AOL Joins CalConnect

The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium welcomes AOL as a member of the Consortium.

Registration is open for CalConnect XXIV May 21-25, 20012, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Registration is now open for CalConnect XXIV, May 21-25, 2012, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, hosted by Patricia Egen Consulting.  Please see CalConnect XXIV for logistics and registration information.  As usual, the first 2.5 days will be the Interoperability Test Event; the remainder of the week (Wednesday lunch through Friday mid-afternoon) will be the Roundtable Technical Conference.  [...]

CalWS-SOAP SOAP Web Services Protocol for Calendaring available for Public Review

The SOAP version of the Web Services Protocol for Calendaring is now available for public review and comment for a period of at least one month; the public comment period will last until at least 22 March 2012.  To review the document and comment, please see Public Review Documents on the CalConnect website.  (Note:  This [...]

CalConnect will return to Europe this autumn: CalConnect XXV, October 1-5, 2012, Google, Zurich, Switzerland

We are very pleased to announce that Google will host CalConnext XXV this autumn at their offices in Zurich, Switzerland, on October 1-5, 2012. The schedule of coming events is: CalConnect XXIII January 30 – February 3, 2012 Apple, Cupertino, California CalConnect XXIV May 21-25, 2012 Patricia Egen Consulting, Chattanooga, Tennessee CalConnect XXV October 1-5, [...]

Session schedule for CalConnect XXIII published

We have posted the schedule for the week for the next CalConnect meeting, January 30 – February 3, 2012, at Apple in Cupertino. The schedule covers the entire week and includes the technical committee session schedule in addition to the IOP test event. See http://www.calconnect.org/calconnect23.shtml#schedule.

Interoperability Testing at CalConnect XXIII

Our next Interoperability Testing Event will be at CalConnect XXIII, January 30-31 and Wednesday morning February 1. CalConnect XXIII will be hosted by Apple in Cupertino, California. Testing scenarios at this event will continue to evolve but at this point we are looking at the following possibilities: • CardDAV testing • iCalendar/iMIP/iTIP testing • CalDAV [...]

CalConnect will return to Europe in Autumn 2012

Based on the success of our first European CalConnect event (October in Prague), we have decided that our Autumn 2012 event will also be in Europe, and are actively seeking hosting proposals. The dates are probably October 1-5 (at the host’s convenience it might move a week or two earlier or later), and will be [...]

CalConnect XXIII at Apple in Cupertino California – January 30 to February 3, 2012

CalConnect XXIII will be the week of January 30 to February 3, 2012, at Apple in Cupertino, California. As usual, the first 2.5 days (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning) will be devoted to the Interoperability Test Event; the Roundtable Technical Conference will start with lunch on Wednesday, and continue until mid-afternoon on Friday. Registration is [...]

Vetting iCalendar files

In my blog post of December 27, 2010, In calendaring, success means the right thing, the right way!, I talked about downloading iCalendar .ics files from university sports web sites, and importing these events into different calendaring systems to ascertain whether the event data was interpreted the same way in each system. I discovered that [...]

CalConnect Statement on the Olson Timezone Database and related suit

CalConnect has always been interested in timezone data because accurate and timely timezone information is essential to calendaring and scheduling. We have done considerable work in the area and have always been impressed by the Olson volunteer team and Olson Database. The Timezone database, edited and managed by Arthur David Olson, provides a comprehensive source [...]