Load data into core-data schema

Question

I am implementing a navigation-based application. The user will drill down to the node of interest. I am using Core Data, mostly because I want to try it out. How do I load the

Answer 1

Currently as far as I know you have to write custom code to populate the database.

This does seem like a downside, I'd really like to see a tool for batch (shell) pre-population of data sources meant to be used by CoreData.