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IceWarp Joins CalConnect
The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium has announced that IceWarp has joined the Consortium.
Ben Fortuna and iCal4j
CalConnect held its fourteenth members' meeting (Roundtable) and interoperability test event last week (February 2-6) in Redmond, Washington, hosted by Microsoft.
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This blog is for and about CalConnect — The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium — and occasional other posts related to the quest for interoperable calendaring and scheduling.
Report on the second Mobile IOP Test Event
Since its inception, CalConnect has conducted Interoperability Test Events. They are generally held over 2-1/2 days in conjunction with a Roundtable (members meeting), and we...
Host and location set for CalConnect XV
CalConnect XV (IOP Test Event and Roundtable) will be hosted by Oracle Corporation on June 1-5, 2009, at Oracle’s HQ in Redwood Shores, California. We...
Report on Roundtable XIV
There’s a brief report on Roundtable XIV, up on the CalConnect website.
Planned outage for CalConnect server Thursday March 26
We are planning for a 4-hour outage Thursday evening March 26 from 19:00-23:00 Eastern Time. That will be 16:00-20:00 Pacific Time and 23:00-03:00 UTC. We...
Registration is open for CalConnect XV, June 1-5, 2009
Registration is now open for CalConnect XV comprised of Roundtable XV and a CalConnect Interoperability Test Event, hosted by Oracle in Redwood Shores, California, on...
A two-fer in June -- attend CalConnect, then WWDC
Apple’s WorldWide Developers' Conference was just set for the second week of June (8-12), the week following CalConnect XV at Oracle in Redwood Shores. A...
NASA joins CalConnect
I’m delighted to announce that NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has joined The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium.
ZideOne Joins CalConnect
I’m delighted to announce that ZideOne GmbH has joined The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium.
Member News Announcements
The CalConnect Blog will be publishing short announcements from our members about significant news and events in the calendaring space. This may include but will...
Member News -- Calendaring at Duke University
During the past year, calendaring has taken hold on the campus at Duke University, with the launch of its institutional events calendar, Events@Duke (calendar.duke.edu), last...
February 2009 Interoperability Test Event Report
CalConnect has published the public version of the Interoperability Test Event Report from February 2009. Full internal reports are only available to representatives of members...
CalConnect publishes Proposal for Freebusy Read URL
CalConnect’s FREEBUSY Technical Committee has just published a Proposal* for Freebusy Read URL. This Proposal defines a standardized form of Freebusy Read URL to improve...
Notify Technology joins CalConnect
I’m delighted to announce that Notify Technology has joined The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium.
Revision to iCalendar (rfc2445bis) approved as Proposed Standard by IESG
The IESG has just announced that the revised draft of RFC 2445, Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar) (currently called rfc2445bis) has been...
Schedule for CalConnect XV now available
The schedule for CalConnect XV (June 1-5 2009) is now available on the CalConnect website or as a downloadable iCalendar file.
ZideOne Joins CalConnect
The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium has announced that IceWarp has joined the Consoritum.
Topical Agendas for Technical Committees at Roundtable XV
The Topical Agendas for the Technical Committee sessions at the upcoming Roundtable XV have been published and are on the logistics page for CalConnect XV...
Member News -- Mozilla Seeks Lightning Hacker
Mozilla Messaging wants to help ensure that current users of the Lightning calendaring extension for Thunderbird 2 will be able to migrate to a new...
Next two CalConnect meeting venues confirmed
CalConnect XVI will be held on October 5-9, 2009, hosted by Apple, Inc. in Cupertino, California. Registration should open for this event at the beginning...
TC XML has published “iCalendar XML Representation”
TC XML has published its Proposal for iCalendar XML Representation, and the proposal has been submitted to the IETF as an Internet Draft. Please see...
Report on Roundtable XV
A brief report on Roundtable XV, hosted by Oracle in Redwood Shores, California, on June 3-5, 2009, has been posted on the CalConnect website
TC USECASE publishes Resource documents
TC RESOURCE has published three documents related to resources in calendaring and scheduling.
DAViCal implements CalConnect's Proposal for Freebusy Read URL
As noted on Andrew McMillan’s blog at http://andrew.mcmillan.net.nz/blog/davical_097_released “Since DAViCal has always had Freebusy URLs, and in fact accepted a couple of simple parameters in...
CalConnect _Minutes_ to replace some press releases
The CalConnect “Minutes” newsletter, will provide information about CalConnect status and activities, such as new members, major initiatives, work status.
ZideOne Public Beta 9 now available
CalConnect member ZideOne has announced the availability of its public beta 9
Ms. Kellie Hunter of PeopleCube elected to CalConnect Board
Ms. Kellie Hunter of PeopleCube has been elected to the CalConnect Board of Directors and has assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer. The new...
Public Review and Comment on Calendaring Glossary
The CalConnect Calendaring and Scheduling Glossary of Terms was originally published in 2006 and is strongly in need of an update to reflect changes and...
Registration is open for CalConnect XVI October 5-9 2009
Registration is now open for CalConnect XVI, October 5-9, 2009, at Apple in Cupertino, California.
Intand joins CalConnect
I’m delighted to announce that Intand, of Bellevue, Washington, has joined CalConnect.
Sun Microsystems contributing CalDAV support to Symbian OS
Sun Microsystems has committed to providing CalDAV support for the Symbian OS, thus providing direct support for CalDAV servers on mobile devices running the Symbian...
June 2009 CalConnect Interoperabilty Test Report Published
The IOPTEST Technical Committee has published the public report from the CalConnect Interoperability Test Event in June 2009. See June 2009 CalConnect Interoperabilty Test Report....
Only four weeks to CalConnect XVI!
CalConnect XVI, the week of October 5th at Apple in Cupertino, California, is only four weeks away! If you are planning to come to the...
The IETF has published the revision to iCalendar
RFC5545, Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar) has been published by the IETF as a Proposed Standard Protocol. This is the revision to...
Calendaring & Scheduling Developers Discussion List
CalConnect has launched a public discussion list intended for Calendaring and Scheduling systems developers and kindred spirits. More information and a link to subscribe to...
Report on CalConnect Roundtable XVI
CalConnect has posted a short report on Roundtable XVI, held October 7-9 at Apple in Cupertino, CA. The report may be found at Roundtable XVI....
Update on Sun's CalDAV Plug-in for Symbian
Sun has posted an update on their CalDAV client plug-in for the Symbian Operating system on the Symbian blog. See http://blog.symbian.org/2009/10/22/caldav-support-for-symbian-a-contribution-by-sun-microsystems/ for the full text....
CalConnect Minutes from Roundtable XVI
CalConnect Minutes is the CalConnect newsletter published after each CalConnect Roundtable. Each edition contains information from the previous Roundtable and IOP Test Event plus articles...
OASIS joins CalConnect
OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems, has joined CalConnect as part of a reciprocal membership agreement between the two organizations.
October 2009 CalConnect Interoperability Test Report Published
The IOPTEST Technical Committee has published the public report from the CalConnect Interoperability Test Event in October 2009. See October 2009 CalConnect Interoperability Test Report....
CalConnect to hold Mobile Calendaring Interoperability Test Event
CalConnect will hold a Mobile Calendaring Interoperability Test Event at CalConnect XVIII from February 1-2, 2010, in parallel with the regular Interoperability Test Event. This...
Registration Opens for CalConnect XVII, Feb 1-5, 2010
Registration is now open for CalConnect XVIII, February 1-5, 2010. CalConnect XVII will be hosted by the University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California. Logistics...