How to import data into a wiki

I’ve got a large database file in the dbman format. (It’s a flat text file, with one line per element, and a delimeter between fields in the element.)

I’d like to use this as the starting point for a wiki. I’d be using mediawiki software on a linux-based server.

I see that there’s something called importDump.php that will pull in the data from an xml file, but I don’t know what the format of the xml file should be.

I have zero experience with wikis, and very minimal experience with SQL, but am pretty good with text manipulation in linux. If I knew what format to put it in (whether it be xml or SQL), I’m sure I could hack it into place, but I don’t see any examples online after some googling.

Wondering if anyone here has an easy answer.

Thanks in advance!