Small extension to the annotate proposal

Joon Radley joon at radleys.co.za
Wed Jun 30 08:21:39 CEST 2004


Hi Martin,

> > > I really don't see the point why
> > >
> > > /vendor/kolab/folder-type event
> > > /vendor/kolab/storage-format xml 1.0
> > >
> > > should hurt?
> >
> > Yes. So any "Kolab compliant" client can enter any format 
> e.g. "vCard 
> > 1.0"/"iCal 1.0"/"XYZ 1.0" into the storage format. It will create a 
> > huge interoperability problem. This what we are trying to avoid.
> >
> > XML, vCard, iCal, XYZ, what is the storage format that 
> Kolab will be 
> > using for the next three years?
> 
> No, this is not about what Kolab uses but about making it 
> explicit instead of implicit and allowing for future 
> development without problems when upgrading. 
> 
> Explicit formats specifications are superior to implicit 
> format specifications.

There is only one format, the Kolab Format as define in the XML
specification, or am I wrong about this?

Regards

Joon Radley
Radley Network Technologies CC
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