The IETF has published the revision to iTIP

RFC 5546, iCalendar Transport-Independent Interoperability Protocol (iTIP), has been published by the IETF as a Proposed Standard. This is the revision to RFC 2446 (iTIP) which has been underway for some time. RFC 5546 obsoletes RFC 2446. See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5546. CalConnect congratulates everyone who was involved in progressing this work.

Nokia Corporation joins CalConnect

I am delighted to announce that Nokia Corporation has joined The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium.

Reminder: Early Registration for Roundtable XVII ends on 15th

If you are planning to attend Roundtable XVII at UC Irvine, please remember that early registration ends on the 15th and the registration fee will increase, so if you know you are coming, please register before EOB on Friday.

Only 4 weeks to CalConnect XVII

It is now only 4 weeks (28 days) to CalConnect XVII, February 1-5 at the University of California at Irvine, and only 12 days until Early Registration (for the Roundtable) ends on the 15th. After that the registration fee will increase from $350 to $395.

As usual, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning will be the Interoperability Test Event, while Wednesday afternoon to Friday afternoon will be the Roundtable. Remember you must register separately for the two events.

The logistics page (see below) will be updated shortly with the actual schedule for Technical Committee sessions and with Topical Agendas for the sessions.

This Interoperability Test Event will actually be comprised of both a regular IOP Test Event (we expect to be doing CardDAV testing in addition to iCalendar and CalDAV testing) and a Mobile Calendaring IOP Test Event primarily focused on calendaring via synchronization (ActiveSync and SyncML).

Please see http://www.calconnect.org/calconnect17.shtml for logistics and planning information, plus registration links. For more information specifically about the Mobile Interop including the testing schedule, see http://www.calconnect.org/miop1002.shtml.

CalConnect to hold Mobile Calendaring Interoperability Test Event

CalConnect will hold a Mobile Calendaring Interoperability Test Event at CalConnect XVIII from February 1-2, 2010, in parallel with the regular Interoperability Test Event. This event will be focused primarily on synchronization of mobile devices via ActiveSync and/or SyncML, based on the CalConnect Mobile Calendaring Interoperability Test Suite. Please see Mobile Calendaring IOP Test Event for further information and the testing schedule. Please see CalConnect XVII for logistics and registration information.

As always CalConnect Interoperability Test Events are open to CalConnect members and non-members alike.

Registration Opens for CalConnect XVII, Feb 1-5, 2010

Registration is now open for CalConnect XVIII, February 1-5, 2010. CalConnect XVII will be hosted by the University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California. Logistics and registration information may be found at CalConnect XVII.

CalConnect XVII will consist of two Interoperability Test Events, a regular test event and a Mobile Calendaring test event, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning, followed by a CalConnect Roundtable (members’ meeting) Wednesday afternoon through Friday afternoon.

Observers are welcome at the IOP test events and at the Roundtable; registration information and considerations may be found linked from the CalConnect XVII logistics page referenced above.

October 2009 CalConnect Interoperability Test Report Published

The IOPTEST Technical Committee has published the public report from the CalConnect Interoperability Test Event in October 2009. See October 2009 CalConnect Interoperability Test Report.

OASIS joins CalConnect

OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems, has joined CalConnect as part of a reciprocal membership agreement between the two organizations. The joint relationship will initially focus on the iCalendar XML Representation and web services support for calendaring and scheduling.

CalConnect Minutes from Roundtable XVI

CalConnect Minutes is the CalConnect newsletter published after each CalConnect Roundtable. Each edition contains information from the previous Roundtable and IOP Test Event plus articles and guest contributions. It is intended for CalConnect members and for others interested in CalConnect and in calendaring and scheduling.

The current edition of CalConnect Minutes is available at CalConnect Minutes Roundtable XVI.

Update on Sun’s CalDAV Plug-in for Symbian

Sun has posted an update on their CalDAV client plug-in for the Symbian Operating system on the Symbian blog. See http://blog.symbian.org/2009/10/22/caldav-support-for-symbian-a-contribution-by-sun-microsystems/ for the full text.