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Please note that this announcement is being posted on multiple
calendaring-related reflectors and to the Calconnect mailing lists to ensure as
wide a distribution as possible. Our apologies if you receive multiple
copies.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION -- SECOND INTEROP TESTING EVENT -
11-12 January 2005
The second Interop of The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium
(CALCONNECT.ORG) will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, January 11-12,
2005. It will be hosted by the University of Washington and the venue will
be on the UW Campus in Seattle, Washington.
This event will feature three separate Interop testing scenarios.
Participating organizations are welcome to test against one, two, or all three
scenarios. Please note however that these scenarios will be going on
simultaneously so you will probably need a team for each scenario you
participate in.
Space will be limited so early notification and registration is
advised.
INTEROP SCENARIOS
(a) Full scale interop: against iCal, iMIP, iTIP,
essentially the same scenario as the one done in July 2004. The goal is to
get results from testing by more implementations to augment the data from July
-- at the July event Oracle and IBM tested; it would be very useful to have
results from other vendors to augment the understanding of the RFCs gained from
the July (and earlier) Interops.
(b) Min-IOP Interop: The Min-IOP Technical
Committee of the Consortium was formed to identify and define the "Minimum
Interoperable Subset" for iCalendar as part of the work towards the Calsify
effort in the IETF. This Interop scenario is for implementations to
test against that subset. The goal is to help define baseline
requirements for the CALSIFY effort and to determine what the real world common
subset actually is, so the more implementations tested against this common
subset the more realistic and useful the results will be.
(c) CalDAV Interop: Oracle Corporation will provide
a prototype CalDAV server for client testing, and work is progressing
on the definition of the test cases for the scenario. Some
vendors have expressed interest in being able to do a
CalDAV Interop as soon as possible. This will provide early feedback
to the server implementors, the CalDAV specification authors, and the client
implementors.
WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE INTEROPS
Any vendor or organization wishing to test a calendaring and scheduling
implementation is welcome to attend whether or not they are a Consortium
member. Note that Consortium members do receive a substantial discount
on their Interop participation fee (see below).
CONSORTIUM ROUNDTABLE II
Technical committee meetings of the Calendaring and Scheduling
Consortium are also planned for 11-12 January at the same location,
followed by an all-hands Consortium Roundtable on Thursday 13
January. Interop participants who are not Consortium members will not
be able to participate in the other Consortium activities as they are
reserved to members. However, a non-member Interop Participant
can join the Consortium at the event and become a member immediately and be
able to participate in the technical committee and roundtable meetings.
REGISTRATION FEE
The registration fee for the Interop is $1500 for Consortium members and
$2500 for non-members. The registration fee covers two individuals;
additional individuals are $150 each for members or non-members. (If you
are planning to participate in more than one Interop scenario you may need more
than two people.)
Members: Please note that the Interop Registration
Fee for Members also covers the registration fee for participation in
the Consortium events for the interop participants.
HOW TO REGISTER AND FURTHER INFORMATION
Detailed information including logistics will be posted on the Consortium
website as as it becomes available; go to http://www.calconnect.org and select
"Interops Future". You may also register online on the website by
selecting "Interops Registration".
For questions or more information, or to inform us of your plan to
participate in the Interop, please contact me at the Consortium.
Best Regards,
Dave Thewlis
Executive Director
The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium
1550 Dena Drive
McKinleyville CA 95519-4146
+1 707 840 9391 (voice)
+1 415 946 3454 (fax)
+1 707 498 2238 (mobile)
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