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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Request for comments: New address book API
From:       Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-10-19 10:25:50
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On Thursday 18 October 2001 23:42, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Thursday 18 October 2001 01:58, Don Sanders wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 October 2001 07:27, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 17 October 2001 01:55, Don Sanders wrote:
>
> > Perhaps the new addressbook API could be extended to add
> > support for PGP, ICQ and AIM keys.
>
> I don't think this would be useful. It would only clutter the API.
> IMO it suffices that the API supports arbitrary key/value pairs. But
> it would be good if there would be a place where all the key/value
> pairs which applications add to the address book where gathered to
> avoid conflicts between different applications using the same keys
> for different things.

The vCard format provides a PGP key field. So I think it makes sense to 
add that to the API. For other ICQ and similar addresses it probably 
also makes sense to add support in the API. As a general rule we should 
provide API functions for all data that is used by multiple 
applications to make sure that it is used in a consistent way.

For data, which is only used by a single application, custom entries 
might be better. The new address book API already requires that custom 
entries are specified with an identifier for the application. This 
should make sure that there are no conflicts.

Another way to add custom data to the address book would be to store it 
independently and link it with the address book entries by references 
to the unique id of the entries.

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>

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