Hi Madhuranga, On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 11:55 PM, Maduranga Siriwardena < [email protected]> wrote:
> As I have understood, what I need to do is provide an API to import and > export calender events to the openmeetings from outside client. And also > add some method to work with the caldav calender events in the openmeetings > system (That means functionality like create, view, edit, delete etc. of > the calender events). > Actually, such a functionality is already implemented in OpenMeetings, but for the single events only. ICal specification is wider and allows create recurrence events, exceptions in the recurrences, different type of guests and reminders, etc. > While studying about the Caldav protocol I came across a library > implementation of the protocol [1]. I'm not sure whether this can be used > in the project as I am still studying about the openmeetings code base. If > I use this library (or any other suitable library) to get the caldav > protocol support, the work needed to do will be really eased. > Yes, most of Java caldav servers use caldav4j. The problem is to map existing events structure to this. > [1] https://code.google.com/p/caldav4j/ > > Thank you. > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Irina Arkhipets > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Also a good point to start would be trying existing Caldav server > > implementation. For example, take a look here: > > http://caldav.calconnect.org/implementations/servers.html > > > > > > Best regards, > > Irina > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Maduranga Siriwardena < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thank you for the ideas. > > > > > > I'll go through the details about recurring events and CalDav > protocol. I > > > have some doubts about the CalDav protocol support. I may need some > more > > > details about this idea. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Irina Arkhipets > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Maduranga, > > > > > > > > Here are a few words about the possible works: > > > > > > > > OpenMeetings now has its own calendar which now supports simple > single > > > > events only. > > > > As a quick start you can register on demo.dataved.ru/openmeetingsand > > > try > > > > this: just select Home-> Calendar to enter the calendar and check. > > > > > > > > Eexport of the existing events using iCal generally is a simple task > > and > > > I > > > > don't think it requires significant time. > > > > > > > > More interesting things which can be dona are: > > > > - Recurring event support according to iCal spec. > > > > - I don't know exactly is currently all OK with the time zone or not, > > > maybe > > > > some improvemebts can be done > > > > - CalDav protocol support. In my vision, it should be a separate > caldav > > > > servlet which works on the same tomcat as OpenMeetings itself. If we > > > > implement this, users can sync with the OpenMeeting events via > standard > > > > calendar clients like MS Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird and. for > > example, > > > > create appointments in the real time. In my point of view it's the > most > > > > difficult and interesting task, and definitelly it takes a lot of > > > efforts. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Irina > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:12 PM, Maduranga Siriwardena < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I'm a third year Computer Science and Engineering undergraduate of > > > > > University of Moratuwa. Currently I'm in my internship at WSO2. > > > > > This year I'm planing to participate in Google Summer of Code and > I'm > > > > very > > > > > much interested in the project idea "Need to have possibility to > > > > > import/export sync events from OpenMeetings calender using iCal or > > > caldav > > > > > protocol" [1]. As I have worked with the iCal format, I think it > will > > > be > > > > a > > > > > advantage for me. So to start with the project I need to have more > > > > details > > > > > about the project. > > > > > Can someone please explain the requirements of the project in > detail? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-553 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > -- > > > > > Maduranga Siriwardena > > > > > Undergraduate > > > > > University of Moratuwa, Faculty of Engineering > > > > > Department of Computer Science and Engineering > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Maduranga Siriwardena > > > Undergraduate > > > University of Moratuwa, Faculty of Engineering > > > Department of Computer Science and Engineering > > > > > > > > > -- > Maduranga Siriwardena > Undergraduate > University of Moratuwa, Faculty of Engineering > Department of Computer Science and Engineering >
