[clug-talk] Contact Management server?

[Shawn]

thanks Ian.  That looks promising.  The draft specs help too as I'm 
looking at implementing my own solution right now.  I *was* going to 
just do import/export of vCards, but the CardDav may let me remove a 
step or two...

Shawn

Ian Bruseker wrote:
> 2009/8/22 Shawn <sgrover at open2space.com <mailto:sgrover at open2space.com>>
> 
>     I am starting to get a large stack of business cards and want to set
>     up a centralized listing for these.  I rebuild my workstation on a
>     regular basis, and don't want to have to worry about backing up my
>     contacts info.  Also, I want to be able to access my contact list if
>     I'm using my laptop, or away from my own computers - maybe a web
>     interface.  This seems to call for a server, rather than a client tool.
> 
>     What do you use?
> 
>     I know I can set up an LDAP server, but then I'd need to worry about
>     schema compatibility (i.e. schema A might work with Evolution, but
>     not Thunderbird, etc.).  What other options are there?
> 
>     Shawn
>      
> 
>  
> Ok, I realize I'm way late to this party, but I think I came across the 
> answer to your question while doing my semi-annual "can I ditch Exchange 
> now?" google-ing, and the answer is CardDAV.  Someone did think of this 
> very problem (someone at Apple, apparently).  
> 
> Unfortunately it would seem the only real working implementation out 
> there that anyone is talking about is OS X Server's Address Book Server. 
>  Probably not what you're looking for.  ;-)  
> 
> But, it's a standard, and there seems to be work on getting other 
> implementations going.  Check out this site for both server and client 
> plug-in links:  http://carddav.calconnect.org/   
> 
> Ian
>  
> 
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