On 02.12.2010, at 08:10, Riccardo Iaconelli wrote: > Hi! > > I am currently in the process of making Akunambol a plugin based application, > to enable KDE (starting from Plasma) to benefit from a syncing framework. > > This would not only mean syncing stuff via SyncML, even if SyncML is > certainly > a big player. > > Just to start, I'd like to make a couple of usually misunderstood things > clear: > > - Akunambol is NOT a PIM application. Or at least, it is not going to be. It > is actually not even going to be (just) an application. :) > - SyncML is a completely mimetype agnostic protocol. It could sync > everything, including stuff like files, or random binary data. It is not even > limited to mobile platforms (e.g. sync via bluetooth) - actually - Ubuntu One > is built on top of it. > > With it we could do stuff like simple file syncing (ala dropbox/ubuntu one) > or > more complex things, like configuration syncing, sharing data, backups of > random things (nepomuk metadata?)... > > SyncML usually needs a centralized server. ownCloud seems like the best point > where we can work on this. I have talked with one of ownCloud developers one > month ago or such (can't remember the name :/), and, some time before, with > Frank too. They both seemed to think that this was a terrific idea. :) > > So, what I propose would be something like: > > - having a SyncML implementation on ownCloud: > > - using one of the many SyncML PHP libraries where it's the only thing we > support. > - using funambol wherever we have a shell access (it's an awesome AGPLv3 > app, unfortunately written in java). This would open up collaboration from > some funambol guys that could help us in their free time, who have already > shown much interest. > > - using akunambol or any other local application that supports the SyncML > protocol to perform the actual sync. This would include allowing to sync > directly to mobile phones or other devices (via http/syncml). > > Soo... what do you people think? I've tried to keep this email as short as > possible to ensure everybody could easily get to the end of it, but I think > it > already reflects the immense possibilities that we have. :)
Hi Riccardo, sounds like a good idea to me. I suggest to make this an ownCloud plugin > > I had to schedule an IRC meeting in November to discuss this, but got a bit > caught up with school - do you think it could be worthwhile to do it now- > soonish? sure :-) > Bye, > -Riccardo Cheers Frank -- Frank Karlitschek h i v e 01 gmbh building social networks Stöckachstrasse 16 70190 Stuttgart Germany web: www.hive01.com mail: [email protected] mobile: +49 176 20196101 phone: +49 711 5188 2593 fax: +49 711 5188 2923 Amtsgericht: Stuttgart HRB 726532 Geschäftsführer: Frank Karlitschek -- Frank Karlitschek [email protected] _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
