Cumulus can export and import records, categories and collections. Collections can only be imported and exported in Cumulus exchange file formats whereas records and categories can also be exported to and imported from XML files. Exported catalog metadata in XML files can be used by other programs as well as on other platforms. Paired with the metadata import options Cumulus offers, you have a complete metadata “round-tripping” solution to make integrations with your other systems easy.

Cumulus supports XSL Transformations (XSLT). XSLT is a programming language for transforming XML documents into other XML documents. XSLT was designed to be used with XSL, which is a stylesheet language for XML. Apart from the XSL Metadata Processor, the Cumulus export function XSLT can be used for example to place images and metadata in InDesign documents.

Importing and exporting data with Cumulus is easy, but there are a few things to be aware of in order to avoid unexpected results.