Standardizing data store across toolkits (SMS, PIM data, playlist, etc)

[joerg at openmoko.org]

Am Fr  16. Mai 2008 schrieb ian douglas:
> MartinG wrote:
> > On Friday 16 May 2008 03:26:06 Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> >> yeah. this is actually the bigger problem we face in the longer run.
> >> standardising data stores and access to them etc. :)
> > 
> > I think this is a important point that should be given some thought
> > before everyone starts hacking. Would it make sense to use opensync
> > [1] as a middle layer between the frontend app and the backend store
> > -- with one plugin on each side?
> 
> 
> Yeah, there was a big discussion about this a few months ago, talking 
> about whether to store data in some generic format or some homemade XML 
> format or using some middle layer tool like opensync, and synchronizing 
> data to a remote location periodically versus sync'ing only when 
> connected to a PC, etc. It was a pretty thorough discussion.
> 
> Personally, I like the opensync idea, a platform-independent sync 
> engine, that can be ported to the OpenMoko platform.

So was there any decision/consensus on this topic?
I think it's a very "mission critical" thing to have a decent lib API defined 
from the very beginning - see KDE addressbook, other resources of Kontact and 
the neverending story about the *abc*-libs to use them from "outside". LDAP, 
WebDAV/GroupDAV and even IMAP resources come to mind :-/. Have a look to 
Kontact|contacts|resources|add...
Same thing for calendar etc...

/jOERG