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AB-Schema

Last modified: August 22, 2003

Project leader

Edward Buck (edward.buck@netscape.net) has accepted responsibilty for leading this project.

Mission Statement

Define an addressbook schema that is:
  • global - supports locale-specific postal addressing schemes
  • interoperable - defines bi-directional mappings to important addressbook schemas, including standards like vCard and de facto product schemas such as mozillaOrgPerson or Evolution's schema
  • current - supports contact addresses for all popular internet-based communications protocols, e.g. instant-messaging
  • independent - does not use names or identifiers that imply an association with any specific software
  • web-aware - uses URL's to reference sophisticated or "large" contact-related information outside of the addressbook schema
To achieve this goal, we plan to develop a common logical addressbook schmema and a mapping or an instantiation of this schema to different kinds of addressbook store, including at least LDAP and vCard. It is intended to specifically invite participants from all major open-source groupware efforts but contributors from closed-source projects or related standards efforts are very welcome.

Participation

First, subscribe to the groupware mailing lists that interest you.

Next, please scan the archive of the lists you joined to catch up on what's been discused so far. To read the ABSchema archive: http://groupware.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=schema-dev

Then, you might consider introducing yourself, letting us know how you found out about the project, what your interests are, and anything else you care to share.

Please feel free to subscribe and to tell to the community what you know or what you would like to find in this project.


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