SSE and Calendaring

Eric,

 

SSE enables endpoints to share data but is data type/format agnostic. As such, the spec does not call out specific item types like Calendars.

 

It is pretty straightforward to construct a feed with calendar events. The first thing you need to decide is what your calendar data format is. If you went with a standard like .ics, a sample feed would look something like this.

 

 

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?>

<rss xmlns:sseai=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/office/outlook/sseaddin"; xmlns:sx="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/sse" version=";2.0"&gt;

  <channel>

 &nbsp;  <title&gt;Sample Calendar Feed</title>

 &nbsp;  <link&gt;c:\feeds\Bar\ramannmicrosoft.com_RAMANNTOSH\feed.xml</link&gt;

 &nbsp;  <description>Sample Calendar Feed - Partial Items Feed</description>

 &nbsp;  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:49 GMT</pubDate>

 &nbsp;  <lastBuildDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT</lastBuildDate&gt;

 &nbsp;  <sx:sharing since=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:49 GMT" until=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" version=&quot;0.92&quot; window=&quot;0"&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:related link=&quot;c:\feeds\Bar\ramannmicrosoft.com_RAMANNTOSH\feedall.xml" title=";All Items feed" type=";complete&quot; since=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" />

 &nbsp;  </sx:sharing>

 &nbsp;  <item&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <title&gt;Shared Calendar Event</title>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <author> Raman Narayanan&lt;/author&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <enclosure url=&quot;e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d-5.ics" length="887" type=";text/Calendar" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <description>Calendar Event for Bar</description&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT</pubDate>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <guid&gt;764A610000042705470000/5</guid>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:sync id="e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d" version=&quot;3" deleted=&quot;false&quot; conflict=&quot;false&quot;>

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:history when=";Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com"&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:update when=";Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:32:45 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:update when=";Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:04:46 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  </sx:history>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  </sx:sync>

 &nbsp;  </item&gt;

  </channel>

</rss&gt;

 

Note that in this case the data is in the enclosure url ="e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d-5.ics";.

 

This is an ics (the format supports recurring appointments, timezones etc) which could look something like:

 

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN

VERSION:2.0

METHOD:PUBLISH

BEGIN:VEVENT

ORGANIZER:MAILTO:ramannmicrosoft.com

DTSTART:20060821T150000Z

DTEND:20060821T153000Z

LOCATION:Seattle

TRANSP:OPAQUE

SEQUENCE:0

UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000500E200EFABAC6010000000000000000100

 00000F94A6666F4D54642A6816E7A43CDC338

DTSTAMP:20060808T215121Z

SUMMARY:Sample Calendar Event

PRIORITY:5

X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1

CLASS:PUBLIC

BEGIN:VALARM

TRIGGER:-PT15M

ACTIONISPLAY

DESCRIPTION:Reminder

END:VALARM

END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR

 

 

This is just one SSE calendar feed example using .ics and enclosures. You could have your calendar data inline and use a microformat if you so chose ... it is completely up to the app.

 

Raman

 

 

 

Eric,

 

SSE enables endpoints to share data but is data type/format agnostic. As such, the spec does not call out specific item types like Calendars.

 

It is pretty straightforward to construct a feed with calendar events. The first thing you need to decide is what your calendar data format is. If you went with a standard like .ics, a sample feed would look something like this.

 

 

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?>

<rss xmlns:sseai=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/office/outlook/sseaddin"; xmlns:sx="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/sse" version=";2.0"&gt;

  <channel>

 &nbsp;  <title&gt;Sample Calendar Feed</title>

 &nbsp;  <link&gt;c:\feeds\Bar\ramannmicrosoft.com_RAMANNTOSH\feed.xml</link&gt;

 &nbsp;  <description>Sample Calendar Feed - Partial Items Feed</description>

 &nbsp;  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:49 GMT</pubDate>

 &nbsp;  <lastBuildDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT</lastBuildDate&gt;

 &nbsp;  <sx:sharing since=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:49 GMT" until=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" version=&quot;0.92&quot; window=&quot;0"&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:related link=&quot;c:\feeds\Bar\ramannmicrosoft.com_RAMANNTOSH\feedall.xml" title=";All Items feed" type=";complete&quot; since=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" />

 &nbsp;  </sx:sharing>

 &nbsp;  <item&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <title&gt;Shared Calendar Event</title>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <author> Raman Narayanan&lt;/author&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <enclosure url=&quot;e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d-5.ics" length="887" type=";text/Calendar" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <description>Calendar Event for Bar</description&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT</pubDate>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <guid&gt;764A610000042705470000/5</guid>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:sync id="e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d" version=&quot;3" deleted=&quot;false&quot; conflict=&quot;false&quot;>

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:history when=";Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com"&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:update when=";Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:32:45 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:update when=";Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:04:46 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  </sx:history>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  </sx:sync>

 &nbsp;  </item&gt;

  </channel>

</rss&gt;

 

Note that in this case the data is in the enclosure url ="e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d-5.ics";.

 

This is an ics (the format supports recurring appointments, timezones etc) which could look something like:

 

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN

VERSION:2.0

METHOD:PUBLISH

BEGIN:VEVENT

ORGANIZER:MAILTO:ramannmicrosoft.com

DTSTART:20060821T150000Z

DTEND:20060821T153000Z

LOCATION:Seattle

TRANSP:OPAQUE

SEQUENCE:0

UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000500E200EFABAC6010000000000000000100

 00000F94A6666F4D54642A6816E7A43CDC338

DTSTAMP:20060808T215121Z

SUMMARY:Sample Calendar Event

PRIORITY:5

X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1

CLASS:PUBLIC

BEGIN:VALARM

TRIGGER:-PT15M

ACTIONISPLAY

DESCRIPTION:Reminder

END:VALARM

END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR

 

 

This is just one SSE calendar feed example using .ics and enclosures. You could have your calendar data inline and use a microformat if you so chose ... it is completely up to the app.

 

Raman

 

 

 

Normally group scheduled events, where the user is an attendee, have some access control that is applied to them. ; For example, an attendee in a group scheduled event can only change their attendance status and edit alarms. In the SSE protocol when an end-point wants to edit an event and sync it back, how would the end-point know that it can only edit the attendee status, assuming the end-point can figure out which attendee to edit, for a group schedule event?

 

Eric

 

 

Eric,

 

SSE enables endpoints to share data but is data type/format agnostic. As such, the spec does not call out specific item types like Calendars.

 

It is pretty straightforward to construct a feed with calendar events. The first thing you need to decide is what your calendar data format is. If you went with a standard like .ics, a sample feed would look something like this.

 

 

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?>

<rss xmlns:sseai="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/office/outlook/sseaddin&quot; xmlns:sx="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/sse" version=&quot;2.0&quot;>

  <channel>

 &nbsp;  <title&gt;Sample Calendar Feed</title>

 &nbsp;  &lt;link>c:\feeds\Bar\ramannmicrosoft.com_RAMANNTOSH\feed.xml</link&gt;

 &nbsp;  <description>Sample Calendar Feed - Partial Items Feed</description&gt;

 &nbsp;  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:49 GMT</pubDate>

 &nbsp;  <lastBuildDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT</lastBuildDate>

 &nbsp;  <sx:sharing since=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:49 GMT" until=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" version=&quot;0.92&quot; window=&quot;0"&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:related link=&quot;c:\feeds\Bar\ramannmicrosoft.com_RAMANNTOSH\feedall.xml" title=";All Items feed" type=";complete&quot; since=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" />

 &nbsp;  </sx:sharing>

 &nbsp;  <item&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <title&gt;Shared Calendar Event</title>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <author> Raman Narayanan</author>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <enclosure url=&quot;e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d-5.ics" length="887" type=";text/Calendar" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <description>Calendar Event for Bar</description&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT</pubDate>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  &lt;guid>764A610000042705470000/5</guid>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:sync id="e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d" version=&quot;3" deleted=&quot;false&quot; conflict=&quot;false&quot;>

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:history when=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com"&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:update when=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:32:45 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:update when=";Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:04:46 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  </sx:history>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  </sx:sync>

 &nbsp;  </item&gt;

  </channel>

</rss&gt;

 

Note that in this case the data is in the enclosure url =";e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d-5.ics&quot;.

 

This is an ics (the format supports recurring appointments, timezones etc) which could look something like:

 

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN

VERSION:2.0

METHOD:PUBLISH

BEGIN:VEVENT

ORGANIZER:MAILTO:ramannmicrosoft.com

DTSTART:20060821T150000Z

DTEND:20060821T153000Z

LOCATION:Seattle

TRANSP:OPAQUE

SEQUENCE:0

UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000500E200EFABAC6010000000000000000100

 00000F94A6666F4D54642A6816E7A43CDC338

DTSTAMP:20060808T215121Z

SUMMARY:Sample Calendar Event

PRIORITY:5

X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1

CLASS:PUBLIC

BEGIN:VALARM

TRIGGER:-PT15M

ACTIONISPLAY

DESCRIPTION:Reminder

END:VALARM

END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR

 

 

This is just one SSE calendar feed example using .ics and enclosures. You could have your calendar data inline and use a microformat if you so chose ... it is completely up to the app.

 

Raman

 

 

 

Normally group scheduled events, where the user is an attendee, have some access control that is applied to them. ; For example, an attendee in a group scheduled event can only change their attendance status and edit alarms. In the SSE protocol when an end-point wants to edit an event and sync it back, how would the end-point know that it can only edit the attendee status, assuming the end-point can figure out which attendee to edit, for a group schedule event?

 

Eric

 

 

Eric,

 

SSE enables endpoints to share data but is data type/format agnostic. As such, the spec does not call out specific item types like Calendars.

 

It is pretty straightforward to construct a feed with calendar events. The first thing you need to decide is what your calendar data format is. If you went with a standard like .ics, a sample feed would look something like this.

 

 

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?>

<rss xmlns:sseai="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/office/outlook/sseaddin&quot; xmlns:sx="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/sse" version=&quot;2.0&quot;>

  <channel>

 &nbsp;  <title&gt;Sample Calendar Feed</title>

 &nbsp;  &lt;link>c:\feeds\Bar\ramannmicrosoft.com_RAMANNTOSH\feed.xml</link&gt;

 &nbsp;  <description>Sample Calendar Feed - Partial Items Feed</description&gt;

 &nbsp;  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:49 GMT</pubDate>

 &nbsp;  <lastBuildDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT</lastBuildDate>

 &nbsp;  <sx:sharing since=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:49 GMT" until=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" version=&quot;0.92&quot; window=&quot;0"&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:related link=&quot;c:\feeds\Bar\ramannmicrosoft.com_RAMANNTOSH\feedall.xml" title=";All Items feed" type=";complete&quot; since=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" />

 &nbsp;  </sx:sharing>

 &nbsp;  <item&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <title&gt;Shared Calendar Event</title>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <author> Raman Narayanan</author>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <enclosure url=&quot;e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d-5.ics" length="887" type=";text/Calendar" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <description>Calendar Event for Bar</description&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT</pubDate>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  &lt;guid>764A610000042705470000/5</guid>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:sync id="e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d" version=&quot;3" deleted=&quot;false&quot; conflict=&quot;false&quot;>

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:history when=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:50 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com"&gt;

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:update when=&quot;Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:32:45 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <sx:update when=";Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:04:46 GMT" by="ramannmicrosoft.com" />

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  </sx:history>

 &nbsp; &nbsp;  </sx:sync>

 &nbsp;  </item&gt;

  </channel>

</rss&gt;

 

Note that in this case the data is in the enclosure url =";e56c65d2-9db8-4d55-8983-600bd476e47d-5.ics&quot;.

 

This is an ics (the format supports recurring appointments, timezones etc) which could look something like:

 

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN

VERSION:2.0

METHOD:PUBLISH

BEGIN:VEVENT

ORGANIZER:MAILTO:ramannmicrosoft.com

DTSTART:20060821T150000Z

DTEND:20060821T153000Z

LOCATION:Seattle

TRANSP:OPAQUE

SEQUENCE:0

UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000500E200EFABAC6010000000000000000100

 00000F94A6666F4D54642A6816E7A43CDC338

DTSTAMP:20060808T215121Z

SUMMARY:Sample Calendar Event

PRIORITY:5

X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1

CLASS:PUBLIC

BEGIN:VALARM

TRIGGER:-PT15M

ACTIONISPLAY

DESCRIPTION:Reminder

END:VALARM

END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR

 

 

This is just one SSE calendar feed example using .ics and enclosures. You could have your calendar data inline and use a microformat if you so chose ... it is completely up to the app.

 

Raman