[Kolab-devel] CalDAV Collections vs. IMAP Folders

[Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems)]

On 2013-03-18 09:19, Thomas Brüderli wrote:
> Hello devs
> 

Hi Thomas,

> (...snip...)
> 
> I admit, none of the above scenarios is perfect. 1) works for simple
> synchronization purposes where the client "subscribes" to a collection
> as we see it in Thunderbird. But it limits the interaction with
> sophisticated clients such as Apple iCal. 2a) doesn't provide a nice
> user experience either but at least it allows to create and delete
> collection. And 2b) may result in diverging names of 
> collections/folders
> when using multiple clients.
> 
> I guess we can all agree that storing UIDs as IMAP annotations can
> easily be implemented without major side-effects. But any suggestions
> how to solve the display name issue are much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks for listening!
> 

Have you considered storing the display name (a user might prefer) for 
a collection as /private/comment?

With that available, how would this impact translating the "IMAP folder 
path" to the "collection UID" directly, but presenting a "display name" 
stored in /private/comment, for the different interactions a client 
might attempt to undertake?

Thinking a little further ahead, how could/would this impact other 
clients displaying the same calendar (now with a /private/comment)?

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen

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