How do I migrate metadata from Final Cut Server for use in Premiere?

We're one of many companies looking to move to Premiere Pro from Final Cut.
We have thousands of tagged clips in Final Cut Server and I'm trying to find a way to export all that metadata so it can be used, and searched for, within Premiere Pro.
Does anyone know if/how this could be achieved?
The only thing I've found online that seems to be relevant is this:
http://www.andre-aulich.de/en/perm/export-asset-metadata-from-final-cut-server-using-built in-tools-only
This seems to explain how to export the metadata (although I don't fully understand it) but not how to make it useful for Premiere.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Well... I'm a librarian by training so I use Cat-DV a little differently.
I use it to make a searchable archive of proxy files for entire hard drives. I hook up a hard drive (say an old external) and point Cat-DV at it. It makes a catalog (locally) that has all the metadata (most importantly "date created") and a small proxy or thumbnail if it's a still. Then I unplug the drive, label it and put it on a shelf. When I need to find something all I have to do is consult the local catalog. I can search it (if I included any metadata) or, most likely, I'll just scrub around for date created. Cat-DV will display the exact path to where the asset is. I can search across multiple catalogs of drives without ever having to plug one in, Once I find the file I want, I just plug in that drive to retreive the file.
I use it mostly for stills and some b-roll that gets used over and over. For a variety of reasons, we never opted to make it a full replacement for FC Server.
And another thing... you can do a heck of a lot with the $99 or $300 version. You don't need to go the full enterprise server route (though you do have to do that to use the server functions).
You might also want to try Adobe Bridge for searching and editing metadata. In my experience, it's always been slow with video but that may well have changed. I haven't played with it in a while

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