2009/8/22 Shawn <[email protected]> > 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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