode__()
+
+    # ---------
+    # Internals
+    # ---------
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _register_formats(cls):
+        """Adds format properties."""
+        for fmt in formats.available:
+            try:
+                try:
+                    setattr(cls, fmt.title, property(fmt.export_set, fmt.import_set))
+                    setattr(cls, 'get_%s' % fmt.title, fmt.export_set)
+                    setattr(cls, 'set_%s' % fmt.title, fmt.import_set)
+                    cls._formats[fmt.title] = (fmt.export_set, fmt.import_set)
+                except AttributeError:
+                    setattr(cls, fmt.title, property(fmt.export_set))
+                    setattr(cls, 'get_%s' % fmt.title, fmt.export_set)
+                    cls._formats[fmt.title] = (fmt.export_set, None)
+
+            except AttributeError:
+                cls._formats[fmt.title] = (None, None)
+
+    def _validate(self, row=None, col=None, safety=False):
+        """Assures size of every row in dataset is of proper proportions."""
+        if row:
+            is_valid = (len(row) == self.width) if self.width else True
+        elif col:
+            if len(col) < 1:
+                is_valid = True
+            else:
+                is_valid = (len(col) == self.height) if self.height else True
+        else:
+            is_valid = all((len(x) == self.width for x in self._data))
+
+        if is_valid:
+            return True
+        else:
+            if not safety:
+                raise InvalidDimensions
+            return False
+
+    def _package(self, dicts=True, ordered=True):
+        """Packages Dataset into lists of dictionaries for transmission."""
+        # TODO: Dicts default to false?
+
+        _data = list(self._data)
+
+        if ordered:
+            dict_pack = OrderedDict
+        else:
+            dict_pack = dict
+
+        # Execute formatters
+        if self._formatters:
+            for row_i, row in enumerate(_data):
+                for col, callback in self._formatters:
+                    try:
+                        if col is None:
+                            for j, c in enumerate(row):
+                                _data[row_i][j] = callback(c)
+                        else:
+                            _data[row_i][col] = callback(row[col])
+                    except IndexError:
+                        raise InvalidDatasetIndex
+
+        if self.headers:
+            if dicts:
+                data = [dict_pack(list(zip(self.headers, data_row))) for data_row in _data]
+            else:
+                data = [list(self.headers)] + list(_data)
+        else:
+            data = [list(row) for row in _data]
+
+        return data
+
+    def _get_headers(self):
+        """An *optional* list of strings to be used for header rows and attribute names.
+
+        This must be set manually. The given list length must equal :class:`Dataset.width`.
+
+        """
+        return self.__headers
+
+    def _set_headers(self, collection):
+        """Validating headers setter."""
+        self._validate(collection)
+        if collection:
+            try:
+                self.__headers = list(collection)
+            except TypeError:
+                raise TypeError
+        else:
+            self.__headers = None
+
+    headers = property(_get_headers, _set_headers)
+
+    def _get_dict(self):
+        """A native Python representation of the :class:`Dataset` object. If headers have
+        been set, a list of Python dictionaries will be returned. If no headers have been set,
+        a list of tuples (rows) will be returned instead.
+
+        A dataset object can also be imported by setting the `Dataset.dict` attribute: ::
+
+            data = tablib.Dataset()
+            data.dict = [{'age': 90, 'first_name': 'Kenneth', 'last_name': 'Reitz'}]
+
+        """
+        return self._package()
+
+    def _set_dict(self, pickle):
+        """A native Python representation of the Dataset object. If headers have been
+        set, a list of Python dictionaries will be returned. If no headers have been
+        set, a list of tuples (rows) will be returned instead.
+
+        A dataset object can also be imported by setting the :class:`Dataset.dict` attribute. ::
+
+            data = tablib.Dataset()
+            data.dict = [{'age': 90, 'first_name': 'Kenneth', 'last_name': 'Reitz'}]
+
+        """
+
+        if not len(pickle):
+            return
+
+        # if list of rows
+        if isinstance(pickle[0], list):
+            self.wipe()
+            for row in pickle:
+                self.append(Row(row))
+
+        # if list of objects
+        elif isinstance(pickle[0], dict):
+            self.wipe()
+            self.headers = list(pickle[0].keys())
+            for row in pickle:
+                self.append(Row(list(row.values())))
+        else:
+            raise UnsupportedFormat
+
+    dict = property(_get_dict, _set_dict)
+
+    def _clean_col(self, col):
+        """Prepares the given column for insert/append."""
+
+        col = list(col)
+
+        if self.headers:
+            header = [col.pop(0)]
+        else:
+            header = []
+
+        if len(col) == 1 and hasattr(col[0], '__call__'):
+
+            col = list(map(col[0], self._data))
+        col = tuple(header + col)
+
+        return col
+
+    @property
+    def height(self):
+        """The number of rows currently in the :class:`Dataset`.
+           Cannot be directly modified.
+        """
+        return len(self._data)
+
+    @property
+    def width(self):
+        """The number of columns currently in the :class:`Dataset`.
+           Cannot be directly modified.
+        """
+
+        try:
+            return len(self._data[0])
+        except IndexError:
+            try:
+                return len(self.headers)
+            except TypeError:
+                return 0
+
+    def load(self, in_stream, format=None, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Import `in_stream` to the :class:`Dataset` object using the `format`.
+
+        :param \\*\\*kwargs: (optional) custom configuration to the format `import_set`.
+        """
+
+        if not format:
+            format = detect_format(in_stream)
+
+        export_set, import_set = self._formats.get(format, (None, None))
+        if not import_set:
+            raise UnsupportedFormat('Format {0} cannot be imported.'.format(format))
+
+        import_set(self, in_stream, **kwargs)
+        return self
+
+    def export(self, format, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Export :class:`Dataset` object to `format`.
+
+        :param \\*\\*kwargs: (optional) custom configuration to the format `export_set`.
+        """
+        export_set, import_set = self._formats.get(format, (None, None))
+        if not export_set:
+            raise UnsupportedFormat('Format {0} cannot be exported.'.format(format))
+
+        return export_set(self, **kwargs)
+
+    # -------
+    # Formats
+    # -------
+
+    @property
+    def xls():
+        """A Legacy Excel Spreadsheet representation of the :class:`Dataset` object, with :ref:`separators`. Cannot be set.
+
+        .. note::
+
+            XLS files are limited to a maximum of 65,000 rows. Use :class:`Dataset.xlsx` to avoid this limitation.
+
+         .. admonition:: Binary Warning
+
+             :class:`Dataset.xls` contains binary data, so make sure to write in binary mode::
+
+                with open('output.xls', 'wb') as f:
+                    f.write(data.xls)
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def xlsx():
+        """An Excel '07+ Spreadsheet representation of the :class:`Dataset` object, with :ref:`separators`. Cannot be set.
+
+         .. admonition:: Binary Warning
+
+             :class:`Dataset.xlsx` contains binary data, so make sure to write in binary mode::
+
+                with open('output.xlsx', 'wb') as f:
+                    f.write(data.xlsx)
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def ods():
+        """An OpenDocument Spreadsheet representation of the :class:`Dataset` object, with :ref:`separators`. Cannot be set.
+
+         .. admonition:: Binary Warning
+
+             :class:`Dataset.ods` contains binary data, so make sure to write in binary mode::
+
+                with open('output.ods', 'wb') as f:
+                    f.write(data.ods)
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def csv():
+        """A CSV representation of the :class:`Dataset` object. The top row will contain
+        headers, if they have been set. Otherwise, the top row will contain
+        the first row of the dataset.
+
+        A dataset object can also be imported by setting the :class:`Dataset.csv` attribute. ::
+
+            data = tablib.Dataset()
+            data.csv = 'age, first_name, last_name\\n90, John, Adams'
+
+        Import assumes (for now) that headers exist.
+
+        .. admonition:: Binary Warning for Python 2
+
+             :class:`Dataset.csv` uses \\r\\n line endings by default so, in Python 2, make
+             sure to write in binary mode::
+
+                 with open('output.csv', 'wb') as f:
+                     f.write(data.csv)
+
+             If you do not do this, and you export the file on Windows, your
+             CSV file will open in Excel with a blank line between each row.
+
+        .. admonition:: Line endings for Python 3
+
+             :class:`Dataset.csv` uses \\r\\n line endings by default so, in Python 3, make
+             sure to include newline='' otherwise you will get a blank line between each row
+             when you open the file in Excel::
+
+                 with open('output.csv', 'w', newline='') as f:
+                     f.write(data.csv)
+
+             If you do not do this, and you export the file on Windows, your
+             CSV file will open in Excel with a blank line between each row.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def tsv():
+        """A TSV representation of the :class:`Dataset` object. The top row will contain
+        headers, if they have been set. Otherwise, the top row will contain
+        the first row of the dataset.
+
+        A dataset object can also be imported by setting the :class:`Dataset.tsv` attribute. ::
+
+            data = tablib.Dataset()
+            data.tsv = 'age\tfirst_name\tlast_name\\n90\tJohn\tAdams'
+
+        Import assumes (for now) that headers exist.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def yaml():
+        """A YAML representation of the :class:`Dataset` object. If headers have been
+        set, a YAML list of objects will be returned. If no headers have
+        been set, a YAML list of lists (rows) will be returned instead.
+
+        A dataset object can also be imported by setting the :class:`Dataset.yaml` attribute: ::
+
+            data = tablib.Dataset()
+            data.yaml = '- {age: 90, first_name: John, last_name: Adams}'
+
+        Import assumes (for now) that headers exist.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def df():
+        """A DataFrame representation of the :class:`Dataset` object.
+
+        A dataset object can also be imported by setting the :class:`Dataset.df` attribute: ::
+
+            data = tablib.Dataset()
+            data.df = DataFrame(np.random.randn(6,4))
+
+        Import assumes (for now) that headers exist.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def json():
+        """A JSON representation of the :class:`Dataset` object. If headers have been
+        set, a JSON list of objects will be returned. If no headers have
+        been set, a JSON list of lists (rows) will be returned instead.
+
+        A dataset object can also be imported by setting the :class:`Dataset.json` attribute: ::
+
+            data = tablib.Dataset()
+            data.json = '[{"age": 90, "first_name": "John", "last_name": "Adams"}]'
+
+        Import assumes (for now) that headers exist.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def html():
+        """A HTML table representation of the :class:`Dataset` object. If
+        headers have been set, they will be used as table headers.
+
+        ..notice:: This method can be used for export only.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def dbf():
+        """A dBASE representation of the :class:`Dataset` object.
+
+        A dataset object can also be imported by setting the
+        :class:`Dataset.dbf` attribute. ::
+
+            # To import data from an existing DBF file:
+            data = tablib.Dataset()
+            data.dbf = open('existing_table.dbf', mode='rb').read()
+
+            # to import data from an ASCII-encoded bytestring:
+            data = tablib.Dataset()
+            data.dbf = '<bytestring of tabular data>'
+
+        .. admonition:: Binary Warning
+
+            :class:`Dataset.dbf` contains binary data, so make sure to write in binary mode::
+
+                with open('output.dbf', 'wb') as f:
+                    f.write(data.dbf)
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def latex():
+        """A LaTeX booktabs representation of the :class:`Dataset` object. If a
+        title has been set, it will be exported as the table caption.
+
+        .. note:: This method can be used for export only.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def jira():
+        """A Jira table representation of the :class:`Dataset` object.
+
+        .. note:: This method can be used for export only.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    # ----
+    # Rows
+    # ----
+
+    def insert(self, index, row, tags=list()):
+        """Inserts a row to the :class:`Dataset` at the given index.
+
+        Rows inserted must be the correct size (height or width).
+
+        The default behaviour is to insert the given row to the :class:`Dataset`
+        object at the given index.
+       """
+
+        self._validate(row)
+        self._data.insert(index, Row(row, tags=tags))
+
+    def rpush(self, row, tags=list()):
+        """Adds a row to the end of the :class:`Dataset`.
+        See :class:`Dataset.insert` for additional documentation.
+        """
+
+        self.insert(self.height, row=row, tags=tags)
+
+    def lpush(self, row, tags=list()):
+        """Adds a row to the top of the :class:`Dataset`.
+        See :class:`Dataset.insert` for additional documentation.
+        """
+
+        self.insert(0, row=row, tags=tags)
+
+    def append(self, row, tags=list()):
+        """Adds a row to the :class:`Dataset`.
+        See :class:`Dataset.insert` for additional documentation.
+        """
+
+        self.rpush(row, tags)
+
+    def extend(self, rows, tags=list()):
+        """Adds a list of rows to the :class:`Dataset` using
+        :class:`Dataset.append`
+        """
+
+        for row in rows:
+            self.append(row, tags)
+
+    def lpop(self):
+        """Removes and returns the first row of the :class:`Dataset`."""
+
+        cache = self[0]
+        del self[0]
+
+        return cache
+
+    def rpop(self):
+        """Removes and returns the last row of the :class:`Dataset`."""
+
+        cache = self[-1]
+        del self[-1]
+
+        return cache
+
+    def pop(self):
+        """Removes and returns the last row of the :class:`Dataset`."""
+
+        return self.rpop()
+
+    # -------
+    # Columns
+    # -------
+
+    def insert_col(self, index, col=None, header=None):
+        """Inserts a column to the :class:`Dataset` at the given index.
+
+        Columns inserted must be the correct height.
+
+        You can also insert a column of a single callable object, which will
+        add a new column with the return values of the callable each as an
+        item in the column. ::
+
+            data.append_col(col=random.randint)
+
+        If inserting a column, and :class:`Dataset.headers` is set, the
+        header attribute must be set, and will be considered the header for
+        that row.
+
+        See :ref:`dyncols` for an in-depth example.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 0.9.0
+           If inserting a column, and :class:`Dataset.headers` is set, the
+           header attribute must be set, and will be considered the header for
+           that row.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 0.9.0
+           If inserting a row, you can add :ref:`tags <tags>` to the row you are inserting.
+           This gives you the ability to :class:`filter <Dataset.filter>` your
+           :class:`Dataset` later.
+
+        """
+
+        if col is None:
+            col = []
+
+        # Callable Columns...
+        if hasattr(col, '__call__'):
+            col = list(map(col, self._data))
+
+        col = self._clean_col(col)
+        self._validate(col=col)
+
+        if self.headers:
+            # pop the first item off, add to headers
+            if not header:
+                raise HeadersNeeded()
+
+            # corner case - if header is set without data
+            elif header and self.height == 0 and len(col):
+                raise InvalidDimensions
+
+            self.headers.insert(index, header)
+
+        if self.height and self.width:
+
+            for i, row in enumerate(self._data):
+
+                row.insert(index, col[i])
+                self._data[i] = row
+        else:
+            self._data = [Row([row]) for row in col]
+
+    def rpush_col(self, col, header=None):
+        """Adds a column to the end of the :class:`Dataset`.
+        See :class:`Dataset.insert` for additional documentation.
+        """
+
+        self.insert_col(self.width, col, header=header)
+
+    def lpush_col(self, col, header=None):
+        """Adds a column to the top of the :class:`Dataset`.
+        See :class:`Dataset.insert` for additional documentation.
+        """
+
+        self.insert_col(0, col, header=header)
+
+    def insert_separator(self, index, text='-'):
+        """Adds a separator to :class:`Dataset` at given index."""
+
+        sep = (index, text)
+        self._separators.append(sep)
+
+    def append_separator(self, text='-'):
+        """Adds a :ref:`separator <separators>` to the :class:`Dataset`."""
+
+        # change offsets if headers are or aren't defined
+        if not self.headers:
+            index = self.height if self.height else 0
+        else:
+            index = (self.height + 1) if self.height else 1
+
+        self.insert_separator(index, text)
+
+    def append_col(self, col, header=None):
+        """Adds a column to the :class:`Dataset`.
+        See :class:`Dataset.insert_col` for additional documentation.
+        """
+
+        self.rpush_col(col, header)
+
+    def get_col(self, index):
+        """Returns the column from the :class:`Dataset` at the given index."""
+
+        return [row[index] for row in self._data]
+
+    # ----
+    # Misc
+    # ----
+
+    def add_formatter(self, col, handler):
+        """Adds a formatter to the :class:`Dataset`.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 0.9.5
+
+        :param col: column to. Accepts index int or header str.
+        :param handler: reference to callback function to execute against
+                        each cell value.
+        """
+
+        if isinstance(col, unicode):
+            if col in self.headers:
+                col = self.headers.index(col) # get 'key' index from each data
+            else:
+                raise KeyError
+
+        if not col > self.width:
+            self._formatters.append((col, handler))
+        else:
+            raise InvalidDatasetIndex
+
+        return True
+
+    def filter(self, tag):
+        """Returns a new instance of the :class:`Dataset`, excluding any rows
+        that do not contain the given :ref:`tags <tags>`.
+        """
+        _dset = copy(self)
+        _dset._data = [row for row in _dset._data if row.has_tag(tag)]
+
+        return _dset
+
+    def sort(self, col, reverse=False):
+        """Sort a :class:`Dataset` by a specific column, given string (for
+        header) or integer (for column index). The order can be reversed by
+        setting ``reverse`` to ``True``.
+
+        Returns a new :class:`Dataset` instance where columns have been
+        sorted.
+        """
+
+        if isinstance(col, (str, unicode)):
+
+            if not self.headers:
+                raise HeadersNeeded
+
+            _sorted = sorted(self.dict, key=itemgetter(col), reverse=reverse)
+            _dset = Dataset(headers=self.headers, title=self.title)
+
+            for item in _sorted:
+                row = [item[key] for key in self.headers]
+                _dset.append(row=row)
+
+        else:
+            if self.headers:
+                col = self.headers[col]
+
+            _sorted = sorted(self.dict, key=itemgetter(col), reverse=reverse)
+            _dset = Dataset(headers=self.headers, title=self.title)
+
+            for item in _sorted:
+                if self.headers:
+                    row = [item[key] for key in self.headers]
+                else:
+                    row = item
+                _dset.append(row=row)
+
+        return _dset
+
+    def transpose(self):
+        """Transpose a :class:`Dataset`, turning rows into columns and vice
+        versa, returning a new ``Dataset`` instance. The first row of the
+        original instance becomes the new header row."""
+
+        # Don't transpose if there is no data
+        if not self:
+            return
+
+        _dset = Dataset()
+        # The first element of the headers stays in the headers,
+        # it is our "hinge" on which we rotate the data
+        new_headers = [self.headers[0]] + self[self.headers[0]]
+
+        _dset.headers = new_headers
+        for index, column in enumerate(self.headers):
+
+            if column == self.headers[0]:
+                # It's in the headers, so skip it
+                continue
+
+            # Adding the column name as now they're a regular column
+            # Use `get_col(index)` in case there are repeated values
+            row_data = [column] + self.get_col(index)
+            row_data = Row(row_data)
+            _dset.append(row=row_data)
+        return _dset
+
+    def stack(self, other):
+        """Stack two :class:`Dataset` instances together by
+        joining at the row level, and return new combined
+        ``Dataset`` instance."""
+
+        if not isinstance(other, Dataset):
+            return
+
+        if self.width != other.width:
+            raise InvalidDimensions
+
+        # Copy the source data
+        _dset = copy(self)
+
+        rows_to_stack = [row for row in _dset._data]
+        other_rows = [row for row in other._data]
+
+        rows_to_stack.extend(other_rows)
+        _dset._data = rows_to_stack
+
+        return _dset
+
+    def stack_cols(self, other):
+        """Stack two :class:`Dataset` instances together by
+        joining at the column level, and return a new
+        combined ``Dataset`` instance. If either ``Dataset``
+        has headers set, than the other must as well."""
+
+        if not isinstance(other, Dataset):
+            return
+
+        if self.headers or other.headers:
+            if not self.headers or not other.headers:
+                raise HeadersNeeded
+
+        if self.height != other.height:
+            raise InvalidDimensions
+
+        try:
+            new_headers = self.headers + other.headers
+        except TypeError:
+            new_headers = None
+
+        _dset = Dataset()
+
+        for column in self.headers:
+            _dset.append_col(col=self[column])
+
+        for column in other.headers:
+            _dset.append_col(col=other[column])
+
+        _dset.headers = new_headers
+
+        return _dset
+
+    def remove_duplicates(self):
+        """Removes all duplicate rows from the :class:`Dataset` object
+        while maintaining the original order."""
+        seen = set()
+        self._data[:] = [row for row in self._data if not (tuple(row) in seen or seen.add(tuple(row)))]
+
+    def wipe(self):
+        """Removes all content and headers from the :class:`Dataset` object."""
+        self._data = list()
+        self.__headers = None
+
+    def subset(self, rows=None, cols=None):
+        """Returns a new instance of the :class:`Dataset`,
+        including only specified rows and columns.
+        """
+
+        # Don't return if no data
+        if not self:
+            return
+
+        if rows is None:
+            rows = list(range(self.height))
+
+        if cols is None:
+            cols = list(self.headers)
+
+        #filter out impossible rows and columns
+        rows = [row for row in rows if row in range(self.height)]
+        cols = [header for header in cols if header in self.headers]
+
+        _dset = Dataset()
+
+        #filtering rows and columns
+        _dset.headers = list(cols)
+
+        _dset._data = []
+        for row_no, row in enumerate(self._data):
+            data_row = []
+            for key in _dset.headers:
+                if key in self.headers:
+                    pos = self.headers.index(key)
+                    data_row.append(row[pos])
+                else:
+                    raise KeyError
+
+            if row_no in rows:
+                _dset.append(row=Row(data_row))
+
+        return _dset
+
+
+class Databook(object):
+    """A book of :class:`Dataset` objects.
+    """
+
+    _formats = {}
+
+    def __init__(self, sets=None):
+
+        if sets is None:
+            self._datasets = list()
+        else:
+            self._datasets = sets
+
+        self._register_formats()
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        try:
+            return '<%s databook>' % (self.title.lower())
+        except AttributeError:
+            return '<databook object>'
+
+    def wipe(self):
+        """Removes all :class:`Dataset` objects from the :class:`Databook`."""
+        self._datasets = []
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _register_formats(cls):
+        """Adds format properties."""
+        for fmt in formats.available:
+            try:
+                try:
+                    setattr(cls, fmt.title, property(fmt.export_book, fmt.import_book))
+                    cls._formats[fmt.title] = (fmt.export_book, fmt.import_book)
+                except AttributeError:
+                    setattr(cls, fmt.title, property(fmt.export_book))
+                    cls._formats[fmt.title] = (fmt.export_book, None)
+
+            except AttributeError:
+                cls._formats[fmt.title] = (None, None)
+
+    def sheets(self):
+        return self._datasets
+
+    def add_sheet(self, dataset):
+        """Adds given :class:`Dataset` to the :class:`Databook`."""
+        if isinstance(dataset, Dataset):
+            self._datasets.append(dataset)
+        else:
+            raise InvalidDatasetType
+
+    def _package(self, ordered=True):
+        """Packages :class:`Databook` for delivery."""
+        collector = []
+
+        if ordered:
+            dict_pack = OrderedDict
+        else:
+            dict_pack = dict
+
+        for dset in self._datasets:
+            collector.append(dict_pack(
+                title = dset.title,
+                data = dset._package(ordered=ordered)
+            ))
+        return collector
+
+    @property
+    def size(self):
+        """The number of the :class:`Dataset` objects within :class:`Databook`."""
+        return len(self._datasets)
+
+    def load(self, in_stream, format, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Import `in_stream` to the :class:`Databook` object using the `format`.
+
+        :param \\*\\*kwargs: (optional) custom configuration to the format `import_book`.
+        """
+
+        if not format:
+            format = detect_format(in_stream)
+
+        export_book, import_book = self._formats.get(format, (None, None))
+        if not import_book:
+            raise UnsupportedFormat('Format {0} cannot be loaded.'.format(format))
+
+        import_book(self, in_stream, **kwargs)
+        return self
+
+    def export(self, format, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Export :class:`Databook` object to `format`.
+
+        :param \\*\\*kwargs: (optional) custom configuration to the format `export_book`.
+        """
+        export_book, import_book = self._formats.get(format, (None, None))
+        if not export_book:
+            raise UnsupportedFormat('Format {0} cannot be exported.'.format(format))
+
+        return export_book(self, **kwargs)
+
+
+def detect_format(stream):
+    """Return format name of given stream."""
+    for fmt in formats.available:
+        try:
+            if fmt.detect(stream):
+                return fmt.title
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+
+def import_set(stream, format=None, **kwargs):
+    """Return dataset of given stream."""
+
+    return Dataset().load(stream, format, **kwargs)
+
+
+def import_book(stream, format=None, **kwargs):
+    """Return dataset of given stream."""
+
+    return Databook().load(stream, format, **kwargs)
+
+
+class InvalidDatasetType(Exception):
+    "Only Datasets can be added to a DataBook"
+
+
+class InvalidDimensions(Exception):
+    "Invalid size"
+
+
+class InvalidDatasetIndex(Exception):
+    "Outside of Dataset size"
+
+
+class HeadersNeeded(Exception):
+    "Header parameter must be given when appending a column in this Dataset."
+
+
+class UnsupportedFormat(NotImplementedError):
+    "Format is not supported"
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/__init__.py b/src/tablib/formats/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52cf472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - formats
+"""
+
+from . import _csv as csv
+from . import _json as json
+from . import _xls as xls
+from . import _yaml as yaml
+from . import _tsv as tsv
+from . import _html as html
+from . import _xlsx as xlsx
+from . import _ods as ods
+from . import _dbf as dbf
+from . import _latex as latex
+from . import _df as df
+from . import _rst as rst
+from . import _jira as jira
+
+# xlsx before as xls (xlrd) can also read xlsx
+available = (json, xlsx, xls, yaml, csv, dbf, tsv, html, jira, latex, ods, df, rst)
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_csv.py b/src/tablib/formats/_csv.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c03d6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_csv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - *SV Support.
+"""
+
+from tablib.compat import csv, StringIO, unicode
+
+
+title = 'csv'
+extensions = ('csv',)
+
+
+DEFAULT_DELIMITER = unicode(',')
+
+
+def export_stream_set(dataset, **kwargs):
+    """Returns CSV representation of Dataset as file-like."""
+    stream = StringIO()
+
+    kwargs.setdefault('delimiter', DEFAULT_DELIMITER)
+
+    _csv = csv.writer(stream, **kwargs)
+
+    for row in dataset._package(dicts=False):
+        _csv.writerow(row)
+
+    stream.seek(0)
+    return stream
+
+
+def export_set(dataset, **kwargs):
+    """Returns CSV representation of Dataset."""
+    stream = export_stream_set(dataset, **kwargs)
+    return stream.getvalue()
+
+
+def import_set(dset, in_stream, headers=True, **kwargs):
+    """Returns dataset from CSV stream."""
+
+    dset.wipe()
+
+    kwargs.setdefault('delimiter', DEFAULT_DELIMITER)
+
+    rows = csv.reader(StringIO(in_stream), **kwargs)
+    for i, row in enumerate(rows):
+
+        if (i == 0) and (headers):
+            dset.headers = row
+        elif row:
+            dset.append(row)
+
+
+def detect(stream, delimiter=DEFAULT_DELIMITER):
+    """Returns True if given stream is valid CSV."""
+    try:
+        csv.Sniffer().sniff(stream, delimiters=delimiter)
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        return False
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_dbf.py b/src/tablib/formats/_dbf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d1c87b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_dbf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - DBF Support.
+"""
+import tempfile
+import struct
+import os
+
+from tablib.compat import StringIO
+from tablib.compat import dbfpy
+from tablib.compat import is_py3
+
+if is_py3:
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy3 import dbf
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy3 import dbfnew
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy3 import record as dbfrecord
+    import io
+else:
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy import dbf
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy import dbfnew
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy import record as dbfrecord
+
+
+title = 'dbf'
+extensions = ('csv',)
+
+DEFAULT_ENCODING = 'utf-8'
+
+def export_set(dataset):
+    """Returns DBF representation of a Dataset"""
+    new_dbf = dbfnew.dbf_new()
+    temp_file, temp_uri = tempfile.mkstemp()
+
+    # create the appropriate fields based on the contents of the first row
+    first_row = dataset[0]
+    for fieldname, field_value in zip(dataset.headers, first_row):
+        if type(field_value) in [int, float]:
+            new_dbf.add_field(fieldname, 'N', 10, 8)
+        else:
+            new_dbf.add_field(fieldname, 'C', 80)
+
+    new_dbf.write(temp_uri)
+
+    dbf_file = dbf.Dbf(temp_uri, readOnly=0)
+    for row in dataset:
+        record = dbfrecord.DbfRecord(dbf_file)
+        for fieldname, field_value in zip(dataset.headers, row):
+            record[fieldname] = field_value
+        record.store()
+
+    dbf_file.close()
+    dbf_stream = open(temp_uri, 'rb')
+    if is_py3:
+        stream = io.BytesIO(dbf_stream.read())
+    else:
+        stream = StringIO(dbf_stream.read())
+    dbf_stream.close()
+    os.close(temp_file)
+    os.remove(temp_uri)
+    return stream.getvalue()
+
+def import_set(dset, in_stream, headers=True):
+    """Returns a dataset from a DBF stream."""
+
+    dset.wipe()
+    if is_py3:
+        _dbf = dbf.Dbf(io.BytesIO(in_stream))
+    else:
+        _dbf = dbf.Dbf(StringIO(in_stream))
+    dset.headers = _dbf.fieldNames
+    for record in range(_dbf.recordCount):
+        row = [_dbf[record][f] for f in _dbf.fieldNames]
+        dset.append(row)
+
+def detect(stream):
+    """Returns True if the given stream is valid DBF"""
+    #_dbf = dbf.Table(StringIO(stream))
+    try:
+        if is_py3:
+            if type(stream) is not bytes:
+                stream = bytes(stream, 'utf-8')
+            _dbf = dbf.Dbf(io.BytesIO(stream), readOnly=True)
+        else:
+            _dbf = dbf.Dbf(StringIO(stream), readOnly=True)
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        return False
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_df.py b/src/tablib/formats/_df.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c7ebec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_df.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+""" Tablib - DataFrame Support.
+"""
+
+import sys
+from io import BytesIO
+
+try:
+    from pandas import DataFrame
+except ImportError:
+    DataFrame = None
+
+import tablib
+
+from tablib.compat import unicode
+
+title = 'df'
+extensions = ('df', )
+
+def detect(stream):
+    """Returns True if given stream is a DataFrame."""
+    if DataFrame is None:
+        return False
+    try:
+        DataFrame(stream)
+        return True
+    except ValueError:
+        return False
+
+
+def export_set(dset, index=None):
+    """Returns DataFrame representation of DataBook."""
+    if DataFrame is None:
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            'DataFrame Format requires `pandas` to be installed.'
+            ' Try `pip install tablib[pandas]`.')
+    dataframe = DataFrame(dset.dict, columns=dset.headers)
+    return dataframe
+
+
+def import_set(dset, in_stream):
+    """Returns dataset from DataFrame."""
+    dset.wipe()
+    dset.dict = in_stream.to_dict(orient='records')
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_html.py b/src/tablib/formats/_html.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac72bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_html.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - HTML export support.
+"""
+
+import codecs
+import sys
+from io import BytesIO
+
+from MarkupPy import markup
+import tablib
+from tablib.compat import unicode
+
+BOOK_ENDINGS = 'h3'
+
+title = 'html'
+extensions = ('html', )
+
+
+def export_set(dataset):
+    """HTML representation of a Dataset."""
+
+    stream = BytesIO()
+
+    page = markup.page()
+    page.table.open()
+
+    if dataset.headers is not None:
+        new_header = [item if item is not None else '' for item in dataset.headers]
+
+        page.thead.open()
+        headers = markup.oneliner.th(new_header)
+        page.tr(headers)
+        page.thead.close()
+
+    for row in dataset:
+        new_row = [item if item is not None else '' for item in row]
+
+        html_row = markup.oneliner.td(new_row)
+        page.tr(html_row)
+
+    page.table.close()
+
+    # Allow unicode characters in output
+    wrapper = codecs.getwriter("utf8")(stream)
+    wrapper.writelines(unicode(page))
+
+    return stream.getvalue().decode('utf-8')
+
+
+def export_book(databook):
+    """HTML representation of a Databook."""
+
+    stream = BytesIO()
+
+    # Allow unicode characters in output
+    wrapper = codecs.getwriter("utf8")(stream)
+
+    for i, dset in enumerate(databook._datasets):
+        title = (dset.title if dset.title else 'Set %s' % (i))
+        wrapper.write('<%s>%s</%s>\n' % (BOOK_ENDINGS, title, BOOK_ENDINGS))
+        wrapper.write(dset.html)
+        wrapper.write('\n')
+
+    return stream.getvalue().decode('utf-8')
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_jira.py b/src/tablib/formats/_jira.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55fce52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_jira.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""Tablib - Jira table export support.
+
+   Generates a Jira table from the dataset.
+"""
+from tablib.compat import unicode
+
+title = 'jira'
+
+
+def export_set(dataset):
+    """Formats the dataset according to the Jira table syntax:
+
+    ||heading 1||heading 2||heading 3||
+    |col A1|col A2|col A3|
+    |col B1|col B2|col B3|
+
+    :param dataset: dataset to serialize
+    :type dataset: tablib.core.Dataset
+    """
+
+    header = _get_header(dataset.headers) if dataset.headers else ''
+    body = _get_body(dataset)
+    return '%s\n%s' % (header, body) if header else body
+
+
+def _get_body(dataset):
+    return '\n'.join([_serialize_row(row) for row in dataset])
+
+
+def _get_header(headers):
+    return _serialize_row(headers, delimiter='||')
+
+
+def _serialize_row(row, delimiter='|'):
+    return '%s%s%s' % (delimiter,
+                       delimiter.join([unicode(item) if item else ' ' for item in row]),
+                       delimiter)
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_json.py b/src/tablib/formats/_json.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..009fb3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_json.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - JSON Support
+"""
+import decimal
+import json
+from uuid import UUID
+
+import tablib
+
+
+title = 'json'
+extensions = ('json', 'jsn')
+
+
+def serialize_objects_handler(obj):
+    if isinstance(obj, (decimal.Decimal, UUID)):
+        return str(obj)
+    elif hasattr(obj, 'isoformat'):
+        return obj.isoformat()
+    else:
+        return obj
+
+
+def export_set(dataset):
+    """Returns JSON representation of Dataset."""
+    return json.dumps(dataset.dict, default=serialize_objects_handler)
+
+
+def export_book(databook):
+    """Returns JSON representation of Databook."""
+    return json.dumps(databook._package(), default=serialize_objects_handler)
+
+
+def import_set(dset, in_stream):
+    """Returns dataset from JSON stream."""
+
+    dset.wipe()
+    dset.dict = json.loads(in_stream)
+
+
+def import_book(dbook, in_stream):
+    """Returns databook from JSON stream."""
+
+    dbook.wipe()
+    for sheet in json.loads(in_stream):
+        data = tablib.Dataset()
+        data.title = sheet['title']
+        data.dict = sheet['data']
+        dbook.add_sheet(data)
+
+
+def detect(stream):
+    """Returns True if given stream is valid JSON."""
+    try:
+        json.loads(stream)
+        return True
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return False
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_latex.py b/src/tablib/formats/_latex.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44ee101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_latex.py
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""Tablib - LaTeX table export support.
+
+   Generates a LaTeX booktabs-style table from the dataset.
+"""
+import re
+
+from tablib.compat import unicode
+
+title = 'latex'
+extensions = ('tex',)
+
+TABLE_TEMPLATE = """\
+%% Note: add \\usepackage{booktabs} to your preamble
+%%
+\\begin{table}[!htbp]
+  \\centering
+  %(CAPTION)s
+  \\begin{tabular}{%(COLSPEC)s}
+    \\toprule
+%(HEADER)s
+    %(MIDRULE)s
+%(BODY)s
+    \\bottomrule
+  \\end{tabular}
+\\end{table}
+"""
+
+TEX_RESERVED_SYMBOLS_MAP = dict([
+    ('\\', '\\textbackslash{}'),
+    ('{', '\\{'),
+    ('}', '\\}'),
+    ('$', '\\$'),
+    ('&', '\\&'),
+    ('#', '\\#'),
+    ('^', '\\textasciicircum{}'),
+    ('_', '\\_'),
+    ('~', '\\textasciitilde{}'),
+    ('%', '\\%'),
+])
+
+TEX_RESERVED_SYMBOLS_RE = re.compile(
+    '(%s)' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, TEX_RESERVED_SYMBOLS_MAP.keys())))
+
+
+def export_set(dataset):
+    """Returns LaTeX representation of dataset
+
+    :param dataset: dataset to serialize
+    :type dataset: tablib.core.Dataset
+    """
+
+    caption = '\\caption{%s}' % dataset.title if dataset.title else '%'
+    colspec = _colspec(dataset.width)
+    header = _serialize_row(dataset.headers) if dataset.headers else ''
+    midrule = _midrule(dataset.width)
+    body = '\n'.join([_serialize_row(row) for row in dataset])
+    return TABLE_TEMPLATE % dict(CAPTION=caption, COLSPEC=colspec,
+                                 HEADER=header, MIDRULE=midrule, BODY=body)
+
+
+def _colspec(dataset_width):
+    """Generates the column specification for the LaTeX `tabular` environment
+    based on the dataset width.
+
+    The first column is justified to the left, all further columns are aligned
+    to the right.
+
+    .. note:: This is only a heuristic and most probably has to be fine-tuned
+    post export. Column alignment should depend on the data type, e.g., textual
+    content should usually be aligned to the left while numeric content almost
+    always should be aligned to the right.
+
+    :param dataset_width: width of the dataset
+    """
+
+    spec = 'l'
+    for _ in range(1, dataset_width):
+        spec += 'r'
+    return spec
+
+
+def _midrule(dataset_width):
+    """Generates the table `midrule`, which may be composed of several
+    `cmidrules`.
+
+    :param dataset_width: width of the dataset to serialize
+    """
+
+    if not dataset_width or dataset_width == 1:
+        return '\\midrule'
+    return ' '.join([_cmidrule(colindex, dataset_width) for colindex in
+                     range(1, dataset_width + 1)])
+
+
+def _cmidrule(colindex, dataset_width):
+    """Generates the `cmidrule` for a single column with appropriate trimming
+    based on the column position.
+
+    :param colindex: Column index
+    :param dataset_width: width of the dataset
+    """
+
+    rule = '\\cmidrule(%s){%d-%d}'
+    if colindex == 1:
+        # Rule of first column is trimmed on the right
+        return rule % ('r', colindex, colindex)
+    if colindex == dataset_width:
+        # Rule of last column is trimmed on the left
+        return rule % ('l', colindex, colindex)
+    # Inner columns are trimmed on the left and right
+    return rule % ('lr', colindex, colindex)
+
+
+def _serialize_row(row):
+    """Returns string representation of a single row.
+
+    :param row: single dataset row
+    """
+
+    new_row = [_escape_tex_reserved_symbols(unicode(item)) if item else '' for
+               item in row]
+    return 6 * ' ' + ' & '.join(new_row) + ' \\\\'
+
+
+def _escape_tex_reserved_symbols(input):
+    """Escapes all TeX reserved symbols ('_', '~', etc.) in a string.
+
+    :param input: String to escape
+    """
+    def replace(match):
+        return TEX_RESERVED_SYMBOLS_MAP[match.group()]
+    return TEX_RESERVED_SYMBOLS_RE.sub(replace, input)
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_ods.py b/src/tablib/formats/_ods.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbf57c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_ods.py
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - ODF Support.
+"""
+
+from io import BytesIO
+from odf import opendocument, style, table, text
+from tablib.compat import unicode
+
+title = 'ods'
+extensions = ('ods',)
+
+bold = style.Style(name="bold", family="paragraph")
+bold.addElement(style.TextProperties(fontweight="bold", fontweightasian="bold", fontweightcomplex="bold"))
+
+def export_set(dataset):
+    """Returns ODF representation of Dataset."""
+
+    wb = opendocument.OpenDocumentSpreadsheet()
+    wb.automaticstyles.addElement(bold)
+
+    ws = table.Table(name=dataset.title if dataset.title else 'Tablib Dataset')
+    wb.spreadsheet.addElement(ws)
+    dset_sheet(dataset, ws)
+
+    stream = BytesIO()
+    wb.save(stream)
+    return stream.getvalue()
+
+
+def export_book(databook):
+    """Returns ODF representation of DataBook."""
+
+    wb = opendocument.OpenDocumentSpreadsheet()
+    wb.automaticstyles.addElement(bold)
+
+    for i, dset in enumerate(databook._datasets):
+        ws = table.Table(name=dset.title if dset.title else 'Sheet%s' % (i))
+        wb.spreadsheet.addElement(ws)
+        dset_sheet(dset, ws)
+
+    stream = BytesIO()
+    wb.save(stream)
+    return stream.getvalue()
+
+
+def dset_sheet(dataset, ws):
+    """Completes given worksheet from given Dataset."""
+    _package = dataset._package(dicts=False)
+
+    for i, sep in enumerate(dataset._separators):
+        _offset = i
+        _package.insert((sep[0] + _offset), (sep[1],))
+
+    for i, row in enumerate(_package):
+        row_number = i + 1
+        odf_row = table.TableRow(stylename=bold, defaultcellstylename='bold')
+        for j, col in enumerate(row):
+            try:
+                col = unicode(col, errors='ignore')
+            except TypeError:
+                ## col is already unicode
+                pass
+            ws.addElement(table.TableColumn())
+
+            # bold headers
+            if (row_number == 1) and dataset.headers:
+                odf_row.setAttribute('stylename', bold)
+                ws.addElement(odf_row)
+                cell = table.TableCell()
+                p = text.P()
+                p.addElement(text.Span(text=col, stylename=bold))
+                cell.addElement(p)
+                odf_row.addElement(cell)
+
+            # wrap the rest
+            else:
+                try:
+                    if '\n' in col:
+                        ws.addElement(odf_row)
+                        cell = table.TableCell()
+                        cell.addElement(text.P(text=col))
+                        odf_row.addElement(cell)
+                    else:
+                        ws.addElement(odf_row)
+                        cell = table.TableCell()
+                        cell.addElement(text.P(text=col))
+                        odf_row.addElement(cell)
+                except TypeError:
+                    ws.addElement(odf_row)
+                    cell = table.TableCell()
+                    cell.addElement(text.P(text=col))
+                    odf_row.addElement(cell)
+
+
+def detect(stream):
+    if isinstance(stream, bytes):
+        # load expects a file-like object.
+        stream = BytesIO(stream)
+    try:
+        opendocument.load(stream)
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        return False
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_rst.py b/src/tablib/formats/_rst.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b53ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_rst.py
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - reStructuredText Support
+"""
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from textwrap import TextWrapper
+
+from tablib.compat import (
+    median,
+    unicode,
+    izip_longest,
+)
+
+
+title = 'rst'
+extensions = ('rst',)
+
+
+MAX_TABLE_WIDTH = 80  # Roughly. It may be wider to avoid breaking words.
+
+
+JUSTIFY_LEFT = 'left'
+JUSTIFY_CENTER = 'center'
+JUSTIFY_RIGHT = 'right'
+JUSTIFY_VALUES = (JUSTIFY_LEFT, JUSTIFY_CENTER, JUSTIFY_RIGHT)
+
+
+def to_unicode(value):
+    if isinstance(value, bytes):
+        return value.decode('utf-8')
+    return unicode(value)
+
+
+def _max_word_len(text):
+    """
+    Return the length of the longest word in `text`.
+
+
+    >>> _max_word_len('Python Module for Tabular Datasets')
+    8
+
+    """
+    return max((len(word) for word in text.split()))
+
+
+def _get_column_string_lengths(dataset):
+    """
+    Returns a list of string lengths of each column, and a list of
+    maximum word lengths.
+    """
+    if dataset.headers:
+        column_lengths = [[len(h)] for h in dataset.headers]
+        word_lens = [_max_word_len(h) for h in dataset.headers]
+    else:
+        column_lengths = [[] for _ in range(dataset.width)]
+        word_lens = [0 for _ in range(dataset.width)]
+    for row in dataset.dict:
+        values = iter(row.values() if hasattr(row, 'values') else row)
+        for i, val in enumerate(values):
+            text = to_unicode(val)
+            column_lengths[i].append(len(text))
+            word_lens[i] = max(word_lens[i], _max_word_len(text))
+    return column_lengths, word_lens
+
+
+def _row_to_lines(values, widths, wrapper, sep='|', justify=JUSTIFY_LEFT):
+    """
+    Returns a table row of wrapped values as a list of lines
+    """
+    if justify not in JUSTIFY_VALUES:
+        raise ValueError('Value of "justify" must be one of "{}"'.format(
+            '", "'.join(JUSTIFY_VALUES)
+        ))
+    if justify == JUSTIFY_LEFT:
+        just = lambda text, width: text.ljust(width)
+    elif justify == JUSTIFY_CENTER:
+        just = lambda text, width: text.center(width)
+    else:
+        just = lambda text, width: text.rjust(width)
+    lpad = sep + ' ' if sep else ''
+    rpad = ' ' + sep if sep else ''
+    pad = ' ' + sep + ' '
+    cells = []
+    for value, width in zip(values, widths):
+        wrapper.width = width
+        text = to_unicode(value)
+        cell = wrapper.wrap(text)
+        cells.append(cell)
+    lines = izip_longest(*cells, fillvalue='')
+    lines = (
+        (just(cell_line, widths[i]) for i, cell_line in enumerate(line))
+        for line in lines
+    )
+    lines = [''.join((lpad, pad.join(line), rpad)) for line in lines]
+    return lines
+
+
+def _get_column_widths(dataset, max_table_width=MAX_TABLE_WIDTH, pad_len=3):
+    """
+    Returns a list of column widths proportional to the median length
+    of the text in their cells.
+    """
+    str_lens, word_lens = _get_column_string_lengths(dataset)
+    median_lens = [int(median(lens)) for lens in str_lens]
+    total = sum(median_lens)
+    if total > max_table_width - (pad_len * len(median_lens)):
+        column_widths = (max_table_width * l // total for l in median_lens)
+    else:
+        column_widths = (l for l in median_lens)
+    # Allow for separator and padding:
+    column_widths = (w - pad_len if w > pad_len else w for w in column_widths)
+    # Rather widen table than break words:
+    column_widths = [max(w, l) for w, l in zip(column_widths, word_lens)]
+    return column_widths
+
+
+def export_set_as_simple_table(dataset, column_widths=None):
+    """
+    Returns reStructuredText grid table representation of dataset.
+    """
+    lines = []
+    wrapper = TextWrapper()
+    if column_widths is None:
+        column_widths = _get_column_widths(dataset, pad_len=2)
+    border = '  '.join(['=' * w for w in column_widths])
+
+    lines.append(border)
+    if dataset.headers:
+        lines.extend(_row_to_lines(
+            dataset.headers,
+            column_widths,
+            wrapper,
+            sep='',
+            justify=JUSTIFY_CENTER,
+        ))
+        lines.append(border)
+    for row in dataset.dict:
+        values = iter(row.values() if hasattr(row, 'values') else row)
+        lines.extend(_row_to_lines(values, column_widths, wrapper, ''))
+    lines.append(border)
+    return '\n'.join(lines)
+
+
+def export_set_as_grid_table(dataset, column_widths=None):
+    """
+    Returns reStructuredText grid table representation of dataset.
+
+
+    >>> from tablib import Dataset
+    >>> from tablib.formats import rst
+    >>> bits = ((0, 0), (1, 0), (0, 1), (1, 1))
+    >>> data = Dataset()
+    >>> data.headers = ['A', 'B', 'A and B']
+    >>> for a, b in bits:
+    ...     data.append([bool(a), bool(b), bool(a * b)])
+    >>> print(rst.export_set(data, force_grid=True))
+    +-------+-------+-------+
+    |   A   |   B   | A and |
+    |       |       |   B   |
+    +=======+=======+=======+
+    | False | False | False |
+    +-------+-------+-------+
+    | True  | False | False |
+    +-------+-------+-------+
+    | False | True  | False |
+    +-------+-------+-------+
+    | True  | True  | True  |
+    +-------+-------+-------+
+
+    """
+    lines = []
+    wrapper = TextWrapper()
+    if column_widths is None:
+        column_widths = _get_column_widths(dataset)
+    header_sep = '+=' + '=+='.join(['=' * w for w in column_widths]) + '=+'
+    row_sep = '+-' + '-+-'.join(['-' * w for w in column_widths]) + '-+'
+
+    lines.append(row_sep)
+    if dataset.headers:
+        lines.extend(_row_to_lines(
+            dataset.headers,
+            column_widths,
+            wrapper,
+            justify=JUSTIFY_CENTER,
+        ))
+        lines.append(header_sep)
+    for row in dataset.dict:
+        values = iter(row.values() if hasattr(row, 'values') else row)
+        lines.extend(_row_to_lines(values, column_widths, wrapper))
+        lines.append(row_sep)
+    return '\n'.join(lines)
+
+
+def _use_simple_table(head0, col0, width0):
+    """
+    Use a simple table if the text in the first column is never wrapped
+
+
+    >>> _use_simple_table('menu', ['egg', 'bacon'], 10)
+    True
+    >>> _use_simple_table(None, ['lobster thermidor', 'spam'], 10)
+    False
+
+    """
+    if head0 is not None:
+        head0 = to_unicode(head0)
+        if len(head0) > width0:
+            return False
+    for cell in col0:
+        cell = to_unicode(cell)
+        if len(cell) > width0:
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+def export_set(dataset, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Returns reStructuredText table representation of dataset.
+
+    Returns a simple table if the text in the first column is never
+    wrapped, otherwise returns a grid table.
+
+
+    >>> from tablib import Dataset
+    >>> bits = ((0, 0), (1, 0), (0, 1), (1, 1))
+    >>> data = Dataset()
+    >>> data.headers = ['A', 'B', 'A and B']
+    >>> for a, b in bits:
+    ...     data.append([bool(a), bool(b), bool(a * b)])
+    >>> table = data.rst
+    >>> table.split('\\n') == [
+    ...     '=====  =====  =====',
+    ...     '  A      B    A and',
+    ...     '                B  ',
+    ...     '=====  =====  =====',
+    ...     'False  False  False',
+    ...     'True   False  False',
+    ...     'False  True   False',
+    ...     'True   True   True ',
+    ...     '=====  =====  =====',
+    ... ]
+    True
+
+    """
+    if not dataset.dict:
+        return ''
+    force_grid = kwargs.get('force_grid', False)
+    max_table_width = kwargs.get('max_table_width', MAX_TABLE_WIDTH)
+    column_widths = _get_column_widths(dataset, max_table_width)
+
+    use_simple_table = _use_simple_table(
+        dataset.headers[0] if dataset.headers else None,
+        dataset.get_col(0),
+        column_widths[0],
+    )
+    if use_simple_table and not force_grid:
+        return export_set_as_simple_table(dataset, column_widths)
+    else:
+        return export_set_as_grid_table(dataset, column_widths)
+
+
+def export_book(databook):
+    """
+    reStructuredText representation of a Databook.
+
+    Tables are separated by a blank line. All tables use the grid
+    format.
+    """
+    return '\n\n'.join(export_set(dataset, force_grid=True)
+                       for dataset in databook._datasets)
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_tsv.py b/src/tablib/formats/_tsv.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c6d6a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_tsv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - TSV (Tab Separated Values) Support.
+"""
+
+from tablib.compat import unicode
+from tablib.formats._csv import (
+    export_set as export_set_wrapper,
+    import_set as import_set_wrapper,
+    detect as detect_wrapper,
+)
+
+title = 'tsv'
+extensions = ('tsv',)
+
+DELIMITER = unicode('\t')
+
+def export_set(dataset):
+    """Returns TSV representation of Dataset."""
+    return export_set_wrapper(dataset, delimiter=DELIMITER)
+
+
+def import_set(dset, in_stream, headers=True):
+    """Returns dataset from TSV stream."""
+    return import_set_wrapper(dset, in_stream, headers=headers, delimiter=DELIMITER)
+
+
+def detect(stream):
+    """Returns True if given stream is valid TSV."""
+    return detect_wrapper(stream, delimiter=DELIMITER)
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_xls.py b/src/tablib/formats/_xls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88e8636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_xls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - XLS Support.
+"""
+
+import sys
+from io import BytesIO
+
+from tablib.compat import xrange
+import tablib
+import xlrd
+import xlwt
+from xlrd.biffh import XLRDError
+
+title = 'xls'
+extensions = ('xls',)
+
+# special styles
+wrap = xlwt.easyxf("alignment: wrap on")
+bold = xlwt.easyxf("font: bold on")
+
+
+def detect(stream):
+    """Returns True if given stream is a readable excel file."""
+    try:
+        xlrd.open_workbook(file_contents=stream)
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    try:
+        xlrd.open_workbook(file_contents=stream.read())
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    try:
+        xlrd.open_workbook(filename=stream)
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+
+def export_set(dataset):
+    """Returns XLS representation of Dataset."""
+
+    wb = xlwt.Workbook(encoding='utf8')
+    ws = wb.add_sheet(dataset.title if dataset.title else 'Tablib Dataset')
+
+    dset_sheet(dataset, ws)
+
+    stream = BytesIO()
+    wb.save(stream)
+    return stream.getvalue()
+
+
+def export_book(databook):
+    """Returns XLS representation of DataBook."""
+
+    wb = xlwt.Workbook(encoding='utf8')
+
+    for i, dset in enumerate(databook._datasets):
+        ws = wb.add_sheet(dset.title if dset.title else 'Sheet%s' % (i))
+
+        dset_sheet(dset, ws)
+
+    stream = BytesIO()
+    wb.save(stream)
+    return stream.getvalue()
+
+
+def import_set(dset, in_stream, headers=True):
+    """Returns databook from XLS stream."""
+
+    dset.wipe()
+
+    xls_book = xlrd.open_workbook(file_contents=in_stream)
+    sheet = xls_book.sheet_by_index(0)
+
+    dset.title = sheet.name
+
+    for i in xrange(sheet.nrows):
+        if (i == 0) and (headers):
+            dset.headers = sheet.row_values(0)
+        else:
+            dset.append(sheet.row_values(i))
+
+def import_book(dbook, in_stream, headers=True):
+    """Returns databook from XLS stream."""
+
+    dbook.wipe()
+
+    xls_book = xlrd.open_workbook(file_contents=in_stream)
+
+    for sheet in xls_book.sheets():
+        data = tablib.Dataset()
+        data.title = sheet.name
+
+        for i in xrange(sheet.nrows):
+            if (i == 0) and (headers):
+                data.headers = sheet.row_values(0)
+            else:
+                data.append(sheet.row_values(i))
+
+        dbook.add_sheet(data)
+
+
+def dset_sheet(dataset, ws):
+    """Completes given worksheet from given Dataset."""
+    _package = dataset._package(dicts=False)
+
+    for i, sep in enumerate(dataset._separators):
+        _offset = i
+        _package.insert((sep[0] + _offset), (sep[1],))
+
+    for i, row in enumerate(_package):
+        for j, col in enumerate(row):
+
+            # bold headers
+            if (i == 0) and dataset.headers:
+                ws.write(i, j, col, bold)
+
+                # frozen header row
+                ws.panes_frozen = True
+                ws.horz_split_pos = 1
+
+            # bold separators
+            elif len(row) < dataset.width:
+                ws.write(i, j, col, bold)
+
+            # wrap the rest
+            else:
+                try:
+                    if '\n' in col:
+                        ws.write(i, j, col, wrap)
+                    else:
+                        ws.write(i, j, col)
+                except TypeError:
+                    ws.write(i, j, col)
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_xlsx.py b/src/tablib/formats/_xlsx.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8f21c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_xlsx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - XLSX Support.
+"""
+
+import sys
+from io import BytesIO
+
+import openpyxl
+import tablib
+
+Workbook = openpyxl.workbook.Workbook
+ExcelWriter = openpyxl.writer.excel.ExcelWriter
+get_column_letter = openpyxl.utils.get_column_letter
+
+from tablib.compat import unicode
+
+
+title = 'xlsx'
+extensions = ('xlsx',)
+
+
+def detect(stream):
+    """Returns True if given stream is a readable excel file."""
+    if isinstance(stream, bytes):
+        # load_workbook expects a file-like object.
+        stream = BytesIO(stream)
+    try:
+        openpyxl.reader.excel.load_workbook(stream, read_only=True)
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+def export_set(dataset, freeze_panes=True):
+    """Returns XLSX representation of Dataset."""
+
+    wb = Workbook()
+    ws = wb.worksheets[0]
+    ws.title = dataset.title if dataset.title else 'Tablib Dataset'
+
+    dset_sheet(dataset, ws, freeze_panes=freeze_panes)
+
+    stream = BytesIO()
+    wb.save(stream)
+    return stream.getvalue()
+
+
+def export_book(databook, freeze_panes=True):
+    """Returns XLSX representation of DataBook."""
+
+    wb = Workbook()
+    for sheet in wb.worksheets:
+        wb.remove(sheet)
+    for i, dset in enumerate(databook._datasets):
+        ws = wb.create_sheet()
+        ws.title = dset.title if dset.title else 'Sheet%s' % (i)
+
+        dset_sheet(dset, ws, freeze_panes=freeze_panes)
+
+    stream = BytesIO()
+    wb.save(stream)
+    return stream.getvalue()
+
+
+def import_set(dset, in_stream, headers=True):
+    """Returns databook from XLS stream."""
+
+    dset.wipe()
+
+    xls_book = openpyxl.reader.excel.load_workbook(BytesIO(in_stream), read_only=True)
+    sheet = xls_book.active
+
+    dset.title = sheet.title
+
+    for i, row in enumerate(sheet.rows):
+        row_vals = [c.value for c in row]
+        if (i == 0) and (headers):
+            dset.headers = row_vals
+        else:
+            dset.append(row_vals)
+
+
+def import_book(dbook, in_stream, headers=True):
+    """Returns databook from XLS stream."""
+
+    dbook.wipe()
+
+    xls_book = openpyxl.reader.excel.load_workbook(BytesIO(in_stream), read_only=True)
+
+    for sheet in xls_book.worksheets:
+        data = tablib.Dataset()
+        data.title = sheet.title
+
+        for i, row in enumerate(sheet.rows):
+            row_vals = [c.value for c in row]
+            if (i == 0) and (headers):
+                data.headers = row_vals
+            else:
+                data.append(row_vals)
+
+        dbook.add_sheet(data)
+
+
+def dset_sheet(dataset, ws, freeze_panes=True):
+    """Completes given worksheet from given Dataset."""
+    _package = dataset._package(dicts=False)
+
+    for i, sep in enumerate(dataset._separators):
+        _offset = i
+        _package.insert((sep[0] + _offset), (sep[1],))
+
+    bold = openpyxl.styles.Font(bold=True)
+    wrap_text = openpyxl.styles.Alignment(wrap_text=True)
+
+    for i, row in enumerate(_package):
+        row_number = i + 1
+        for j, col in enumerate(row):
+            col_idx = get_column_letter(j + 1)
+            cell = ws['%s%s' % (col_idx, row_number)]
+
+            # bold headers
+            if (row_number == 1) and dataset.headers:
+                cell.font = bold
+                if freeze_panes:
+                    #  Export Freeze only after first Line
+                    ws.freeze_panes = 'A2'
+
+            # bold separators
+            elif len(row) < dataset.width:
+                cell.font = bold
+
+            # wrap the rest
+            else:
+                try:
+                    str_col_value = unicode(col)
+                except TypeError:
+                    str_col_value = ''
+                if '\n' in str_col_value:
+                    cell.alignment = wrap_text
+
+            try:
+                cell.value = col
+            except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                cell.value = unicode(col)
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_yaml.py b/src/tablib/formats/_yaml.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d17baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/_yaml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - YAML Support.
+"""
+
+import tablib
+import yaml
+
+title = 'yaml'
+extensions = ('yaml', 'yml')
+
+
+def export_set(dataset):
+    """Returns YAML representation of Dataset."""
+
+    return yaml.safe_dump(dataset._package(ordered=False))
+
+
+def export_book(databook):
+    """Returns YAML representation of Databook."""
+    return yaml.safe_dump(databook._package(ordered=False))
+
+
+def import_set(dset, in_stream):
+    """Returns dataset from YAML stream."""
+
+    dset.wipe()
+    dset.dict = yaml.safe_load(in_stream)
+
+
+def import_book(dbook, in_stream):
+    """Returns databook from YAML stream."""
+
+    dbook.wipe()
+
+    for sheet in yaml.safe_load(in_stream):
+        data = tablib.Dataset()
+        data.title = sheet['title']
+        data.dict = sheet['data']
+        dbook.add_sheet(data)
+
+
+def detect(stream):
+    """Returns True if given stream is valid YAML."""
+    try:
+        _yaml = yaml.safe_load(stream)
+        if isinstance(_yaml, (list, tuple, dict)):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+    except (yaml.parser.ParserError, yaml.reader.ReaderError,
+            yaml.scanner.ScannerError):
+        return False
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/__init__.py b/src/tablib/packages/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/__init__.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/dbf.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/dbf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8147d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/dbf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+"""DBF accessing helpers.
+
+FIXME: more documentation needed
+
+Examples:
+
+    Create new table, setup structure, add records:
+
+        dbf = Dbf(filename, new=True)
+        dbf.addField(
+            ("NAME", "C", 15),
+            ("SURNAME", "C", 25),
+            ("INITIALS", "C", 10),
+            ("BIRTHDATE", "D"),
+        )
+        for (n, s, i, b) in (
+            ("John", "Miller", "YC", (1980, 10, 11)),
+            ("Andy", "Larkin", "", (1980, 4, 11)),
+        ):
+            rec = dbf.newRecord()
+            rec["NAME"] = n
+            rec["SURNAME"] = s
+            rec["INITIALS"] = i
+            rec["BIRTHDATE"] = b
+            rec.store()
+        dbf.close()
+
+    Open existed dbf, read some data:
+
+        dbf = Dbf(filename, True)
+        for rec in dbf:
+            for fldName in dbf.fieldNames:
+                print('%s:\t %s (%s)' % (fldName, rec[fldName],
+                    type(rec[fldName])))
+            print()
+        dbf.close()
+
+"""
+"""History (most recent first):
+11-feb-2007 [als]   export INVALID_VALUE;
+                    Dbf: added .ignoreErrors, .INVALID_VALUE
+04-jul-2006 [als]   added export declaration
+20-dec-2005 [yc]    removed fromStream and newDbf methods:
+                    use argument of __init__ call must be used instead;
+                    added class fields pointing to the header and
+                    record classes.
+17-dec-2005 [yc]    split to several modules; reimplemented
+13-dec-2005 [yc]    adapted to the changes of the `strutil` module.
+13-sep-2002 [als]   support FoxPro Timestamp datatype
+15-nov-1999 [jjk]   documentation updates, add demo
+24-aug-1998 [jjk]   add some encodeValue methods (not tested), other tweaks
+08-jun-1998 [jjk]   fix problems, add more features
+20-feb-1998 [jjk]   fix problems, add more features
+19-feb-1998 [jjk]   add create/write capabilities
+18-feb-1998 [jjk]   from dbfload.py
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.7 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007/02/11 09:23:13 $"[7:-2]
+__author__ = "Jeff Kunce <kuncej@mail.conservation.state.mo.us>"
+
+__all__ = ["Dbf"]
+
+from . import header
+from . import record
+from utils import INVALID_VALUE
+
+
+class Dbf(object):
+    """DBF accessor.
+
+    FIXME:
+        docs and examples needed (dont' forget to tell
+        about problems adding new fields on the fly)
+
+    Implementation notes:
+        ``_new`` field is used to indicate whether this is
+        a new data table. `addField` could be used only for
+        the new tables! If at least one record was appended
+        to the table it's structure couldn't be changed.
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("name", "header", "stream",
+                 "_changed", "_new", "_ignore_errors")
+
+    HeaderClass = header.DbfHeader
+    RecordClass = record.DbfRecord
+    INVALID_VALUE = INVALID_VALUE
+
+    # initialization and creation helpers
+
+    def __init__(self, f, readOnly=False, new=False, ignoreErrors=False):
+        """Initialize instance.
+
+        Arguments:
+            f:
+                Filename or file-like object.
+            new:
+                True if new data table must be created. Assume
+                data table exists if this argument is False.
+            readOnly:
+                if ``f`` argument is a string file will
+                be opend in read-only mode; in other cases
+                this argument is ignored. This argument is ignored
+                even if ``new`` argument is True.
+            headerObj:
+                `header.DbfHeader` instance or None. If this argument
+                is None, new empty header will be used with the
+                all fields set by default.
+            ignoreErrors:
+                if set, failing field value conversion will return
+                ``INVALID_VALUE`` instead of raising conversion error.
+
+        """
+        if isinstance(f, basestring):
+            # a filename
+            self.name = f
+            if new:
+                # new table (table file must be
+                # created or opened and truncated)
+                self.stream = file(f, "w+b")
+            else:
+                # tabe file must exist
+                self.stream = file(f, ("r+b", "rb")[bool(readOnly)])
+        else:
+            # a stream
+            self.name = getattr(f, "name", "")
+            self.stream = f
+        if new:
+            # if this is a new table, header will be empty
+            self.header = self.HeaderClass()
+        else:
+            # or instantiated using stream
+            self.header = self.HeaderClass.fromStream(self.stream)
+        self.ignoreErrors = ignoreErrors
+        self._new = bool(new)
+        self._changed = False
+
+    # properties
+
+    closed = property(lambda self: self.stream.closed)
+    recordCount = property(lambda self: self.header.recordCount)
+    fieldNames = property(
+        lambda self: [_fld.name for _fld in self.header.fields])
+    fieldDefs = property(lambda self: self.header.fields)
+    changed = property(lambda self: self._changed or self.header.changed)
+
+    def ignoreErrors(self, value):
+        """Update `ignoreErrors` flag on the header object and self"""
+        self.header.ignoreErrors = self._ignore_errors = bool(value)
+
+    ignoreErrors = property(
+        lambda self: self._ignore_errors,
+        ignoreErrors,
+        doc="""Error processing mode for DBF field value conversion
+
+        if set, failing field value conversion will return
+        ``INVALID_VALUE`` instead of raising conversion error.
+
+        """)
+
+    # protected methods
+
+    def _fixIndex(self, index):
+        """Return fixed index.
+
+        This method fails if index isn't a numeric object
+        (long or int). Or index isn't in a valid range
+        (less or equal to the number of records in the db).
+
+        If ``index`` is a negative number, it will be
+        treated as a negative indexes for list objects.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is numeric object maning valid index.
+
+        """
+        if not isinstance(index, (int, long)):
+            raise TypeError("Index must be a numeric object")
+        if index < 0:
+            # index from the right side
+            # fix it to the left-side index
+            index += len(self) + 1
+        if index >= len(self):
+            raise IndexError("Record index out of range")
+        return index
+
+    # iterface methods
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.flush()
+        self.stream.close()
+
+    def flush(self):
+        """Flush data to the associated stream."""
+        if self.changed:
+            self.header.setCurrentDate()
+            self.header.write(self.stream)
+            self.stream.flush()
+            self._changed = False
+
+    def indexOfFieldName(self, name):
+        """Index of field named ``name``."""
+        # FIXME: move this to header class
+        return self.header.fields.index(name)
+
+    def newRecord(self):
+        """Return new record, which belong to this table."""
+        return self.RecordClass(self)
+
+    def append(self, record):
+        """Append ``record`` to the database."""
+        record.index = self.header.recordCount
+        record._write()
+        self.header.recordCount += 1
+        self._changed = True
+        self._new = False
+
+    def addField(self, *defs):
+        """Add field definitions.
+
+        For more information see `header.DbfHeader.addField`.
+
+        """
+        if self._new:
+            self.header.addField(*defs)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("At least one record was added, "
+                            "structure can't be changed")
+
+    # 'magic' methods (representation and sequence interface)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "Dbf stream '%s'\n" % self.stream + repr(self.header)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        """Return number of records."""
+        return self.recordCount
+
+    def __getitem__(self, index):
+        """Return `DbfRecord` instance."""
+        return self.RecordClass.fromStream(self, self._fixIndex(index))
+
+    def __setitem__(self, index, record):
+        """Write `DbfRecord` instance to the stream."""
+        record.index = self._fixIndex(index)
+        record._write()
+        self._changed = True
+        self._new = False
+
+        # def __del__(self):
+        #    """Flush stream upon deletion of the object."""
+        #    self.flush()
+
+
+def demo_read(filename):
+    _dbf = Dbf(filename, True)
+    for _rec in _dbf:
+        print()
+        print(repr(_rec))
+    _dbf.close()
+
+
+def demo_create(filename):
+    _dbf = Dbf(filename, new=True)
+    _dbf.addField(
+        ("NAME", "C", 15),
+        ("SURNAME", "C", 25),
+        ("INITIALS", "C", 10),
+        ("BIRTHDATE", "D"),
+    )
+    for (_n, _s, _i, _b) in (
+            ("John", "Miller", "YC", (1981, 1, 2)),
+            ("Andy", "Larkin", "AL", (1982, 3, 4)),
+            ("Bill", "Clinth", "", (1983, 5, 6)),
+            ("Bobb", "McNail", "", (1984, 7, 8)),
+    ):
+        _rec = _dbf.newRecord()
+        _rec["NAME"] = _n
+        _rec["SURNAME"] = _s
+        _rec["INITIALS"] = _i
+        _rec["BIRTHDATE"] = _b
+        _rec.store()
+    print(repr(_dbf))
+    _dbf.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+
+    _name = len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] or "county.dbf"
+    demo_create(_name)
+    demo_read(_name)
+
+    # vim: set et sw=4 sts=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/dbfnew.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/dbfnew.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..008d307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/dbfnew.py
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+""".DBF creation helpers.
+
+Note: this is a legacy interface.  New code should use Dbf class
+    for table creation (see examples in dbf.py)
+
+TODO:
+  - handle Memo fields.
+  - check length of the fields accoring to the
+    `http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/data_types.html`
+
+"""
+"""History (most recent first)
+04-jul-2006 [als]   added export declaration;
+                    updated for dbfpy 2.0
+15-dec-2005 [yc]    define dbf_new.__slots__
+14-dec-2005 [yc]    added vim modeline; retab'd; added doc-strings;
+                    dbf_new now is a new class (inherited from object)
+??-jun-2000 [--]    added by Hans Fiby
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.4 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2006/07/04 08:18:18 $"[7:-2]
+
+__all__ = ["dbf_new"]
+
+from dbf import *
+from fields import *
+from header import *
+from record import *
+
+
+class _FieldDefinition(object):
+    """Field definition.
+
+    This is a simple structure, which contains ``name``, ``type``,
+    ``len``, ``dec`` and ``cls`` fields.
+
+    Objects also implement get/setitem magic functions, so fields
+    could be accessed via sequence iterface, where 'name' has
+    index 0, 'type' index 1, 'len' index 2, 'dec' index 3 and
+    'cls' could be located at index 4.
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = "name", "type", "len", "dec", "cls"
+
+    # WARNING: be attentive - dictionaries are mutable!
+    FLD_TYPES = {
+        # type: (cls, len)
+        "C": (DbfCharacterFieldDef, None),
+        "N": (DbfNumericFieldDef, None),
+        "L": (DbfLogicalFieldDef, 1),
+        # FIXME: support memos
+        # "M": (DbfMemoFieldDef),
+        "D": (DbfDateFieldDef, 8),
+        # FIXME: I'm not sure length should be 14 characters!
+        # but temporary I use it, cuz date is 8 characters
+        # and time 6 (hhmmss)
+        "T": (DbfDateTimeFieldDef, 14),
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, name, type, len=None, dec=0):
+        _cls, _len = self.FLD_TYPES[type]
+        if _len is None:
+            if len is None:
+                raise ValueError("Field length must be defined")
+            _len = len
+        self.name = name
+        self.type = type
+        self.len = _len
+        self.dec = dec
+        self.cls = _cls
+
+    def getDbfField(self):
+        "Return `DbfFieldDef` instance from the current definition."
+        return self.cls(self.name, self.len, self.dec)
+
+    def appendToHeader(self, dbfh):
+        """Create a `DbfFieldDef` instance and append it to the dbf header.
+
+        Arguments:
+            dbfh: `DbfHeader` instance.
+
+        """
+        _dbff = self.getDbfField()
+        dbfh.addField(_dbff)
+
+
+class dbf_new(object):
+    """New .DBF creation helper.
+
+    Example Usage:
+
+        dbfn = dbf_new()
+        dbfn.add_field("name",'C',80)
+        dbfn.add_field("price",'N',10,2)
+        dbfn.add_field("date",'D',8)
+        dbfn.write("tst.dbf")
+
+    Note:
+        This module cannot handle Memo-fields,
+        they are special.
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("fields",)
+
+    FieldDefinitionClass = _FieldDefinition
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.fields = []
+
+    def add_field(self, name, typ, len, dec=0):
+        """Add field definition.
+
+        Arguments:
+            name:
+                field name (str object). field name must not
+                contain ASCII NULs and it's length shouldn't
+                exceed 10 characters.
+            typ:
+                type of the field. this must be a single character
+                from the "CNLMDT" set meaning character, numeric,
+                logical, memo, date and date/time respectively.
+            len:
+                length of the field. this argument is used only for
+                the character and numeric fields. all other fields
+                have fixed length.
+                FIXME: use None as a default for this argument?
+            dec:
+                decimal precision. used only for the numric fields.
+
+        """
+        self.fields.append(self.FieldDefinitionClass(name, typ, len, dec))
+
+    def write(self, filename):
+        """Create empty .DBF file using current structure."""
+        _dbfh = DbfHeader()
+        _dbfh.setCurrentDate()
+        for _fldDef in self.fields:
+            _fldDef.appendToHeader(_dbfh)
+        _dbfStream = file(filename, "wb")
+        _dbfh.write(_dbfStream)
+        _dbfStream.close()
+
+    def write_stream(self, stream):
+        _dbfh = DbfHeader()
+        _dbfh.setCurrentDate()
+        for _fldDef in self.fields:
+            _fldDef.appendToHeader(_dbfh)
+        _dbfh.write(stream)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # create a new DBF-File
+    dbfn = dbf_new()
+    dbfn.add_field("name", 'C', 80)
+    dbfn.add_field("price", 'N', 10, 2)
+    dbfn.add_field("date", 'D', 8)
+    dbfn.write("tst.dbf")
+    # test new dbf
+    print("*** created tst.dbf: ***")
+    dbft = Dbf('tst.dbf', readOnly=0)
+    print(repr(dbft))
+    # add a record
+    rec = DbfRecord(dbft)
+    rec['name'] = 'something'
+    rec['price'] = 10.5
+    rec['date'] = (2000, 1, 12)
+    rec.store()
+    # add another record
+    rec = DbfRecord(dbft)
+    rec['name'] = 'foo and bar'
+    rec['price'] = 12234
+    rec['date'] = (1992, 7, 15)
+    rec.store()
+
+    # show the records
+    print("*** inserted 2 records into tst.dbf: ***")
+    print(repr(dbft))
+    for i1 in range(len(dbft)):
+        rec = dbft[i1]
+        for fldName in dbft.fieldNames:
+            print('%s:\t %s' % (fldName, rec[fldName]))
+        print()
+    dbft.close()
+
+    # vim: set et sts=4 sw=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/fields.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/fields.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69cd436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/fields.py
@@ -0,0 +1,466 @@
+"""DBF fields definitions.
+
+TODO:
+  - make memos work
+"""
+"""History (most recent first):
+26-may-2009 [als]   DbfNumericFieldDef.decodeValue: strip zero bytes
+05-feb-2009 [als]   DbfDateFieldDef.encodeValue: empty arg produces empty date
+16-sep-2008 [als]   DbfNumericFieldDef decoding looks for decimal point
+                    in the value to select float or integer return type
+13-mar-2008 [als]   check field name length in constructor
+11-feb-2007 [als]   handle value conversion errors
+10-feb-2007 [als]   DbfFieldDef: added .rawFromRecord()
+01-dec-2006 [als]   Timestamp columns use None for empty values
+31-oct-2006 [als]   support field types 'F' (float), 'I' (integer)
+                    and 'Y' (currency);
+                    automate export and registration of field classes
+04-jul-2006 [als]   added export declaration
+10-mar-2006 [als]   decode empty values for Date and Logical fields;
+                    show field name in errors
+10-mar-2006 [als]   fix Numeric value decoding: according to spec,
+                    value always is string representation of the number;
+                    ensure that encoded Numeric value fits into the field
+20-dec-2005 [yc]    use field names in upper case
+15-dec-2005 [yc]    field definitions moved from `dbf`.
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.14 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2009/05/26 05:16:51 $"[7:-2]
+
+__all__ = ["lookupFor",] # field classes added at the end of the module
+
+import datetime
+import struct
+import sys
+
+from . import utils
+
+## abstract definitions
+
+class DbfFieldDef(object):
+    """Abstract field definition.
+
+    Child classes must override ``type`` class attribute to provide datatype
+    infromation of the field definition. For more info about types visit
+    `http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/data_types.html`
+
+    Also child classes must override ``defaultValue`` field to provide
+    default value for the field value.
+
+    If child class has fixed length ``length`` class attribute must be
+    overriden and set to the valid value. None value means, that field
+    isn't of fixed length.
+
+    Note: ``name`` field must not be changed after instantiation.
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("name", "length", "decimalCount",
+        "start", "end", "ignoreErrors")
+
+    # length of the field, None in case of variable-length field,
+    # or a number if this field is a fixed-length field
+    length = None
+
+    # field type. for more information about fields types visit
+    # `http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/data_types.html`
+    # must be overriden in child classes
+    typeCode = None
+
+    # default value for the field. this field must be
+    # overriden in child classes
+    defaultValue = None
+
+    def __init__(self, name, length=None, decimalCount=None,
+        start=None, stop=None, ignoreErrors=False,
+    ):
+        """Initialize instance."""
+        assert self.typeCode is not None, "Type code must be overriden"
+        assert self.defaultValue is not None, "Default value must be overriden"
+        ## fix arguments
+        if len(name) >10:
+            raise ValueError("Field name \"%s\" is too long" % name)
+        name = str(name).upper()
+        if self.__class__.length is None:
+            if length is None:
+                raise ValueError("[%s] Length isn't specified" % name)
+            length = int(length)
+            if length <= 0:
+                raise ValueError("[%s] Length must be a positive integer"
+                    % name)
+        else:
+            length = self.length
+        if decimalCount is None:
+            decimalCount = 0
+        ## set fields
+        self.name = name
+        # FIXME: validate length according to the specification at
+        # http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/data_types.html
+        self.length = length
+        self.decimalCount = decimalCount
+        self.ignoreErrors = ignoreErrors
+        self.start = start
+        self.end = stop
+
+    def __cmp__(self, other):
+        return cmp(self.name, str(other).upper())
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(self.name)
+
+    def fromString(cls, string, start, ignoreErrors=False):
+        """Decode dbf field definition from the string data.
+
+        Arguments:
+            string:
+                a string, dbf definition is decoded from. length of
+                the string must be 32 bytes.
+            start:
+                position in the database file.
+            ignoreErrors:
+                initial error processing mode for the new field (boolean)
+
+        """
+        assert len(string) == 32
+        _length = ord(string[16])
+        return cls(utils.unzfill(string)[:11], _length, ord(string[17]),
+            start, start + _length, ignoreErrors=ignoreErrors)
+    fromString = classmethod(fromString)
+
+    def toString(self):
+        """Return encoded field definition.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is a string object containing encoded
+            definition of this field.
+
+        """
+        if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
+            # earlier versions did not support padding character
+            _name = self.name[:11] + "\0" * (11 - len(self.name))
+        else:
+            _name = self.name.ljust(11, '\0')
+        return (
+            _name +
+            self.typeCode +
+            #data address
+            chr(0) * 4 +
+            chr(self.length) +
+            chr(self.decimalCount) +
+            chr(0) * 14
+        )
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "%-10s %1s %3d %3d" % self.fieldInfo()
+
+    def fieldInfo(self):
+        """Return field information.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is a (name, type, length, decimals) tuple.
+
+        """
+        return (self.name, self.typeCode, self.length, self.decimalCount)
+
+    def rawFromRecord(self, record):
+        """Return a "raw" field value from the record string."""
+        return record[self.start:self.end]
+
+    def decodeFromRecord(self, record):
+        """Return decoded field value from the record string."""
+        try:
+            return self.decodeValue(self.rawFromRecord(record))
+        except:
+            if self.ignoreErrors:
+                return utils.INVALID_VALUE
+            else:
+                raise
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return decoded value from string value.
+
+        This method shouldn't be used publicly. It's called from the
+        `decodeFromRecord` method.
+
+        This is an abstract method and it must be overridden in child classes.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return str object containing encoded field value.
+
+        This is an abstract method and it must be overriden in child classes.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+## real classes
+
+class DbfCharacterFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the character field."""
+
+    typeCode = "C"
+    defaultValue = ""
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return string object.
+
+        Return value is a ``value`` argument with stripped right spaces.
+
+        """
+        return value.rstrip(" ")
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return raw data string encoded from a ``value``."""
+        return str(value)[:self.length].ljust(self.length)
+
+
+class DbfNumericFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the numeric field."""
+
+    typeCode = "N"
+    # XXX: now I'm not sure it was a good idea to make a class field
+    # `defaultValue` instead of a generic method as it was implemented
+    # previously -- it's ok with all types except number, cuz
+    # if self.decimalCount is 0, we should return 0 and 0.0 otherwise.
+    defaultValue = 0
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a number decoded from ``value``.
+
+        If decimals is zero, value will be decoded as an integer;
+        or as a float otherwise.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is a int (long) or float instance.
+
+        """
+        value = value.strip(" \0")
+        if "." in value:
+            # a float (has decimal separator)
+            return float(value)
+        elif value:
+            # must be an integer
+            return int(value)
+        else:
+            return 0
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return string containing encoded ``value``."""
+        _rv = ("%*.*f" % (self.length, self.decimalCount, value))
+        if len(_rv) > self.length:
+            _ppos = _rv.find(".")
+            if 0 <= _ppos <= self.length:
+                _rv = _rv[:self.length]
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("[%s] Numeric overflow: %s (field width: %i)"
+                    % (self.name, _rv, self.length))
+        return _rv
+
+class DbfFloatFieldDef(DbfNumericFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the float field - same as numeric."""
+
+    typeCode = "F"
+
+class DbfIntegerFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the integer field."""
+
+    typeCode = "I"
+    length = 4
+    defaultValue = 0
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return an integer number decoded from ``value``."""
+        return struct.unpack("<i", value)[0]
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return string containing encoded ``value``."""
+        return struct.pack("<i", int(value))
+
+class DbfCurrencyFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the currency field."""
+
+    typeCode = "Y"
+    length = 8
+    defaultValue = 0.0
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return float number decoded from ``value``."""
+        return struct.unpack("<q", value)[0] / 10000.
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return string containing encoded ``value``."""
+        return struct.pack("<q", round(value * 10000))
+
+class DbfLogicalFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the logical field."""
+
+    typeCode = "L"
+    defaultValue = -1
+    length = 1
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return True, False or -1 decoded from ``value``."""
+        # Note: value always is 1-char string
+        if value == "?":
+            return -1
+        if value in "NnFf ":
+            return False
+        if value in "YyTt":
+            return True
+        raise ValueError("[%s] Invalid logical value %r" % (self.name, value))
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a character from the "TF?" set.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is "T" if ``value`` is True
+            "?" if value is -1 or False otherwise.
+
+        """
+        if value is True:
+            return "T"
+        if value == -1:
+            return "?"
+        return "F"
+
+
+class DbfMemoFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the memo field.
+
+    Note: memos aren't currenly completely supported.
+
+    """
+
+    typeCode = "M"
+    defaultValue = " " * 10
+    length = 10
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return int .dbt block number decoded from the string object."""
+        #return int(value)
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return raw data string encoded from a ``value``.
+
+        Note: this is an internal method.
+
+        """
+        #return str(value)[:self.length].ljust(self.length)
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class DbfDateFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the date field."""
+
+    typeCode = "D"
+    defaultValue = utils.classproperty(lambda cls: datetime.date.today())
+    # "yyyymmdd" gives us 8 characters
+    length = 8
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a ``datetime.date`` instance decoded from ``value``."""
+        if value.strip():
+            return utils.getDate(value)
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a string-encoded value.
+
+        ``value`` argument should be a value suitable for the
+        `utils.getDate` call.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is a string in format "yyyymmdd".
+
+        """
+        if value:
+            return utils.getDate(value).strftime("%Y%m%d")
+        else:
+            return " " * self.length
+
+
+class DbfDateTimeFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the timestamp field."""
+
+    # a difference between JDN (Julian Day Number)
+    # and GDN (Gregorian Day Number). note, that GDN < JDN
+    JDN_GDN_DIFF = 1721425
+    typeCode = "T"
+    defaultValue = utils.classproperty(lambda cls: datetime.datetime.now())
+    # two 32-bits integers representing JDN and amount of
+    # milliseconds respectively gives us 8 bytes.
+    # note, that values must be encoded in LE byteorder.
+    length = 8
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a `datetime.datetime` instance."""
+        assert len(value) == self.length
+        # LE byteorder
+        _jdn, _msecs = struct.unpack("<2I", value)
+        if _jdn >= 1:
+            _rv = datetime.datetime.fromordinal(_jdn - self.JDN_GDN_DIFF)
+            _rv += datetime.timedelta(0, _msecs / 1000.0)
+        else:
+            # empty date
+            _rv = None
+        return _rv
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a string-encoded ``value``."""
+        if value:
+            value = utils.getDateTime(value)
+            # LE byteorder
+            _rv = struct.pack("<2I", value.toordinal() + self.JDN_GDN_DIFF,
+                (value.hour * 3600 + value.minute * 60 + value.second) * 1000)
+        else:
+            _rv = "\0" * self.length
+        assert len(_rv) == self.length
+        return _rv
+
+
+_fieldsRegistry = {}
+
+def registerField(fieldCls):
+    """Register field definition class.
+
+    ``fieldCls`` should be subclass of the `DbfFieldDef`.
+
+    Use `lookupFor` to retrieve field definition class
+    by the type code.
+
+    """
+    assert fieldCls.typeCode is not None, "Type code isn't defined"
+    # XXX: use fieldCls.typeCode.upper()? in case of any decign
+    # don't forget to look to the same comment in ``lookupFor`` method
+    _fieldsRegistry[fieldCls.typeCode] = fieldCls
+
+
+def lookupFor(typeCode):
+    """Return field definition class for the given type code.
+
+    ``typeCode`` must be a single character. That type should be
+    previously registered.
+
+    Use `registerField` to register new field class.
+
+    Return:
+        Return value is a subclass of the `DbfFieldDef`.
+
+    """
+    # XXX: use typeCode.upper()? in case of any decign don't
+    # forget to look to the same comment in ``registerField``
+    return _fieldsRegistry[typeCode]
+
+## register generic types
+
+for (_name, _val) in globals().items():
+    if isinstance(_val, type) and issubclass(_val, DbfFieldDef) \
+    and (_name != "DbfFieldDef"):
+        __all__.append(_name)
+        registerField(_val)
+del _name, _val
+
+# vim: et sts=4 sw=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/header.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/header.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03a877c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/header.py
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+"""DBF header definition.
+
+TODO:
+  - handle encoding of the character fields
+    (encoding information stored in the DBF header)
+
+"""
+"""History (most recent first):
+16-sep-2010 [als]   fromStream: fix century of the last update field
+11-feb-2007 [als]   added .ignoreErrors
+10-feb-2007 [als]   added __getitem__: return field definitions
+                    by field name or field number (zero-based)
+04-jul-2006 [als]   added export declaration
+15-dec-2005 [yc]    created
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.6 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2010/09/16 05:06:39 $"[7:-2]
+
+__all__ = ["DbfHeader"]
+
+try:
+    import cStringIO
+except ImportError:
+    # when we're in python3, we cStringIO has been replaced by io.StringIO
+    import io as cStringIO
+import datetime
+import struct
+import time
+
+from . import fields
+from . import utils
+
+
+class DbfHeader(object):
+    """Dbf header definition.
+
+    For more information about dbf header format visit
+    `http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/dbf.html#DBF_STRUCT`
+
+    Examples:
+        Create an empty dbf header and add some field definitions:
+            dbfh = DbfHeader()
+            dbfh.addField(("name", "C", 10))
+            dbfh.addField(("date", "D"))
+            dbfh.addField(DbfNumericFieldDef("price", 5, 2))
+        Create a dbf header with field definitions:
+            dbfh = DbfHeader([
+                ("name", "C", 10),
+                ("date", "D"),
+                DbfNumericFieldDef("price", 5, 2),
+            ])
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("signature", "fields", "lastUpdate", "recordLength",
+        "recordCount", "headerLength", "changed", "_ignore_errors")
+
+    ## instance construction and initialization methods
+
+    def __init__(self, fields=None, headerLength=0, recordLength=0,
+        recordCount=0, signature=0x03, lastUpdate=None, ignoreErrors=False,
+    ):
+        """Initialize instance.
+
+        Arguments:
+            fields:
+                a list of field definitions;
+            recordLength:
+                size of the records;
+            headerLength:
+                size of the header;
+            recordCount:
+                number of records stored in DBF;
+            signature:
+                version number (aka signature). using 0x03 as a default meaning
+                "File without DBT". for more information about this field visit
+                ``http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/dbf.html#DBF_NOTE_1_TARGET``
+            lastUpdate:
+                date of the DBF's update. this could be a string ('yymmdd' or
+                'yyyymmdd'), timestamp (int or float), datetime/date value,
+                a sequence (assuming (yyyy, mm, dd, ...)) or an object having
+                callable ``ticks`` field.
+            ignoreErrors:
+                error processing mode for DBF fields (boolean)
+
+        """
+        self.signature = signature
+        if fields is None:
+            self.fields = []
+        else:
+            self.fields = list(fields)
+        self.lastUpdate = utils.getDate(lastUpdate)
+        self.recordLength = recordLength
+        self.headerLength = headerLength
+        self.recordCount = recordCount
+        self.ignoreErrors = ignoreErrors
+        # XXX: I'm not sure this is safe to
+        # initialize `self.changed` in this way
+        self.changed = bool(self.fields)
+
+    # @classmethod
+    def fromString(cls, string):
+        """Return header instance from the string object."""
+        return cls.fromStream(cStringIO.StringIO(str(string)))
+    fromString = classmethod(fromString)
+
+    # @classmethod
+    def fromStream(cls, stream):
+        """Return header object from the stream."""
+        stream.seek(0)
+        _data = stream.read(32)
+        (_cnt, _hdrLen, _recLen) = struct.unpack("<I2H", _data[4:12])
+        #reserved = _data[12:32]
+        _year = ord(_data[1])
+        if _year < 80:
+            # dBase II started at 1980.  It is quite unlikely
+            # that actual last update date is before that year.
+            _year += 2000
+        else:
+            _year += 1900
+        ## create header object
+        _obj = cls(None, _hdrLen, _recLen, _cnt, ord(_data[0]),
+            (_year, ord(_data[2]), ord(_data[3])))
+        ## append field definitions
+        # position 0 is for the deletion flag
+        _pos = 1
+        _data = stream.read(1)
+
+        # The field definitions are ended either by \x0D OR a newline
+        # character, so we need to handle both when reading from a stream.
+        # When writing, dbfpy appears to write newlines instead of \x0D.
+        while _data[0] not in ["\x0D", "\n"]:
+            _data += stream.read(31)
+            _fld = fields.lookupFor(_data[11]).fromString(_data, _pos)
+            _obj._addField(_fld)
+            _pos = _fld.end
+            _data = stream.read(1)
+        return _obj
+    fromStream = classmethod(fromStream)
+
+    ## properties
+
+    year = property(lambda self: self.lastUpdate.year)
+    month = property(lambda self: self.lastUpdate.month)
+    day = property(lambda self: self.lastUpdate.day)
+
+    def ignoreErrors(self, value):
+        """Update `ignoreErrors` flag on self and all fields"""
+        self._ignore_errors = value = bool(value)
+        for _field in self.fields:
+            _field.ignoreErrors = value
+    ignoreErrors = property(
+        lambda self: self._ignore_errors,
+        ignoreErrors,
+        doc="""Error processing mode for DBF field value conversion
+
+        if set, failing field value conversion will return
+        ``INVALID_VALUE`` instead of raising conversion error.
+
+        """)
+
+    ## object representation
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        _rv = """\
+Version (signature): 0x%02x
+        Last update: %s
+      Header length: %d
+      Record length: %d
+       Record count: %d
+ FieldName Type Len Dec
+""" % (self.signature, self.lastUpdate, self.headerLength,
+    self.recordLength, self.recordCount)
+        _rv += "\n".join(
+            ["%10s %4s %3s %3s" % _fld.fieldInfo() for _fld in self.fields]
+        )
+        return _rv
+
+    ## internal methods
+
+    def _addField(self, *defs):
+        """Internal variant of the `addField` method.
+
+        This method doesn't set `self.changed` field to True.
+
+        Return value is a length of the appended records.
+        Note: this method doesn't modify ``recordLength`` and
+        ``headerLength`` fields. Use `addField` instead of this
+        method if you don't exactly know what you're doing.
+
+        """
+        # insure we have dbf.DbfFieldDef instances first (instantiation
+        # from the tuple could raise an error, in such a case I don't
+        # wanna add any of the definitions -- all will be ignored)
+        _defs = []
+        _recordLength = 0
+        for _def in defs:
+            if isinstance(_def, fields.DbfFieldDef):
+                _obj = _def
+            else:
+                (_name, _type, _len, _dec) = (tuple(_def) + (None,) * 4)[:4]
+                _cls = fields.lookupFor(_type)
+                _obj = _cls(_name, _len, _dec,
+                    ignoreErrors=self._ignore_errors)
+            _recordLength += _obj.length
+            _defs.append(_obj)
+        # and now extend field definitions and
+        # update record length
+        self.fields += _defs
+        return _recordLength
+
+    ## interface methods
+
+    def addField(self, *defs):
+        """Add field definition to the header.
+
+        Examples:
+            dbfh.addField(
+                ("name", "C", 20),
+                dbf.DbfCharacterFieldDef("surname", 20),
+                dbf.DbfDateFieldDef("birthdate"),
+                ("member", "L"),
+            )
+            dbfh.addField(("price", "N", 5, 2))
+            dbfh.addField(dbf.DbfNumericFieldDef("origprice", 5, 2))
+
+        """
+        _oldLen = self.recordLength
+        self.recordLength += self._addField(*defs)
+        if not _oldLen:
+            self.recordLength += 1
+            # XXX: may be just use:
+            # self.recordeLength += self._addField(*defs) + bool(not _oldLen)
+        # recalculate headerLength
+        self.headerLength = 32 + (32 * len(self.fields)) + 1
+        self.changed = True
+
+    def write(self, stream):
+        """Encode and write header to the stream."""
+        stream.seek(0)
+        stream.write(self.toString())
+        stream.write("".join([_fld.toString() for _fld in self.fields]))
+        stream.write(chr(0x0D))   # cr at end of all hdr data
+        self.changed = False
+
+    def toString(self):
+        """Returned 32 chars length string with encoded header."""
+        return struct.pack("<4BI2H",
+            self.signature,
+            self.year - 1900,
+            self.month,
+            self.day,
+            self.recordCount,
+            self.headerLength,
+            self.recordLength) + "\0" * 20
+
+    def setCurrentDate(self):
+        """Update ``self.lastUpdate`` field with current date value."""
+        self.lastUpdate = datetime.date.today()
+
+    def __getitem__(self, item):
+        """Return a field definition by numeric index or name string"""
+        if isinstance(item, basestring):
+            _name = item.upper()
+            for _field in self.fields:
+                if _field.name == _name:
+                    return _field
+            else:
+                raise KeyError(item)
+        else:
+            # item must be field index
+            return self.fields[item]
+
+# vim: et sts=4 sw=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/record.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/record.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97bbfb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/record.py
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+"""DBF record definition.
+
+"""
+"""History (most recent first):
+11-feb-2007 [als]   __repr__: added special case for invalid field values
+10-feb-2007 [als]   added .rawFromStream()
+30-oct-2006 [als]   fix record length in .fromStream()
+04-jul-2006 [als]   added export declaration
+20-dec-2005 [yc]    DbfRecord.write() -> DbfRecord._write();
+                    added delete() method.
+16-dec-2005 [yc]    record definition moved from `dbf`.
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.7 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007/02/11 09:05:49 $"[7:-2]
+
+__all__ = ["DbfRecord"]
+
+from itertools import izip
+
+import utils
+
+class DbfRecord(object):
+    """DBF record.
+
+    Instances of this class shouldn't be created manualy,
+    use `dbf.Dbf.newRecord` instead.
+
+    Class implements mapping/sequence interface, so
+    fields could be accessed via their names or indexes
+    (names is a preffered way to access fields).
+
+    Hint:
+        Use `store` method to save modified record.
+
+    Examples:
+        Add new record to the database:
+            db = Dbf(filename)
+            rec = db.newRecord()
+            rec["FIELD1"] = value1
+            rec["FIELD2"] = value2
+            rec.store()
+        Or the same, but modify existed
+        (second in this case) record:
+            db = Dbf(filename)
+            rec = db[2]
+            rec["FIELD1"] = value1
+            rec["FIELD2"] = value2
+            rec.store()
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = "dbf", "index", "deleted", "fieldData"
+
+    ## creation and initialization
+
+    def __init__(self, dbf, index=None, deleted=False, data=None):
+        """Instance initialiation.
+
+        Arguments:
+            dbf:
+                A `Dbf.Dbf` instance this record belonogs to.
+            index:
+                An integer record index or None. If this value is
+                None, record will be appended to the DBF.
+            deleted:
+                Boolean flag indicating whether this record
+                is a deleted record.
+            data:
+                A sequence or None. This is a data of the fields.
+                If this argument is None, default values will be used.
+
+        """
+        self.dbf = dbf
+        # XXX: I'm not sure ``index`` is necessary
+        self.index = index
+        self.deleted = deleted
+        if data is None:
+            self.fieldData = [_fd.defaultValue for _fd in dbf.header.fields]
+        else:
+            self.fieldData = list(data)
+
+    # XXX: validate self.index before calculating position?
+    position = property(lambda self: self.dbf.header.headerLength + \
+        self.index * self.dbf.header.recordLength)
+
+    def rawFromStream(cls, dbf, index):
+        """Return raw record contents read from the stream.
+
+        Arguments:
+            dbf:
+                A `Dbf.Dbf` instance containing the record.
+            index:
+                Index of the record in the records' container.
+                This argument can't be None in this call.
+
+        Return value is a string containing record data in DBF format.
+
+        """
+        # XXX: may be write smth assuming, that current stream
+        # position is the required one? it could save some
+        # time required to calculate where to seek in the file
+        dbf.stream.seek(dbf.header.headerLength +
+            index * dbf.header.recordLength)
+        return dbf.stream.read(dbf.header.recordLength)
+    rawFromStream = classmethod(rawFromStream)
+
+    def fromStream(cls, dbf, index):
+        """Return a record read from the stream.
+
+        Arguments:
+            dbf:
+                A `Dbf.Dbf` instance new record should belong to.
+            index:
+                Index of the record in the records' container.
+                This argument can't be None in this call.
+
+        Return value is an instance of the current class.
+
+        """
+        return cls.fromString(dbf, cls.rawFromStream(dbf, index), index)
+    fromStream = classmethod(fromStream)
+
+    def fromString(cls, dbf, string, index=None):
+        """Return record read from the string object.
+
+        Arguments:
+            dbf:
+                A `Dbf.Dbf` instance new record should belong to.
+            string:
+                A string new record should be created from.
+            index:
+                Index of the record in the container. If this
+                argument is None, record will be appended.
+
+        Return value is an instance of the current class.
+
+        """
+        return cls(dbf, index, string[0]=="*",
+            [_fd.decodeFromRecord(string) for _fd in dbf.header.fields])
+    fromString = classmethod(fromString)
+
+    ## object representation
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        _template = "%%%ds: %%s (%%s)" % max([len(_fld)
+            for _fld in self.dbf.fieldNames])
+        _rv = []
+        for _fld in self.dbf.fieldNames:
+            _val = self[_fld]
+            if _val is utils.INVALID_VALUE:
+                _rv.append(_template %
+                    (_fld, "None", "value cannot be decoded"))
+            else:
+                _rv.append(_template % (_fld, _val, type(_val)))
+        return "\n".join(_rv)
+
+    ## protected methods
+
+    def _write(self):
+        """Write data to the dbf stream.
+
+        Note:
+            This isn't a public method, it's better to
+            use 'store' instead publically.
+            Be design ``_write`` method should be called
+            only from the `Dbf` instance.
+
+
+        """
+        self._validateIndex(False)
+        self.dbf.stream.seek(self.position)
+        self.dbf.stream.write(self.toString())
+        # FIXME: may be move this write somewhere else?
+        # why we should check this condition for each record?
+        if self.index == len(self.dbf):
+            # this is the last record,
+            # we should write SUB (ASCII 26)
+            self.dbf.stream.write("\x1A")
+
+    ## utility methods
+
+    def _validateIndex(self, allowUndefined=True, checkRange=False):
+        """Valid ``self.index`` value.
+
+        If ``allowUndefined`` argument is True functions does nothing
+        in case of ``self.index`` pointing to None object.
+
+        """
+        if self.index is None:
+            if not allowUndefined:
+                raise ValueError("Index is undefined")
+        elif self.index < 0:
+            raise ValueError("Index can't be negative (%s)" % self.index)
+        elif checkRange and self.index <= self.dbf.header.recordCount:
+            raise ValueError("There are only %d records in the DBF" %
+                self.dbf.header.recordCount)
+
+    ## interface methods
+
+    def store(self):
+        """Store current record in the DBF.
+
+        If ``self.index`` is None, this record will be appended to the
+        records of the DBF this records belongs to; or replaced otherwise.
+
+        """
+        self._validateIndex()
+        if self.index is None:
+            self.index = len(self.dbf)
+            self.dbf.append(self)
+        else:
+            self.dbf[self.index] = self
+
+    def delete(self):
+        """Mark method as deleted."""
+        self.deleted = True
+
+    def toString(self):
+        """Return string packed record values."""
+        return "".join([" *"[self.deleted]] + [
+            _def.encodeValue(_dat)
+            for (_def, _dat) in izip(self.dbf.header.fields, self.fieldData)
+        ])
+
+    def asList(self):
+        """Return a flat list of fields.
+
+        Note:
+            Change of the list's values won't change
+            real values stored in this object.
+
+        """
+        return self.fieldData[:]
+
+    def asDict(self):
+        """Return a dictionary of fields.
+
+        Note:
+            Change of the dicts's values won't change
+            real values stored in this object.
+
+        """
+        return dict([_i for _i in izip(self.dbf.fieldNames, self.fieldData)])
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        """Return value by field name or field index."""
+        if isinstance(key, (long, int)):
+            # integer index of the field
+            return self.fieldData[key]
+        # assuming string field name
+        return self.fieldData[self.dbf.indexOfFieldName(key)]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        """Set field value by integer index of the field or string name."""
+        if isinstance(key, (int, long)):
+            # integer index of the field
+            return self.fieldData[key]
+        # assuming string field name
+        self.fieldData[self.dbf.indexOfFieldName(key)] = value
+
+# vim: et sts=4 sw=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/utils.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cef8aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+"""String utilities.
+
+TODO:
+  - allow strings in getDateTime routine;
+"""
+"""History (most recent first):
+11-feb-2007 [als]   added INVALID_VALUE
+10-feb-2007 [als]   allow date strings padded with spaces instead of zeroes
+20-dec-2005 [yc]    handle long objects in getDate/getDateTime
+16-dec-2005 [yc]    created from ``strutil`` module.
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.4 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007/02/11 08:57:17 $"[7:-2]
+
+import datetime
+import time
+
+
+def unzfill(str):
+    """Return a string without ASCII NULs.
+
+    This function searchers for the first NUL (ASCII 0) occurance
+    and truncates string till that position.
+
+    """
+    try:
+        return str[:str.index('\0')]
+    except ValueError:
+        return str
+
+
+def getDate(date=None):
+    """Return `datetime.date` instance.
+
+    Type of the ``date`` argument could be one of the following:
+        None:
+            use current date value;
+        datetime.date:
+            this value will be returned;
+        datetime.datetime:
+            the result of the date.date() will be returned;
+        string:
+            assuming "%Y%m%d" or "%y%m%dd" format;
+        number:
+            assuming it's a timestamp (returned for example
+            by the time.time() call;
+        sequence:
+            assuming (year, month, day, ...) sequence;
+
+    Additionaly, if ``date`` has callable ``ticks`` attribute,
+    it will be used and result of the called would be treated
+    as a timestamp value.
+
+    """
+    if date is None:
+        # use current value
+        return datetime.date.today()
+    if isinstance(date, datetime.date):
+        return date
+    if isinstance(date, datetime.datetime):
+        return date.date()
+    if isinstance(date, (int, long, float)):
+        # date is a timestamp
+        return datetime.date.fromtimestamp(date)
+    if isinstance(date, basestring):
+        date = date.replace(" ", "0")
+        if len(date) == 6:
+            # yymmdd
+            return datetime.date(*time.strptime(date, "%y%m%d")[:3])
+        # yyyymmdd
+        return datetime.date(*time.strptime(date, "%Y%m%d")[:3])
+    if hasattr(date, "__getitem__"):
+        # a sequence (assuming date/time tuple)
+        return datetime.date(*date[:3])
+    return datetime.date.fromtimestamp(date.ticks())
+
+
+def getDateTime(value=None):
+    """Return `datetime.datetime` instance.
+
+    Type of the ``value`` argument could be one of the following:
+        None:
+            use current date value;
+        datetime.date:
+            result will be converted to the `datetime.datetime` instance
+            using midnight;
+        datetime.datetime:
+            ``value`` will be returned as is;
+        string:
+            *** CURRENTLY NOT SUPPORTED ***;
+        number:
+            assuming it's a timestamp (returned for example
+            by the time.time() call;
+        sequence:
+            assuming (year, month, day, ...) sequence;
+
+    Additionaly, if ``value`` has callable ``ticks`` attribute,
+    it will be used and result of the called would be treated
+    as a timestamp value.
+
+    """
+    if value is None:
+        # use current value
+        return datetime.datetime.today()
+    if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+        return value
+    if isinstance(value, datetime.date):
+        return datetime.datetime.fromordinal(value.toordinal())
+    if isinstance(value, (int, long, float)):
+        # value is a timestamp
+        return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(value)
+    if isinstance(value, basestring):
+        raise NotImplementedError("Strings aren't currently implemented")
+    if hasattr(value, "__getitem__"):
+        # a sequence (assuming date/time tuple)
+        return datetime.datetime(*tuple(value)[:6])
+    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(value.ticks())
+
+
+class classproperty(property):
+    """Works in the same way as a ``property``, but for the classes."""
+
+    def __get__(self, obj, cls):
+        return self.fget(cls)
+
+
+class _InvalidValue(object):
+
+    """Value returned from DBF records when field validation fails
+
+    The value is not equal to anything except for itself
+    and equal to all empty values: None, 0, empty string etc.
+    In other words, invalid value is equal to None and not equal
+    to None at the same time.
+
+    This value yields zero upon explicit conversion to a number type,
+    empty string for string types, and False for boolean.
+
+    """
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return not other
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not (other is self)
+
+    def __nonzero__(self):
+        return False
+
+    def __int__(self):
+        return 0
+    __long__ = __int__
+
+    def __float__(self):
+        return 0.0
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return ""
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return u""
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<INVALID>"
+
+# invalid value is a constant singleton
+INVALID_VALUE = _InvalidValue()
+
+# vim: set et sts=4 sw=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/__init__.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/dbf.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/dbf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..218353e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/dbf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+"""DBF accessing helpers.
+
+FIXME: more documentation needed
+
+Examples:
+
+    Create new table, setup structure, add records:
+
+        dbf = Dbf(filename, new=True)
+        dbf.addField(
+            ("NAME", "C", 15),
+            ("SURNAME", "C", 25),
+            ("INITIALS", "C", 10),
+            ("BIRTHDATE", "D"),
+        )
+        for (n, s, i, b) in (
+            ("John", "Miller", "YC", (1980, 10, 11)),
+            ("Andy", "Larkin", "", (1980, 4, 11)),
+        ):
+            rec = dbf.newRecord()
+            rec["NAME"] = n
+            rec["SURNAME"] = s
+            rec["INITIALS"] = i
+            rec["BIRTHDATE"] = b
+            rec.store()
+        dbf.close()
+
+    Open existed dbf, read some data:
+
+        dbf = Dbf(filename, True)
+        for rec in dbf:
+            for fldName in dbf.fieldNames:
+                print('%s:\t %s (%s)' % (fldName, rec[fldName],
+                    type(rec[fldName])))
+        dbf.close()
+
+"""
+"""History (most recent first):
+11-feb-2007 [als]   export INVALID_VALUE;
+                    Dbf: added .ignoreErrors, .INVALID_VALUE
+04-jul-2006 [als]   added export declaration
+20-dec-2005 [yc]    removed fromStream and newDbf methods:
+                    use argument of __init__ call must be used instead;
+                    added class fields pointing to the header and
+                    record classes.
+17-dec-2005 [yc]    split to several modules; reimplemented
+13-dec-2005 [yc]    adapted to the changes of the `strutil` module.
+13-sep-2002 [als]   support FoxPro Timestamp datatype
+15-nov-1999 [jjk]   documentation updates, add demo
+24-aug-1998 [jjk]   add some encodeValue methods (not tested), other tweaks
+08-jun-1998 [jjk]   fix problems, add more features
+20-feb-1998 [jjk]   fix problems, add more features
+19-feb-1998 [jjk]   add create/write capabilities
+18-feb-1998 [jjk]   from dbfload.py
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.7 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007/02/11 09:23:13 $"[7:-2]
+__author__ = "Jeff Kunce <kuncej@mail.conservation.state.mo.us>"
+
+__all__ = ["Dbf"]
+
+from . import header
+from . import record
+from .utils import INVALID_VALUE
+
+
+class Dbf(object):
+    """DBF accessor.
+
+    FIXME:
+        docs and examples needed (dont' forget to tell
+        about problems adding new fields on the fly)
+
+    Implementation notes:
+        ``_new`` field is used to indicate whether this is
+        a new data table. `addField` could be used only for
+        the new tables! If at least one record was appended
+        to the table it's structure couldn't be changed.
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("name", "header", "stream",
+                 "_changed", "_new", "_ignore_errors")
+
+    HeaderClass = header.DbfHeader
+    RecordClass = record.DbfRecord
+    INVALID_VALUE = INVALID_VALUE
+
+    # initialization and creation helpers
+
+    def __init__(self, f, readOnly=False, new=False, ignoreErrors=False):
+        """Initialize instance.
+
+        Arguments:
+            f:
+                Filename or file-like object.
+            new:
+                True if new data table must be created. Assume
+                data table exists if this argument is False.
+            readOnly:
+                if ``f`` argument is a string file will
+                be opend in read-only mode; in other cases
+                this argument is ignored. This argument is ignored
+                even if ``new`` argument is True.
+            headerObj:
+                `header.DbfHeader` instance or None. If this argument
+                is None, new empty header will be used with the
+                all fields set by default.
+            ignoreErrors:
+                if set, failing field value conversion will return
+                ``INVALID_VALUE`` instead of raising conversion error.
+
+        """
+        if isinstance(f, str):
+            # a filename
+            self.name = f
+            if new:
+                # new table (table file must be
+                # created or opened and truncated)
+                self.stream = open(f, "w+b")
+            else:
+                # tabe file must exist
+                self.stream = open(f, ("r+b", "rb")[bool(readOnly)])
+        else:
+            # a stream
+            self.name = getattr(f, "name", "")
+            self.stream = f
+        if new:
+            # if this is a new table, header will be empty
+            self.header = self.HeaderClass()
+        else:
+            # or instantiated using stream
+            self.header = self.HeaderClass.fromStream(self.stream)
+        self.ignoreErrors = ignoreErrors
+        self._new = bool(new)
+        self._changed = False
+
+    # properties
+
+    closed = property(lambda self: self.stream.closed)
+    recordCount = property(lambda self: self.header.recordCount)
+    fieldNames = property(
+        lambda self: [_fld.name for _fld in self.header.fields])
+    fieldDefs = property(lambda self: self.header.fields)
+    changed = property(lambda self: self._changed or self.header.changed)
+
+    def ignoreErrors(self, value):
+        """Update `ignoreErrors` flag on the header object and self"""
+        self.header.ignoreErrors = self._ignore_errors = bool(value)
+
+    ignoreErrors = property(
+        lambda self: self._ignore_errors,
+        ignoreErrors,
+        doc="""Error processing mode for DBF field value conversion
+
+        if set, failing field value conversion will return
+        ``INVALID_VALUE`` instead of raising conversion error.
+
+        """)
+
+    # protected methods
+
+    def _fixIndex(self, index):
+        """Return fixed index.
+
+        This method fails if index isn't a numeric object
+        (long or int). Or index isn't in a valid range
+        (less or equal to the number of records in the db).
+
+        If ``index`` is a negative number, it will be
+        treated as a negative indexes for list objects.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is numeric object maning valid index.
+
+        """
+        if not isinstance(index, int):
+            raise TypeError("Index must be a numeric object")
+        if index < 0:
+            # index from the right side
+            # fix it to the left-side index
+            index += len(self) + 1
+        if index >= len(self):
+            raise IndexError("Record index out of range")
+        return index
+
+    # iterface methods
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.flush()
+        self.stream.close()
+
+    def flush(self):
+        """Flush data to the associated stream."""
+        if self.changed:
+            self.header.setCurrentDate()
+            self.header.write(self.stream)
+            self.stream.flush()
+            self._changed = False
+
+    def indexOfFieldName(self, name):
+        """Index of field named ``name``."""
+        # FIXME: move this to header class
+        names = [f.name for f in self.header.fields]
+        return names.index(name.upper())
+
+    def newRecord(self):
+        """Return new record, which belong to this table."""
+        return self.RecordClass(self)
+
+    def append(self, record):
+        """Append ``record`` to the database."""
+        record.index = self.header.recordCount
+        record._write()
+        self.header.recordCount += 1
+        self._changed = True
+        self._new = False
+
+    def addField(self, *defs):
+        """Add field definitions.
+
+        For more information see `header.DbfHeader.addField`.
+
+        """
+        if self._new:
+            self.header.addField(*defs)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("At least one record was added, "
+                            "structure can't be changed")
+
+    # 'magic' methods (representation and sequence interface)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "Dbf stream '%s'\n" % self.stream + repr(self.header)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        """Return number of records."""
+        return self.recordCount
+
+    def __getitem__(self, index):
+        """Return `DbfRecord` instance."""
+        return self.RecordClass.fromStream(self, self._fixIndex(index))
+
+    def __setitem__(self, index, record):
+        """Write `DbfRecord` instance to the stream."""
+        record.index = self._fixIndex(index)
+        record._write()
+        self._changed = True
+        self._new = False
+
+        # def __del__(self):
+        #    """Flush stream upon deletion of the object."""
+        #    self.flush()
+
+
+def demo_read(filename):
+    _dbf = Dbf(filename, True)
+    for _rec in _dbf:
+        print()
+        print(repr(_rec))
+    _dbf.close()
+
+
+def demo_create(filename):
+    _dbf = Dbf(filename, new=True)
+    _dbf.addField(
+        ("NAME", "C", 15),
+        ("SURNAME", "C", 25),
+        ("INITIALS", "C", 10),
+        ("BIRTHDATE", "D"),
+    )
+    for (_n, _s, _i, _b) in (
+            ("John", "Miller", "YC", (1981, 1, 2)),
+            ("Andy", "Larkin", "AL", (1982, 3, 4)),
+            ("Bill", "Clinth", "", (1983, 5, 6)),
+            ("Bobb", "McNail", "", (1984, 7, 8)),
+    ):
+        _rec = _dbf.newRecord()
+        _rec["NAME"] = _n
+        _rec["SURNAME"] = _s
+        _rec["INITIALS"] = _i
+        _rec["BIRTHDATE"] = _b
+        _rec.store()
+    print(repr(_dbf))
+    _dbf.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+
+    _name = len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] or "county.dbf"
+    demo_create(_name)
+    demo_read(_name)
+
+# vim: set et sw=4 sts=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/dbfnew.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/dbfnew.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fab275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/dbfnew.py
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+""".DBF creation helpers.
+
+Note: this is a legacy interface.  New code should use Dbf class
+    for table creation (see examples in dbf.py)
+
+TODO:
+  - handle Memo fields.
+  - check length of the fields accoring to the
+    `http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/data_types.html`
+
+"""
+"""History (most recent first)
+04-jul-2006 [als]   added export declaration;
+                    updated for dbfpy 2.0
+15-dec-2005 [yc]    define dbf_new.__slots__
+14-dec-2005 [yc]    added vim modeline; retab'd; added doc-strings;
+                    dbf_new now is a new class (inherited from object)
+??-jun-2000 [--]    added by Hans Fiby
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.4 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2006/07/04 08:18:18 $"[7:-2]
+
+__all__ = ["dbf_new"]
+
+from .dbf import *
+from .fields import *
+from .header import *
+from .record import *
+
+
+class _FieldDefinition(object):
+    """Field definition.
+
+    This is a simple structure, which contains ``name``, ``type``,
+    ``len``, ``dec`` and ``cls`` fields.
+
+    Objects also implement get/setitem magic functions, so fields
+    could be accessed via sequence iterface, where 'name' has
+    index 0, 'type' index 1, 'len' index 2, 'dec' index 3 and
+    'cls' could be located at index 4.
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = "name", "type", "len", "dec", "cls"
+
+    # WARNING: be attentive - dictionaries are mutable!
+    FLD_TYPES = {
+        # type: (cls, len)
+        "C": (DbfCharacterFieldDef, None),
+        "N": (DbfNumericFieldDef, None),
+        "L": (DbfLogicalFieldDef, 1),
+        # FIXME: support memos
+        # "M": (DbfMemoFieldDef),
+        "D": (DbfDateFieldDef, 8),
+        # FIXME: I'm not sure length should be 14 characters!
+        # but temporary I use it, cuz date is 8 characters
+        # and time 6 (hhmmss)
+        "T": (DbfDateTimeFieldDef, 14),
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, name, type, len=None, dec=0):
+        _cls, _len = self.FLD_TYPES[type]
+        if _len is None:
+            if len is None:
+                raise ValueError("Field length must be defined")
+            _len = len
+        self.name = name
+        self.type = type
+        self.len = _len
+        self.dec = dec
+        self.cls = _cls
+
+    def getDbfField(self):
+        "Return `DbfFieldDef` instance from the current definition."
+        return self.cls(self.name, self.len, self.dec)
+
+    def appendToHeader(self, dbfh):
+        """Create a `DbfFieldDef` instance and append it to the dbf header.
+
+        Arguments:
+            dbfh: `DbfHeader` instance.
+
+        """
+        _dbff = self.getDbfField()
+        dbfh.addField(_dbff)
+
+
+class dbf_new(object):
+    """New .DBF creation helper.
+
+    Example Usage:
+
+        dbfn = dbf_new()
+        dbfn.add_field("name",'C',80)
+        dbfn.add_field("price",'N',10,2)
+        dbfn.add_field("date",'D',8)
+        dbfn.write("tst.dbf")
+
+    Note:
+        This module cannot handle Memo-fields,
+        they are special.
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("fields",)
+
+    FieldDefinitionClass = _FieldDefinition
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.fields = []
+
+    def add_field(self, name, typ, len, dec=0):
+        """Add field definition.
+
+        Arguments:
+            name:
+                field name (str object). field name must not
+                contain ASCII NULs and it's length shouldn't
+                exceed 10 characters.
+            typ:
+                type of the field. this must be a single character
+                from the "CNLMDT" set meaning character, numeric,
+                logical, memo, date and date/time respectively.
+            len:
+                length of the field. this argument is used only for
+                the character and numeric fields. all other fields
+                have fixed length.
+                FIXME: use None as a default for this argument?
+            dec:
+                decimal precision. used only for the numric fields.
+
+        """
+        self.fields.append(self.FieldDefinitionClass(name, typ, len, dec))
+
+    def write(self, filename):
+        """Create empty .DBF file using current structure."""
+        _dbfh = DbfHeader()
+        _dbfh.setCurrentDate()
+        for _fldDef in self.fields:
+            _fldDef.appendToHeader(_dbfh)
+
+        _dbfStream = open(filename, "wb")
+        _dbfh.write(_dbfStream)
+        _dbfStream.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # create a new DBF-File
+    dbfn = dbf_new()
+    dbfn.add_field("name", 'C', 80)
+    dbfn.add_field("price", 'N', 10, 2)
+    dbfn.add_field("date", 'D', 8)
+    dbfn.write("tst.dbf")
+    # test new dbf
+    print("*** created tst.dbf: ***")
+    dbft = Dbf('tst.dbf', readOnly=0)
+    print(repr(dbft))
+    # add a record
+    rec = DbfRecord(dbft)
+    rec['name'] = 'something'
+    rec['price'] = 10.5
+    rec['date'] = (2000, 1, 12)
+    rec.store()
+    # add another record
+    rec = DbfRecord(dbft)
+    rec['name'] = 'foo and bar'
+    rec['price'] = 12234
+    rec['date'] = (1992, 7, 15)
+    rec.store()
+
+    # show the records
+    print("*** inserted 2 records into tst.dbf: ***")
+    print(repr(dbft))
+    for i1 in range(len(dbft)):
+        rec = dbft[i1]
+        for fldName in dbft.fieldNames:
+            print('%s:\t %s' % (fldName, rec[fldName]))
+        print()
+    dbft.close()
+
+# vim: set et sts=4 sw=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/fields.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/fields.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87916fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/fields.py
@@ -0,0 +1,466 @@
+"""DBF fields definitions.
+
+TODO:
+  - make memos work
+"""
+"""History (most recent first):
+26-may-2009 [als]   DbfNumericFieldDef.decodeValue: strip zero bytes
+05-feb-2009 [als]   DbfDateFieldDef.encodeValue: empty arg produces empty date
+16-sep-2008 [als]   DbfNumericFieldDef decoding looks for decimal point
+                    in the value to select float or integer return type
+13-mar-2008 [als]   check field name length in constructor
+11-feb-2007 [als]   handle value conversion errors
+10-feb-2007 [als]   DbfFieldDef: added .rawFromRecord()
+01-dec-2006 [als]   Timestamp columns use None for empty values
+31-oct-2006 [als]   support field types 'F' (float), 'I' (integer)
+                    and 'Y' (currency);
+                    automate export and registration of field classes
+04-jul-2006 [als]   added export declaration
+10-mar-2006 [als]   decode empty values for Date and Logical fields;
+                    show field name in errors
+10-mar-2006 [als]   fix Numeric value decoding: according to spec,
+                    value always is string representation of the number;
+                    ensure that encoded Numeric value fits into the field
+20-dec-2005 [yc]    use field names in upper case
+15-dec-2005 [yc]    field definitions moved from `dbf`.
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.14 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2009/05/26 05:16:51 $"[7:-2]
+
+__all__ = ["lookupFor",] # field classes added at the end of the module
+
+import datetime
+import struct
+import sys
+
+from . import utils
+
+## abstract definitions
+
+class DbfFieldDef(object):
+    """Abstract field definition.
+
+    Child classes must override ``type`` class attribute to provide datatype
+    infromation of the field definition. For more info about types visit
+    `http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/data_types.html`
+
+    Also child classes must override ``defaultValue`` field to provide
+    default value for the field value.
+
+    If child class has fixed length ``length`` class attribute must be
+    overriden and set to the valid value. None value means, that field
+    isn't of fixed length.
+
+    Note: ``name`` field must not be changed after instantiation.
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("name", "decimalCount",
+        "start", "end", "ignoreErrors")
+
+    # length of the field, None in case of variable-length field,
+    # or a number if this field is a fixed-length field
+    length = None
+
+    # field type. for more information about fields types visit
+    # `http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/data_types.html`
+    # must be overriden in child classes
+    typeCode = None
+
+    # default value for the field. this field must be
+    # overriden in child classes
+    defaultValue = None
+
+    def __init__(self, name, length=None, decimalCount=None,
+        start=None, stop=None, ignoreErrors=False,
+    ):
+        """Initialize instance."""
+        assert self.typeCode is not None, "Type code must be overriden"
+        assert self.defaultValue is not None, "Default value must be overriden"
+        ## fix arguments
+        if len(name) >10:
+            raise ValueError("Field name \"%s\" is too long" % name)
+        name = str(name).upper()
+        if self.__class__.length is None:
+            if length is None:
+                raise ValueError("[%s] Length isn't specified" % name)
+            length = int(length)
+            if length <= 0:
+                raise ValueError("[%s] Length must be a positive integer"
+                    % name)
+        else:
+            length = self.length
+        if decimalCount is None:
+            decimalCount = 0
+        ## set fields
+        self.name = name
+        # FIXME: validate length according to the specification at
+        # http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/data_types.html
+        self.length = length
+        self.decimalCount = decimalCount
+        self.ignoreErrors = ignoreErrors
+        self.start = start
+        self.end = stop
+
+    def __cmp__(self, other):
+        return cmp(self.name, str(other).upper())
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(self.name)
+
+    def fromString(cls, string, start, ignoreErrors=False):
+        """Decode dbf field definition from the string data.
+
+        Arguments:
+            string:
+                a string, dbf definition is decoded from. length of
+                the string must be 32 bytes.
+            start:
+                position in the database file.
+            ignoreErrors:
+                initial error processing mode for the new field (boolean)
+
+        """
+        assert len(string) == 32
+        _length = string[16]
+        return cls(utils.unzfill(string)[:11].decode('utf-8'), _length,
+            string[17], start, start + _length, ignoreErrors=ignoreErrors)
+    fromString = classmethod(fromString)
+
+    def toString(self):
+        """Return encoded field definition.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is a string object containing encoded
+            definition of this field.
+
+        """
+        if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
+            # earlier versions did not support padding character
+            _name = self.name[:11] + "\0" * (11 - len(self.name))
+        else:
+            _name = self.name.ljust(11, '\0')
+        return (
+            _name +
+            self.typeCode +
+            #data address
+            chr(0) * 4 +
+            chr(self.length) +
+            chr(self.decimalCount) +
+            chr(0) * 14
+        )
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "%-10s %1s %3d %3d" % self.fieldInfo()
+
+    def fieldInfo(self):
+        """Return field information.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is a (name, type, length, decimals) tuple.
+
+        """
+        return (self.name, self.typeCode, self.length, self.decimalCount)
+
+    def rawFromRecord(self, record):
+        """Return a "raw" field value from the record string."""
+        return record[self.start:self.end]
+
+    def decodeFromRecord(self, record):
+        """Return decoded field value from the record string."""
+        try:
+            return self.decodeValue(self.rawFromRecord(record))
+        except:
+            if self.ignoreErrors:
+                return utils.INVALID_VALUE
+            else:
+                raise
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return decoded value from string value.
+
+        This method shouldn't be used publicly. It's called from the
+        `decodeFromRecord` method.
+
+        This is an abstract method and it must be overridden in child classes.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return str object containing encoded field value.
+
+        This is an abstract method and it must be overriden in child classes.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+## real classes
+
+class DbfCharacterFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the character field."""
+
+    typeCode = "C"
+    defaultValue = b''
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return string object.
+
+        Return value is a ``value`` argument with stripped right spaces.
+
+        """
+        return value.rstrip(b' ').decode('utf-8')
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return raw data string encoded from a ``value``."""
+        return str(value)[:self.length].ljust(self.length)
+
+
+class DbfNumericFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the numeric field."""
+
+    typeCode = "N"
+    # XXX: now I'm not sure it was a good idea to make a class field
+    # `defaultValue` instead of a generic method as it was implemented
+    # previously -- it's ok with all types except number, cuz
+    # if self.decimalCount is 0, we should return 0 and 0.0 otherwise.
+    defaultValue = 0
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a number decoded from ``value``.
+
+        If decimals is zero, value will be decoded as an integer;
+        or as a float otherwise.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is a int (long) or float instance.
+
+        """
+        value = value.strip(b' \0')
+        if b'.' in value:
+            # a float (has decimal separator)
+            return float(value)
+        elif value:
+            # must be an integer
+            return int(value)
+        else:
+            return 0
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return string containing encoded ``value``."""
+        _rv = ("%*.*f" % (self.length, self.decimalCount, value))
+        if len(_rv) > self.length:
+            _ppos = _rv.find(".")
+            if 0 <= _ppos <= self.length:
+                _rv = _rv[:self.length]
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("[%s] Numeric overflow: %s (field width: %i)"
+                    % (self.name, _rv, self.length))
+        return _rv
+
+class DbfFloatFieldDef(DbfNumericFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the float field - same as numeric."""
+
+    typeCode = "F"
+
+class DbfIntegerFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the integer field."""
+
+    typeCode = "I"
+    length = 4
+    defaultValue = 0
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return an integer number decoded from ``value``."""
+        return struct.unpack("<i", value)[0]
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return string containing encoded ``value``."""
+        return struct.pack("<i", int(value))
+
+class DbfCurrencyFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the currency field."""
+
+    typeCode = "Y"
+    length = 8
+    defaultValue = 0.0
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return float number decoded from ``value``."""
+        return struct.unpack("<q", value)[0] / 10000.
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return string containing encoded ``value``."""
+        return struct.pack("<q", round(value * 10000))
+
+class DbfLogicalFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the logical field."""
+
+    typeCode = "L"
+    defaultValue = -1
+    length = 1
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return True, False or -1 decoded from ``value``."""
+        # Note: value always is 1-char string
+        if value == "?":
+            return -1
+        if value in "NnFf ":
+            return False
+        if value in "YyTt":
+            return True
+        raise ValueError("[%s] Invalid logical value %r" % (self.name, value))
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a character from the "TF?" set.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is "T" if ``value`` is True
+            "?" if value is -1 or False otherwise.
+
+        """
+        if value is True:
+            return "T"
+        if value == -1:
+            return "?"
+        return "F"
+
+
+class DbfMemoFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the memo field.
+
+    Note: memos aren't currenly completely supported.
+
+    """
+
+    typeCode = "M"
+    defaultValue = " " * 10
+    length = 10
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return int .dbt block number decoded from the string object."""
+        #return int(value)
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return raw data string encoded from a ``value``.
+
+        Note: this is an internal method.
+
+        """
+        #return str(value)[:self.length].ljust(self.length)
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class DbfDateFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the date field."""
+
+    typeCode = "D"
+    defaultValue = utils.classproperty(lambda cls: datetime.date.today())
+    # "yyyymmdd" gives us 8 characters
+    length = 8
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a ``datetime.date`` instance decoded from ``value``."""
+        if value.strip():
+            return utils.getDate(value)
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a string-encoded value.
+
+        ``value`` argument should be a value suitable for the
+        `utils.getDate` call.
+
+        Return:
+            Return value is a string in format "yyyymmdd".
+
+        """
+        if value:
+            return utils.getDate(value).strftime("%Y%m%d")
+        else:
+            return " " * self.length
+
+
+class DbfDateTimeFieldDef(DbfFieldDef):
+    """Definition of the timestamp field."""
+
+    # a difference between JDN (Julian Day Number)
+    # and GDN (Gregorian Day Number). note, that GDN < JDN
+    JDN_GDN_DIFF = 1721425
+    typeCode = "T"
+    defaultValue = utils.classproperty(lambda cls: datetime.datetime.now())
+    # two 32-bits integers representing JDN and amount of
+    # milliseconds respectively gives us 8 bytes.
+    # note, that values must be encoded in LE byteorder.
+    length = 8
+
+    def decodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a `datetime.datetime` instance."""
+        assert len(value) == self.length
+        # LE byteorder
+        _jdn, _msecs = struct.unpack("<2I", value)
+        if _jdn >= 1:
+            _rv = datetime.datetime.fromordinal(_jdn - self.JDN_GDN_DIFF)
+            _rv += datetime.timedelta(0, _msecs / 1000.0)
+        else:
+            # empty date
+            _rv = None
+        return _rv
+
+    def encodeValue(self, value):
+        """Return a string-encoded ``value``."""
+        if value:
+            value = utils.getDateTime(value)
+            # LE byteorder
+            _rv = struct.pack("<2I", value.toordinal() + self.JDN_GDN_DIFF,
+                (value.hour * 3600 + value.minute * 60 + value.second) * 1000)
+        else:
+            _rv = "\0" * self.length
+        assert len(_rv) == self.length
+        return _rv
+
+
+_fieldsRegistry = {}
+
+def registerField(fieldCls):
+    """Register field definition class.
+
+    ``fieldCls`` should be subclass of the `DbfFieldDef`.
+
+    Use `lookupFor` to retrieve field definition class
+    by the type code.
+
+    """
+    assert fieldCls.typeCode is not None, "Type code isn't defined"
+    # XXX: use fieldCls.typeCode.upper()? in case of any decign
+    # don't forget to look to the same comment in ``lookupFor`` method
+    _fieldsRegistry[fieldCls.typeCode] = fieldCls
+
+
+def lookupFor(typeCode):
+    """Return field definition class for the given type code.
+
+    ``typeCode`` must be a single character. That type should be
+    previously registered.
+
+    Use `registerField` to register new field class.
+
+    Return:
+        Return value is a subclass of the `DbfFieldDef`.
+
+    """
+    # XXX: use typeCode.upper()? in case of any decign don't
+    # forget to look to the same comment in ``registerField``
+    return _fieldsRegistry[chr(typeCode)]
+
+## register generic types
+
+for (_name, _val) in list(globals().items()):
+    if isinstance(_val, type) and issubclass(_val, DbfFieldDef) \
+    and (_name != "DbfFieldDef"):
+        __all__.append(_name)
+        registerField(_val)
+del _name, _val
+
+# vim: et sts=4 sw=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/header.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/header.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c0dc4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/header.py
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+"""DBF header definition.
+
+TODO:
+  - handle encoding of the character fields
+    (encoding information stored in the DBF header)
+
+"""
+"""History (most recent first):
+16-sep-2010 [als]   fromStream: fix century of the last update field
+11-feb-2007 [als]   added .ignoreErrors
+10-feb-2007 [als]   added __getitem__: return field definitions
+                    by field name or field number (zero-based)
+04-jul-2006 [als]   added export declaration
+15-dec-2005 [yc]    created
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.6 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2010/09/16 05:06:39 $"[7:-2]
+
+__all__ = ["DbfHeader"]
+
+import io
+import datetime
+import struct
+import time
+import sys
+
+from . import fields
+from .utils import getDate
+
+
+class DbfHeader(object):
+    """Dbf header definition.
+
+    For more information about dbf header format visit
+    `http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/dbf.html#DBF_STRUCT`
+
+    Examples:
+        Create an empty dbf header and add some field definitions:
+            dbfh = DbfHeader()
+            dbfh.addField(("name", "C", 10))
+            dbfh.addField(("date", "D"))
+            dbfh.addField(DbfNumericFieldDef("price", 5, 2))
+        Create a dbf header with field definitions:
+            dbfh = DbfHeader([
+                ("name", "C", 10),
+                ("date", "D"),
+                DbfNumericFieldDef("price", 5, 2),
+            ])
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("signature", "fields", "lastUpdate", "recordLength",
+        "recordCount", "headerLength", "changed", "_ignore_errors")
+
+    ## instance construction and initialization methods
+
+    def __init__(self, fields=None, headerLength=0, recordLength=0,
+        recordCount=0, signature=0x03, lastUpdate=None, ignoreErrors=False,
+    ):
+        """Initialize instance.
+
+        Arguments:
+            fields:
+                a list of field definitions;
+            recordLength:
+                size of the records;
+            headerLength:
+                size of the header;
+            recordCount:
+                number of records stored in DBF;
+            signature:
+                version number (aka signature). using 0x03 as a default meaning
+                "File without DBT". for more information about this field visit
+                ``http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/dbf.html#DBF_NOTE_1_TARGET``
+            lastUpdate:
+                date of the DBF's update. this could be a string ('yymmdd' or
+                'yyyymmdd'), timestamp (int or float), datetime/date value,
+                a sequence (assuming (yyyy, mm, dd, ...)) or an object having
+                callable ``ticks`` field.
+            ignoreErrors:
+                error processing mode for DBF fields (boolean)
+
+        """
+        self.signature = signature
+        if fields is None:
+            self.fields = []
+        else:
+            self.fields = list(fields)
+        self.lastUpdate = getDate(lastUpdate)
+        self.recordLength = recordLength
+        self.headerLength = headerLength
+        self.recordCount = recordCount
+        self.ignoreErrors = ignoreErrors
+        # XXX: I'm not sure this is safe to
+        # initialize `self.changed` in this way
+        self.changed = bool(self.fields)
+
+    # @classmethod
+    def fromString(cls, string):
+        """Return header instance from the string object."""
+        return cls.fromStream(io.StringIO(str(string)))
+    fromString = classmethod(fromString)
+
+    # @classmethod
+    def fromStream(cls, stream):
+        """Return header object from the stream."""
+        stream.seek(0)
+        first_32 = stream.read(32)
+        if type(first_32) != bytes:
+            _data = bytes(first_32, sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+        _data = first_32
+        (_cnt, _hdrLen, _recLen) = struct.unpack("<I2H", _data[4:12])
+        #reserved = _data[12:32]
+        _year = _data[1]
+        if _year < 80:
+            # dBase II started at 1980.  It is quite unlikely
+            # that actual last update date is before that year.
+            _year += 2000
+        else:
+            _year += 1900
+        ## create header object
+        _obj = cls(None, _hdrLen, _recLen, _cnt, _data[0],
+            (_year, _data[2], _data[3]))
+        ## append field definitions
+        # position 0 is for the deletion flag
+        _pos = 1
+        _data = stream.read(1)
+        while _data != b'\r':
+            _data += stream.read(31)
+            _fld = fields.lookupFor(_data[11]).fromString(_data, _pos)
+            _obj._addField(_fld)
+            _pos = _fld.end
+            _data = stream.read(1)
+        return _obj
+    fromStream = classmethod(fromStream)
+
+    ## properties
+
+    year = property(lambda self: self.lastUpdate.year)
+    month = property(lambda self: self.lastUpdate.month)
+    day = property(lambda self: self.lastUpdate.day)
+
+    def ignoreErrors(self, value):
+        """Update `ignoreErrors` flag on self and all fields"""
+        self._ignore_errors = value = bool(value)
+        for _field in self.fields:
+            _field.ignoreErrors = value
+    ignoreErrors = property(
+        lambda self: self._ignore_errors,
+        ignoreErrors,
+        doc="""Error processing mode for DBF field value conversion
+
+        if set, failing field value conversion will return
+        ``INVALID_VALUE`` instead of raising conversion error.
+
+        """)
+
+    ## object representation
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        _rv = """\
+Version (signature): 0x%02x
+        Last update: %s
+      Header length: %d
+      Record length: %d
+       Record count: %d
+ FieldName Type Len Dec
+""" % (self.signature, self.lastUpdate, self.headerLength,
+    self.recordLength, self.recordCount)
+        _rv += "\n".join(
+            ["%10s %4s %3s %3s" % _fld.fieldInfo() for _fld in self.fields]
+        )
+        return _rv
+
+    ## internal methods
+
+    def _addField(self, *defs):
+        """Internal variant of the `addField` method.
+
+        This method doesn't set `self.changed` field to True.
+
+        Return value is a length of the appended records.
+        Note: this method doesn't modify ``recordLength`` and
+        ``headerLength`` fields. Use `addField` instead of this
+        method if you don't exactly know what you're doing.
+
+        """
+        # insure we have dbf.DbfFieldDef instances first (instantiation
+        # from the tuple could raise an error, in such a case I don't
+        # wanna add any of the definitions -- all will be ignored)
+        _defs = []
+        _recordLength = 0
+        for _def in defs:
+            if isinstance(_def, fields.DbfFieldDef):
+                _obj = _def
+            else:
+                (_name, _type, _len, _dec) = (tuple(_def) + (None,) * 4)[:4]
+                _cls = fields.lookupFor(_type)
+                _obj = _cls(_name, _len, _dec,
+                    ignoreErrors=self._ignore_errors)
+            _recordLength += _obj.length
+            _defs.append(_obj)
+        # and now extend field definitions and
+        # update record length
+        self.fields += _defs
+        return _recordLength
+
+    ## interface methods
+
+    def addField(self, *defs):
+        """Add field definition to the header.
+
+        Examples:
+            dbfh.addField(
+                ("name", "C", 20),
+                dbf.DbfCharacterFieldDef("surname", 20),
+                dbf.DbfDateFieldDef("birthdate"),
+                ("member", "L"),
+            )
+            dbfh.addField(("price", "N", 5, 2))
+            dbfh.addField(dbf.DbfNumericFieldDef("origprice", 5, 2))
+
+        """
+        _oldLen = self.recordLength
+        self.recordLength += self._addField(*defs)
+        if not _oldLen:
+            self.recordLength += 1
+            # XXX: may be just use:
+            # self.recordeLength += self._addField(*defs) + bool(not _oldLen)
+        # recalculate headerLength
+        self.headerLength = 32 + (32 * len(self.fields)) + 1
+        self.changed = True
+
+    def write(self, stream):
+        """Encode and write header to the stream."""
+        stream.seek(0)
+        stream.write(self.toString())
+        fields = [_fld.toString() for _fld in self.fields]
+        stream.write(''.join(fields).encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()))
+        stream.write(b'\x0D')   # cr at end of all header data
+        self.changed = False
+
+    def toString(self):
+        """Returned 32 chars length string with encoded header."""
+        return struct.pack("<4BI2H",
+            self.signature,
+            self.year - 1900,
+            self.month,
+            self.day,
+            self.recordCount,
+            self.headerLength,
+            self.recordLength) + (b'\x00' * 20)
+        #TODO: figure out if bytes(utf-8) is correct here.
+
+    def setCurrentDate(self):
+        """Update ``self.lastUpdate`` field with current date value."""
+        self.lastUpdate = datetime.date.today()
+
+    def __getitem__(self, item):
+        """Return a field definition by numeric index or name string"""
+        if isinstance(item, str):
+            _name = item.upper()
+            for _field in self.fields:
+                if _field.name == _name:
+                    return _field
+            else:
+                raise KeyError(item)
+        else:
+            # item must be field index
+            return self.fields[item]
+
+# vim: et sts=4 sw=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/record.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/record.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d301476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/record.py
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+"""DBF record definition.
+
+"""
+"""History (most recent first):
+11-feb-2007 [als]   __repr__: added special case for invalid field values
+10-feb-2007 [als]   added .rawFromStream()
+30-oct-2006 [als]   fix record length in .fromStream()
+04-jul-2006 [als]   added export declaration
+20-dec-2005 [yc]    DbfRecord.write() -> DbfRecord._write();
+                    added delete() method.
+16-dec-2005 [yc]    record definition moved from `dbf`.
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.7 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007/02/11 09:05:49 $"[7:-2]
+
+__all__ = ["DbfRecord"]
+
+import sys
+
+from . import utils
+
+class DbfRecord(object):
+    """DBF record.
+
+    Instances of this class shouldn't be created manualy,
+    use `dbf.Dbf.newRecord` instead.
+
+    Class implements mapping/sequence interface, so
+    fields could be accessed via their names or indexes
+    (names is a preffered way to access fields).
+
+    Hint:
+        Use `store` method to save modified record.
+
+    Examples:
+        Add new record to the database:
+            db = Dbf(filename)
+            rec = db.newRecord()
+            rec["FIELD1"] = value1
+            rec["FIELD2"] = value2
+            rec.store()
+        Or the same, but modify existed
+        (second in this case) record:
+            db = Dbf(filename)
+            rec = db[2]
+            rec["FIELD1"] = value1
+            rec["FIELD2"] = value2
+            rec.store()
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = "dbf", "index", "deleted", "fieldData"
+
+    ## creation and initialization
+
+    def __init__(self, dbf, index=None, deleted=False, data=None):
+        """Instance initialiation.
+
+        Arguments:
+            dbf:
+                A `Dbf.Dbf` instance this record belonogs to.
+            index:
+                An integer record index or None. If this value is
+                None, record will be appended to the DBF.
+            deleted:
+                Boolean flag indicating whether this record
+                is a deleted record.
+            data:
+                A sequence or None. This is a data of the fields.
+                If this argument is None, default values will be used.
+
+        """
+        self.dbf = dbf
+        # XXX: I'm not sure ``index`` is necessary
+        self.index = index
+        self.deleted = deleted
+        if data is None:
+            self.fieldData = [_fd.defaultValue for _fd in dbf.header.fields]
+        else:
+            self.fieldData = list(data)
+
+    # XXX: validate self.index before calculating position?
+    position = property(lambda self: self.dbf.header.headerLength + \
+        self.index * self.dbf.header.recordLength)
+
+    def rawFromStream(cls, dbf, index):
+        """Return raw record contents read from the stream.
+
+        Arguments:
+            dbf:
+                A `Dbf.Dbf` instance containing the record.
+            index:
+                Index of the record in the records' container.
+                This argument can't be None in this call.
+
+        Return value is a string containing record data in DBF format.
+
+        """
+        # XXX: may be write smth assuming, that current stream
+        # position is the required one? it could save some
+        # time required to calculate where to seek in the file
+        dbf.stream.seek(dbf.header.headerLength +
+            index * dbf.header.recordLength)
+        return dbf.stream.read(dbf.header.recordLength)
+    rawFromStream = classmethod(rawFromStream)
+
+    def fromStream(cls, dbf, index):
+        """Return a record read from the stream.
+
+        Arguments:
+            dbf:
+                A `Dbf.Dbf` instance new record should belong to.
+            index:
+                Index of the record in the records' container.
+                This argument can't be None in this call.
+
+        Return value is an instance of the current class.
+
+        """
+        return cls.fromString(dbf, cls.rawFromStream(dbf, index), index)
+    fromStream = classmethod(fromStream)
+
+    def fromString(cls, dbf, string, index=None):
+        """Return record read from the string object.
+
+        Arguments:
+            dbf:
+                A `Dbf.Dbf` instance new record should belong to.
+            string:
+                A string new record should be created from.
+            index:
+                Index of the record in the container. If this
+                argument is None, record will be appended.
+
+        Return value is an instance of the current class.
+
+        """
+        return cls(dbf, index, string[0]=="*",
+            [_fd.decodeFromRecord(string) for _fd in dbf.header.fields])
+    fromString = classmethod(fromString)
+
+    ## object representation
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        _template = "%%%ds: %%s (%%s)" % max([len(_fld)
+            for _fld in self.dbf.fieldNames])
+        _rv = []
+        for _fld in self.dbf.fieldNames:
+            _val = self[_fld]
+            if _val is utils.INVALID_VALUE:
+                _rv.append(_template %
+                    (_fld, "None", "value cannot be decoded"))
+            else:
+                _rv.append(_template % (_fld, _val, type(_val)))
+        return "\n".join(_rv)
+
+    ## protected methods
+
+    def _write(self):
+        """Write data to the dbf stream.
+
+        Note:
+            This isn't a public method, it's better to
+            use 'store' instead publically.
+            Be design ``_write`` method should be called
+            only from the `Dbf` instance.
+
+
+        """
+        self._validateIndex(False)
+        self.dbf.stream.seek(self.position)
+        self.dbf.stream.write(bytes(self.toString(),
+            sys.getfilesystemencoding()))
+        # FIXME: may be move this write somewhere else?
+        # why we should check this condition for each record?
+        if self.index == len(self.dbf):
+            # this is the last record,
+            # we should write SUB (ASCII 26)
+            self.dbf.stream.write(b"\x1A")
+
+    ## utility methods
+
+    def _validateIndex(self, allowUndefined=True, checkRange=False):
+        """Valid ``self.index`` value.
+
+        If ``allowUndefined`` argument is True functions does nothing
+        in case of ``self.index`` pointing to None object.
+
+        """
+        if self.index is None:
+            if not allowUndefined:
+                raise ValueError("Index is undefined")
+        elif self.index < 0:
+            raise ValueError("Index can't be negative (%s)" % self.index)
+        elif checkRange and self.index <= self.dbf.header.recordCount:
+            raise ValueError("There are only %d records in the DBF" %
+                self.dbf.header.recordCount)
+
+    ## interface methods
+
+    def store(self):
+        """Store current record in the DBF.
+
+        If ``self.index`` is None, this record will be appended to the
+        records of the DBF this records belongs to; or replaced otherwise.
+
+        """
+        self._validateIndex()
+        if self.index is None:
+            self.index = len(self.dbf)
+            self.dbf.append(self)
+        else:
+            self.dbf[self.index] = self
+
+    def delete(self):
+        """Mark method as deleted."""
+        self.deleted = True
+
+    def toString(self):
+        """Return string packed record values."""
+#        for (_def, _dat) in zip(self.dbf.header.fields, self.fieldData):
+#
+
+        return "".join([" *"[self.deleted]] + [
+           _def.encodeValue(_dat)
+            for (_def, _dat) in zip(self.dbf.header.fields, self.fieldData)
+        ])
+
+    def asList(self):
+        """Return a flat list of fields.
+
+        Note:
+            Change of the list's values won't change
+            real values stored in this object.
+
+        """
+        return self.fieldData[:]
+
+    def asDict(self):
+        """Return a dictionary of fields.
+
+        Note:
+            Change of the dicts's values won't change
+            real values stored in this object.
+
+        """
+        return dict([_i for _i in zip(self.dbf.fieldNames, self.fieldData)])
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        """Return value by field name or field index."""
+        if isinstance(key, int):
+            # integer index of the field
+            return self.fieldData[key]
+        # assuming string field name
+        return self.fieldData[self.dbf.indexOfFieldName(key)]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        """Set field value by integer index of the field or string name."""
+        if isinstance(key, int):
+            # integer index of the field
+            return self.fieldData[key]
+        # assuming string field name
+        self.fieldData[self.dbf.indexOfFieldName(key)] = value
+
+# vim: et sts=4 sw=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/utils.py b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..856ade8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/dbfpy3/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+"""String utilities.
+
+TODO:
+  - allow strings in getDateTime routine;
+"""
+"""History (most recent first):
+11-feb-2007 [als]   added INVALID_VALUE
+10-feb-2007 [als]   allow date strings padded with spaces instead of zeroes
+20-dec-2005 [yc]    handle long objects in getDate/getDateTime
+16-dec-2005 [yc]    created from ``strutil`` module.
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision: 1.4 $"[11:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007/02/11 08:57:17 $"[7:-2]
+
+import datetime
+import time
+
+
+def unzfill(str):
+    """Return a string without ASCII NULs.
+
+    This function searchers for the first NUL (ASCII 0) occurance
+    and truncates string till that position.
+
+    """
+    try:
+        return str[:str.index(b'\0')]
+    except ValueError:
+        return str
+
+
+def getDate(date=None):
+    """Return `datetime.date` instance.
+
+    Type of the ``date`` argument could be one of the following:
+        None:
+            use current date value;
+        datetime.date:
+            this value will be returned;
+        datetime.datetime:
+            the result of the date.date() will be returned;
+        string:
+            assuming "%Y%m%d" or "%y%m%dd" format;
+        number:
+            assuming it's a timestamp (returned for example
+            by the time.time() call;
+        sequence:
+            assuming (year, month, day, ...) sequence;
+
+    Additionaly, if ``date`` has callable ``ticks`` attribute,
+    it will be used and result of the called would be treated
+    as a timestamp value.
+
+    """
+    if date is None:
+        # use current value
+        return datetime.date.today()
+    if isinstance(date, datetime.date):
+        return date
+    if isinstance(date, datetime.datetime):
+        return date.date()
+    if isinstance(date, (int, float)):
+        # date is a timestamp
+        return datetime.date.fromtimestamp(date)
+    if isinstance(date, str):
+        date = date.replace(" ", "0")
+        if len(date) == 6:
+            # yymmdd
+            return datetime.date(*time.strptime(date, "%y%m%d")[:3])
+        # yyyymmdd
+        return datetime.date(*time.strptime(date, "%Y%m%d")[:3])
+    if hasattr(date, "__getitem__"):
+        # a sequence (assuming date/time tuple)
+        return datetime.date(*date[:3])
+    return datetime.date.fromtimestamp(date.ticks())
+
+
+def getDateTime(value=None):
+    """Return `datetime.datetime` instance.
+
+    Type of the ``value`` argument could be one of the following:
+        None:
+            use current date value;
+        datetime.date:
+            result will be converted to the `datetime.datetime` instance
+            using midnight;
+        datetime.datetime:
+            ``value`` will be returned as is;
+        string:
+            *** CURRENTLY NOT SUPPORTED ***;
+        number:
+            assuming it's a timestamp (returned for example
+            by the time.time() call;
+        sequence:
+            assuming (year, month, day, ...) sequence;
+
+    Additionaly, if ``value`` has callable ``ticks`` attribute,
+    it will be used and result of the called would be treated
+    as a timestamp value.
+
+    """
+    if value is None:
+        # use current value
+        return datetime.datetime.today()
+    if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+        return value
+    if isinstance(value, datetime.date):
+        return datetime.datetime.fromordinal(value.toordinal())
+    if isinstance(value, (int, float)):
+        # value is a timestamp
+        return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(value)
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        raise NotImplementedError("Strings aren't currently implemented")
+    if hasattr(value, "__getitem__"):
+        # a sequence (assuming date/time tuple)
+        return datetime.datetime(*tuple(value)[:6])
+    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(value.ticks())
+
+
+class classproperty(property):
+    """Works in the same way as a ``property``, but for the classes."""
+
+    def __get__(self, obj, cls):
+        return self.fget(cls)
+
+
+class _InvalidValue(object):
+
+    """Value returned from DBF records when field validation fails
+
+    The value is not equal to anything except for itself
+    and equal to all empty values: None, 0, empty string etc.
+    In other words, invalid value is equal to None and not equal
+    to None at the same time.
+
+    This value yields zero upon explicit conversion to a number type,
+    empty string for string types, and False for boolean.
+
+    """
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return not other
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not (other is self)
+
+    def __bool__(self):
+        return False
+
+    def __int__(self):
+        return 0
+    __long__ = __int__
+
+    def __float__(self):
+        return 0.0
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return ""
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return ""
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<INVALID>"
+
+# invalid value is a constant singleton
+INVALID_VALUE = _InvalidValue()
+
+# vim: set et sts=4 sw=4 :
diff --git a/src/tablib/packages/statistics.py b/src/tablib/packages/statistics.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e97a6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tablib/packages/statistics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from __future__ import division
+
+
+def median(data):
+    """
+    Return the median (middle value) of numeric data, using the common
+    "mean of middle two" method. If data is empty, ValueError is raised.
+
+    Mimics the behaviour of Python3's statistics.median
+
+    >>> median([1, 3, 5])
+    3
+    >>> median([1, 3, 5, 7])
+    4.0
+
+    """
+    data = sorted(data)
+    n = len(data)
+    if not n:
+        raise ValueError("No median for empty data")
+    i = n // 2
+    if n % 2:
+        return data[i]
+    return (data[i - 1] + data[i]) / 2