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@@ -1,29 +1,27 @@ -# Shared calendars and publishing events +# Syncronizing and sharing calendar events _(event)_ -Decentral event planning and publishing tools. -Publish or share calendars within a group of people or publish events to a feed or a web page. +Calendars hold events and tasks +(tasks, a.k.a. todo items, are events without time or date assigned). -## Scheduling of calendar events _(event)_ +Each user can create private calendars tied to their personal account. -iCalendar specifies a file format for events. +Shared calendars can be created for groups of users. -CalDAV specifies how to manage events. +Private and shared calendars can be exported as read-only calendar files +e.g. for publishing on a website. -iCalendar spec is relatively simple, and widely supported. -CalDAV spec is very big and complex, however, -and no system supports all of it. +Technically, +private and shared calendars is a [CalDAV] service using [Radicale], +and public calendars are [iCalendar] files. -This system supports a limited subset of CalDAV -tested to work with Apple and Mozilla clients. -Currently non-shared calendars are supported, -without iTIP or iMIP. - -It is possible to extend our current system with iTIP/iMIP support, -but that has not yet been explored. - -Technically, the CalDAV service uses [Radicale]. +[CalDAV]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalDAV + "CalDAV - Internet standard allowing a client to access scheduling information on a remote server" [Radicale]: https://radicale.org/ + "Radicale - Free and Open-Source CalDAV and CardDAV Server" + +[iCalendar]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar + "iCalendar - media type which allows users to store and exchange calendaring and scheduling information" ## Invites |