On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, James Knott wrote: > Is it possible to sync the GPE calendar with Google calendar? On a closely related topic, is is possible to connect GPE to a standards-based online calendar, as with Mozilla Sunbird ? (I haven't actually tried GPE yet, so please excuse if it's obvious) We have spent some time trying to decide on a sitewide shared caledaring system, and finally picked Bedework as being standards-based (CalDAV) with a Web interface as well. I've also been playing with WebDAV and CalDAV servers, and have some read-only calendars in ICS v2.0 format (there's a ton on the Web). Of course, I should be able to just use the Bedework Web interface, but it would be nice to download events to a local client for going out of WiFi range.. As I recall, Google support HTTP/ICS download but use their own API for upload - maybe CalDAV was not mature enough at the time. CalDAV in theory is more efficient than WebDAV as calendars can be updated with a single event rather than uploading the entire thing, and also supports scheduling via a free/busy mechanism - theoretically, across multiple servers so that you can schedule meetings between groups at two different institutions. As to why not everyone use Google - some organizations and countries forbid storing private information offsite/offshore, espcially somewhere subject to the "Patriot Act". -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376 (Pacific Time) Network Security Manager
