[haiku-development] Re: New project: Address book and calendar app

On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 18:04 -0400, Philippe Saint-Pierre wrote:
> 2008/3/31, Jorge G. Mare <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 23:35 +0200, François Revol wrote:
> >  > > > You might want to try using files for events as well, and use
> >  > > > indexed
> >  > > > attributes, but it might not scale very well...
> >  > >
> >  > > Using files with attributes would be nice, but is there a standard
> >  > > set
> >  > > of attributes for event files that all apps can comply with (and thus
> >  > > avoid different apps using different attributes for the same
> >  > > purpose)?
> >  >
> >  > There are some existing apps, but I don't think they are widely used
> >
> > I am curious: would it be beyond the scope of this kind of project to
> >  propose a standard set of BFS attributes for event files?
> >

[snip...]

> I propose that we do a quick meeting to determine the standard for
> this if we follow that path.  As I said, I have far less experience in
> BeOS than you all.

I am not a programmer myself, so it would be up to the devs whether they
think this is something they would like to pursue (at this time). In the
meantime, these documents on attributes for People and Email files may
be a good reference for you:

http://www.beunited.org/standards/files/voting/osbos-draft-tegen-people-01.pdf
http://www.beunited.org/standards/files/voting/osbos-draft-tegen-emailattr-01.pdf

Not that these documents are official (they are proposals that were
never actually sanctioned), but at least they would allow you to
familiarize yourself with BFS attributes.

Cheers,

Koki

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