GroupDAV

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GroupDAV is a computer protocol used to connect Open Source groupware clients with OpenSource groupware servers. It is an effort to create a "down-to-the-earth" protocol, major goal of GroupDAV being to keep the protocol as simple as possible, and to stay focused on real world issues with OpenSource and free software applications.

Client side GroupDAV implementations exist for KDE Kontact and Novell Evolution, work on the Mozilla Calendar Project is in progress. Servers include OpenGroupware.org, SOGo and the Citadel system.

GroupDAV's relationship to CalDAV depends upon whom you ask. Some feel it is a protocol which is supposed to be complementary to the CalDAV effort, because CalDAV provides more extensive operations on calendaring folders. Others feel that CalDAV is overly complex, and GroupDAV is an ideal replacement because it is easier to implement.

[edit] External links

• http://www.groupdav.org/