Re: [Phpgroupware-users] Request for Help: Outlook <-> PHP Groupware Syncronization Tool

[Dan Kuykendall (Seek3r)]

Yes, this is great news. I do hope that syncml can be used. It would be
preferable to creating our own protocol

Guillaume Courtois wrote:
> 
> >With this in mind, I have created a 'proof of concept' code which
> >uploads Outlook addressbook entries to PHP Groupware entries. Not all
> >data can be transferred 100%, some data does not exist in PHP Groupware,
> >and other data is very difficult to map.  This code uses very simple
> >rules, and may be simply wrong for some data. Also, it does not support
> >'updating' the data, meaning every time it is ran it will simply attempt
> >to re-upload everything. Conflict management helps keep this from being
> >a mess if you do run it more than once, but please do not use it in a
> >production environment.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Your tool is a very good idea, but I would say that maybe using SOAP is not 
> the best idea for doing synchronization.
> 
> There is a standard (syncml -> www.syncml.org) which is a subset of xml 
> dedicated to synchronizing.
> 
> phpGroupWare has some code for a syncml server, but there is a lot of work to 
> do on it to make it usable.
> 
> On the other side, I'm in the process of writing a syncml client in Perl. 
> Once it is done, it would be easy to interface it with lots of apps, like 
> PDA, phones, etc ... And now, when I look at your code, I can add Outlook too 
> ! (which is good news to me :-)
> 
> Personally, I'm focusing on having the client-side working, as I think it's 
> the biggest part to do. If I succeed in ending that, I would try to have the 
> server part in phpGW working. But if you or somebody else wants to work on 
> that part, I can help understanding the syncml standard concepts, and this 
> way let people save lots of time !
> 
> If somebody wants to work on this, we can coordinate efforts. Don't hesitate 
> to contact me !