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+\hyperlink{classCinisis}{Cinisis} is a \href{https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/CDS/ISIS}{\tt CDS/ISIS} database reading library written in PHP. It's intended for integrating or migrating existing ISIS databases into other applications. It is a wrapper around other ISIS libraries and tools, providing an uniform interface and iterators for easily fetching data without bothering with internals.
+
+\hyperlink{classCinisis}{Cinisis} works with the following ISIS backend libraries:
+
+
+\begin{DoxyItemize}
+\item \href{http://search.cpan.org/~dpavlin/Biblio-Isis-0.24/lib/Biblio/Isis.pm}{\tt Biblio::Isis} through \href{http://pecl.php.net/package/perl}{\tt Perl PECL extension}, which is the recommended choice.
+\item \href{http://malete.org}{\tt GNI's Malete}.
+\item \href{http://pecl.php.net/package/isis}{\tt Openisis}.
+\end{DoxyItemize}
+
+Both Malete and Openisis support is outdated in favour os Biblio::Isis as it has proven to be simpler and more functional.
+
+\subsection*{Installation and usage}
+
+
+\begin{DoxyVerbInclude}
+Cinisis database reader
+=======================
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+### Getting Cinisis
+
+Cinisis source code can be obtained via git:
+
+    git clone http://git.devlet.com.br/cinisis.git
+
+This documentation covers just installation with Biblio::Isis library
+and assumes a Debian like operating system.
+
+### Installing BiblioIsis
+
+The Biblio:Isis can be installed directly from package together with
+development files for perl:
+
+    apt-get install libbiblio-isis-perl libperl-dev
+
+### Installing pecl-perl
+
+Then download and build pecl-perl:
+
+    pecl install perl
+
+Due to a bug (see http://pecl.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16807), you might
+prefer to install it directly from source:
+
+    svn checkout http://svn.php.net/repository/pecl/perl/trunk pecl-perl
+    cd pecl-perl
+    phpize
+    ./configure
+    make install
+
+You will still need to enable the extension in your php.ini depending on
+how your system is configured.
+
+### Getting spyc
+
+Cinisis config files are written in YAML. You'll need to download Spyc
+library from https://code.google.com/p/spyc/ and put the files at
+the contrib/ folder.
+
+Naming conventions
+------------------
+
+The following naming conventions are used through Cinisis aiming to help
+iterating over all the data from a ISIS database.
+
+  - Database:  an ISIS database.
+  - Entry:     a given MFN in the database.
+  - Value:     all the data from a given entry in the database.
+  - Field:     a numbered set of values from a given entry.
+  - Row:       a single value from a given field.
+  - Main item: the data in a row without a qualifier.
+  - Subfield:  every data in a row within a qualifier.
+  - Item:      either a main item or subfield withing a row.
+
+Example:
+
+    MFN 1 with entry
+    10: First  row of field 10^aWith a subfield^bAnd another one
+    10: Second row of field 10^bJust with the second subfield
+    20: This is the main item^yAnd this is another item
+
+For that entry we have fields 10 and 20, where field 10 has two rows (i.e, two
+repetitions). The main field is the data wich is has no qualifier (^) and a
+subfield is the data with qualifiers (like subfields a and b from above).
+\end{DoxyVerbInclude}
+ 
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