From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasmus Subject: Re: org-contacts development Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 11:06:35 +0200 Message-ID: <874n0g27ac.fsf@gmx.us> References: <8761kxnno5.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40779) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnlOv-0001Su-8a for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 05:04:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnlOn-0004Xn-PC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 05:04:29 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:57241) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnlOn-0004Xf-I6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 05:04:21 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WnlOm-0007NS-8t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 11:04:20 +0200 Received: from 109.201.154.193 ([109.201.154.193]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 May 2014 11:04:20 +0200 Received: from rasmus by 109.201.154.193 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 May 2014 11:04:20 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Alexis writes: > What i'd now like to do is to add support for transferring data back and > forth between my org-contacts file and the Contacts store on my > phone. The challenge is the mapping between these two systems. You could also put yourself a slightly different challenge: map between the org-contacts-format and an carddav server that you establish as a backend on your phone. E.g. google contacts is a carddav server, I think. I use DAVdroid for syncing my calendar and my contacts with my OwnCloud and it very, very well! I sync my agenda with my OwnCloud using org-caldav, which works great except when you have multiple time stamps per heading. For contacts I tried Asynk to sync my bbdb contacts with OwnCloud, but I was using too many fields unknown to it, and my contacts got messed up. Mayhaps you already thought of this approach. I think it is more future-proof. > What would be useful would be an 'official', fleshed-out spec for > org-contacts data, which handles a greater range of contact-related > info. At the moment, for example, my org-contacts file makes use of > the properties: I would go for whatever properties are supported by Carddav, if there's a limit. -- Sådan en god dansk lagereddike kan man slet ikke bruge mere