This document discusses various methods for importing and exporting data in OpenERP/Odoo, including using XML-RPC and JSON-RPC APIs, importing and exporting CSV and XML files, and connecting directly to databases using Python modules like pyodbc, psycopg2, and cx_Oracle. It also briefly mentions the ERPpeek module for interacting with OpenERP/Odoo APIs and provides sample code for connecting to Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases from Python.