About CalDAV, a new calendar storage specification ...

[Martin Konold]

Am Dienstag, 4. Januar 2005 23:12 schrieb Michael Harlaut:

Hi Michael,

thanks for providing the URLs.

> I know a XML storage format has been specified for Kolab2/Proko2.

The cited URLs don't define a storage format but refer to iCalendar and define 
a transport / query mechanism.

My first impression is that they do not solve the problems which exist with 
iCalendar while not really addressing the scalability issues. Basically 
CalDAV looks to me like an alternative database like approach without using 
SQL but using webdav instead.

> And Sunbird (the mozilla calendar) has panned to implement it in its
> roadmap

Yes I am aware of this since many years.

> Michael, the man with the "too late" question :)

Discussion is never too later as the development is an ongoing effort and good 
ideas are welcome for Kolab 3.

In general I still lack to understand the inherent advantage of webdav 
compared to imap for a secure, scalable and offline capable email/calendaring 
solution.

Regards,
-- martin
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