just off the top of my head how about a contactmech that is for calendars then you can use the contactmech ID for the calendar.
Adrian Crum sent the following on 10/30/2008 11:13 AM: > I need your thoughts/comments/suggestions on some CalDAV implementation > issues I need to resolve... > > In OFBiz, parties and fixed assets can be assigned to work efforts. In > CalDAV, calendars are viewed as a folder structure with *.ics files in > them. The simplest way to map the CalDAV spec to OFBiz (that I can > imagine) would be to have two main collections (folders) - parties and > fixedassets. Within each collection would be one calendar per > party/fixed asset. Within each collection the iCal "files" (the request > for a file will do a WorkEffort lookup and return an iCal text stream - > there is no physical file) will be named according to user login ID or > fixed asset ID. > > So, assuming a base URL of https://localhost:8443/ical - the calendar > for the admin user login would be > https://localhost:8443/ical/parties/admin.ics, and the calendar for the > DEMO_MACHINE fixed asset would be > https://localhost:8443/ical/fixedassets/DEMO_MACHINE.ics. > > This is a crude and simple implementation that would serve my immediate > needs, but it needs more work to make it more appealing to others (and > to make it RFC compliant). Here is where I need your help - I need ideas > on these potential issues: > > 1. Some users might balk at the idea of using their login ID as a > calendar name - since the URL could become public if the user wants to > share their calendar. We would need a way to map an iCal URL to a user's > work efforts. Example: https://localhost:8443/ical/TheAdministrator.ics > maps to user login ID admin. > > 2. The CalDAV specification allows for an arbitrary arrangement of > collections - just like the folder structure on a hard disk. So, I could > have something like - > > https://localhost:8443/ical/adrian.ics > or > https://localhost:8443/ical/adrian/public.ics > https://localhost:8443/ical/adrian/private.ics > > So there would have to be a way to map multiple calendars to each user. > The example brings up another issue - how to map work efforts to > different calendars. > > Let me know what you think. > > -Adrian > > > > >
