[kronolith] Fwd: [Tickets #4982] Re: Expose Kronolith data via XML, emulating Sharepoint's XMLRPC Web Services for integration into Microsoft Outlook

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Jon Spriggs <jon at spriggs.org.uk>:

> On 2/8/07, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
>> Zitat von Jon Spriggs <jon at spriggs.org.uk>:
>>
>>> Jan, (and CC'd to the list, incase anyone else is looking for the  
>>> same info)
>>>
>>> Thanks for the very prompt response.
>>>
>>> Just out of interest, how can I expose the calendar information? I ask
>>> this because Sharepoint (my main rival for implementation) has a link
>>> on the calendar which provides a unique url which opens the calendar
>>> directly for read-only access in MS Outlook. (I'm just signing up for
>>> a "free demo" somewhere to be able to provide an example of the URL
>>> and later for an interactive example with the service or results of
>>> accessing the URL - if it's appropriate).
>>>
>>> Within Kronolith, I found the link under "manage my calendars" to
>>> remotely access the calendar, but from examining the result of the
>>> link, that seems to produce ical data rather than allowing me to open
>>> the calendar under anything else.
>>
>> I don't follow. What else than the only existing calendar specific
>> standard, iCalendar, should be used to provide calendar data to
>> external clients? I know it's suprising but even Outlook understands
>> this format.
>
> Outlook 2003 and maybe earlier versions allow clicking on a URL which
> looks like:
>
> stssync://sts/?ver=1.0&type=calendar&cmd=add-folder&base-url=http%3A%2F%2F[SERVERNAME]&list-url=%2FLists%2FEvents%2FAllItems%2Easpx&guid=[MS-GUID-FOR-CALENDAR]&site-name=[SITENAME]&list-name=[CALENDARNAME]
>
> (I've modified this a little, showing the site and calendar specific
> bits surrounded by []'s.)
>
> This resolves (eventually) to
> http://[SERVERNAME]/Lists/Events/AllItems.aspx, which is a SOAP URL.
> Outlook sends a couple of SOAP requests to the server. I've attached a
> (trimmed and slightly modified for privacy) version of the wireshark
> packet trace of the requests between Outlook and Sharepoint.
>
> I think this could be really good for Horde - and would definitely
> differentiate this product from other groupware products on the
> market... because, not only is it free (as in Gratis and Libre), and
> running on an open platform (and I think supports more methods of
> authentication than any other groupware out there), but would allow
> direct interoperability with Microsoft Outlook.

I still don't understand why you want this. And just in case I wasn't  
clear: we won't support this, because a) it is not necessary, since we  
have an iCalendar/DAV interface, and b) it is propriatary, whithout  
any additional benefit.

Jan.

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