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Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] Folders and Multi-User for libkabc?
From:       Tobias Koenig <tokoe82 () yahoo ! de>
Date:       2002-06-19 20:24:02
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On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 10:34:01AM +0200, André Somers wrote:
> Citeren Tobias Koenig <tokoe82@yahoo.de>:
Hi Andre,

> > Ahh, now I know what you mean.
> > With libkabc you have already your 'personal folder' with the file resource
> > or a 'public folder' with the ldap resource (will hopefully exit at the end
> > of week).
> 
> Neither approch (Advances as well as the LDAP approch) is really a good 
> solution I think. I agree with Brian that it makes sence to be able to share 
> some contacts and keep others private. An LDAP server doesn't make the data 
> available in the same way as a file based backend does, you allways need to 
> search for it.
No by force...

> Also, you can't modify or add to that storage using libkabc, as 
> you describe below.
You can, if you have write access to the LDAP data information tree.

> In my ideal world (which is probably a long way away... (: ) I would be able to:
> -have multiple datasources at the same time
> -use different kinds of datasources (like the resources that are implented now: 
> binairy, seperate VCARD files, one big VCARD file, SQL, LDAP)
> -integrate these contacts into one consistent view (insofar possible with the 
> backend resource)
> -choose in which addressbook I want to insert a new contact
I guess you mean 'resource' and not 'addressbook' here

> -manage accessrights for contacts.
How do you want manage access rights for contacts in a LDAP server or in
a WebDAV directory with a address managment tool?
I think it's not the task of it. You can say if a contact should be private
or public, but anything else would require a central server with an access
right API.

> I think one fairly easy way to accomplish something like this, is the 
> possibility to use multiple resources at the same time, but stored at different 
> locations. My personal folder could be in my homedir, while my shared list 
> could be on any URL (KIO slaves should make that pretty easy, right?) that 
> allow at least reading.
... and writing wouldn't be a problem either. You only need write access to
the WebDAV, IMAP, POP3 or where-ever-you-store-your-VCard-addresses location.

Ciao,
Tobias
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