Glossary, Acronyms, Formats

Acronyms

.ics (file) extension for iCalendar files, Calendar invites in Dejaoffice. iCalendar is heavily based on the earlier vCalendar

.vcs (file) extension. vCalendar created by the Internet Mail Consortium (IMC)

CalDAV Accessed by HTTP, organizes the data (events, tasks, free-busy info, notes) in directories (collections), where multiple items (format iCalendar) are stored. Also called "Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV"

WebDAV protocol required by CalDAV, WebDAV protocol provides a framework for users to create, change and move documents on a server.

json JavaScript Object Notation. Is an open-standard file format that uses human-readable text to transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and array data types.

sqlite . db file

Formats:

ICS/VCS

A Calendar (BEGIN:VCALENDAR) is based in one or many events(BEGIN:VEVENT).

Basic fields: SUMMARY,CATEGORIES, DTSTART, DTEND ejm of Date format: DTSTART:20180424T110000Z