[Kolab-devel] Which Korganizer features are important for Groupware?(was: Alarm setting?)

[Bo Thorsen]

On Thursday 07 October 2004 12:54, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> > > > > I do not see a problem making attachments like email
> > > > > attachements to work reliably cross plattform. They are just
> > > > > binary blobs with a content-type.
> > > >
> > > > I'm not talking about email attachments. I'm talking about
> > > > attachments to events and todos. You can attach any URI (e.g.
> > > > path to a local file, a URL to some web page, or a link to a mail
> > > > in kmail) to incidences in KOrganizer. Of course, the local
> > > > pathes and kmail uids will be highly platform-dependent.
> > >
> > > The reference to a local file system is something that I believe is
> > > not good and should be avoided in all groupware systems.
> >
> > So how do you want to handle them? Always attaching the whole file to
> > the event. Now, add a few images, and you'll end up with a >10MB
> > calendar...
>
> For now I want to do this and thinking about real document management
> systems in a distributed world with several servers is a hard problem.
> Someone could think of URIs or so.
>
> > Also remember, KOrganizer is not a synonym for "Groupware system".
> > Some people also use korganizer as their "project" management system,
> > where they put the references to all the documents needed into the
> > events' attachments, to have easy access to them.
>
> This is just what I am saying: KOrganizer is not ready to be part of
> a real "Groupware solution" and in making it ready we also think
> of what it should be and how it can be that.

Just to set the record straight on this - the XML format can handle both 
references to attachments (i.e. urls to local files or remote files) or 
inlined attachments. Till implemented this not too long ago.

Bo.