[maemo-developers] EDS groupware "plugin" development

[From: David Greaves]

On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 11:48 +0200, Nils Faerber wrote:
> Hello!
> We are currently evaluating the possibilities to attach the N900/Maemo5
> to a groupware server for synchronising PIM data - primarily contacts
> and calendar events.
> 
> Maemo5 quite obviously uses EDS
EDS? Electronic Data Sync ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDS

Not a term I'm familiar with :)

>  in some form to handle some PIM data but
> by quick searching I was not yet able to verify how EDS is used in
> Maemo5. E.g. it is not fully obvious to me if EDS is used for all PIM
> data or just for the address since I only see this
> 	/usr/lib/evolution-data-server/e-addressbook-factory
> in my process list.
Try:
  http://syncevolution.org/
  http://wiki.maemo.org/Sync
syncevolution is also part of MeeGo and has an active mailing list.

> And since the calendar and addressbook applications seem to be
> non-open-source I cannot check in them either.
> 
> The intention is to create something, like an EDS plugin, that will
> allow the standard Maemo5 applications to transparently use another
> groupware server, like e.g. Kolab.
So SyncML is the likely answer AIUI.

> - For the other non EDS type(s) what would be the best way to create
> alternate source connectors?

HTH

David