Announcements

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 approved as a Proposed Standard. CalConnect has for some time been providing input and errata to the IETF CALSIFY working group to support this revision. CalConnect congratulates the CALSIFY working group, Bernard Desruisseaux, the editor of the revision, and everyone who worked to bring this revision to completion and publication.

The schedule for CalConnect XV (June 1-5 2009) is now available on the CalConnect website, at http://www.calconnect.org/calconnect15.shtml#schedule or as a downloadable iCalendar file at http://www.calconnect.org/CalConnectXV.ics.

I’m delighted to announce that Notify Technology has joined The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium.

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 interoperability between client and server implementations, while extending the functionality and utility through the use of optional parameters. Please see Freebusy Read URL.

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 of the Consortium, but the public event reports are freely available on the CalConnect website. The report may be viewed at February 2009 CalConnect Interoperability Test Report.

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 not be limited to product announcements, and the intent is to try and provide a useful feed for calendaring-related information to interested parties. These posts will consist of short summaries and links to actual documents, press releases, blogs, and so forth.  

I’m delighted to announce that ZideOne GmbH has joined The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium.

I’m delighted to announce that ZideOne GmbH has joined The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium.

I’m delighted to announce that NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has joined The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium.  

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 June 1-5, 2009.

Please see CalConnect XV for logistics information and links to registration for the Roundtable and for the CalConnect Interoperability Test Event. We will meet in the Oracle Conference Center at 350 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores.