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I doubt xCal is nearly as widely supported as iCal. Although not a 'standard', per se, Google Calendar's Atom extensions are also a possible option, given that anything that Google does has pretty broad support. http://code.google.com/apis/calendar/ -Ross. On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Cloutman, David <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks. Again, we're not looking so much for an application, but a > _format_ that we can publish from our existing CMS in such a way that we > could reasonably expect other organizations to import into their > systems. Because it is likely that some of our community partners will > need to create the importing capability, I need the format to be well > documented and easy to build software for. I would prefer something XML > based because one can almost always write some XSLT to turn the data > into something that can work with their system, regardless of target > software or programming language. > > What about xCal (iCalendar based XML format)? Does anyone use this > technology? It is possible to do it with Atom Feeds? Other ideas? > > > > --- > David Cloutman <[log in to unmask]> > Electronic Services Librarian > Marin County Free Library > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > John Fereira > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 4:04 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Calendar Data Exchange > > > Miriam Goldberg wrote: >> I'd go with icalendar. It plays nicely with most major calendar > applications. >> >> also, at the risk of sounding like a shill, I'm helping develop a web >> app (www.fusecal.com) that'll make it easier for web publishers to get >> their calendar information into users personal calendars and keep the >> information up to date as the calendar changes. > > I'd also take a look at Bedework (http://www.bedework.org) > > The problem that I have with Calendar systems is not technical but a > social issue. We've got several calendar systems at our campus, but > other than the Oracle Calendar system that is used to schedule meetings > I don't use them. > > The problem is that, in the case of events, while the person responsible > > to announcing the event might put it into a calendar, they also try to > advertise the event as far and wide as possible so they post a notice to > > all of the relevant mailing lists that they can think of. Since I'm on > a lot of mailing lists, I might get 5-6 copies of an announcement of an > event I have no desire in attending, then get reminders on those same > list a few days prior to the event. Then there may be someone reading a > > mailing list, see the announcement and think that it should be forwarded > > to another mailing list they read (which I'm also on) so I get more > copies of the event announcement in my email inbox. Unless it's > mandated by an institution that events and other calendar related > announcements should *only* go on the institutional calendaring system > and not be distributed on mailing lists there really is no point in > consuming calendar events from the calendaring system if I'm just going > to get them pushed into my email inbox anyway. > > Email Disclaimer: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/nav/misc/EmailDisclaimer.cfm >