[TYPO3-ect] Groupware bridge or API Layer

[Karsten Dambekalns]

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Hi.

Elmar Hinz wrote:
> this question is not of high priority but I am curious to see if someone
> is interested in this field. There are some groupware projects with a lot
> of extensions that are also GPL. In theory it would be possible to make
> all those nice plugins available for TYPO3. How could we do this in
> practice?

The best way would be to have a common underlying data storage. I am
involved with more.groupware, and it's major drawback is that it uses MySQL
to store things. It would be better if it stored iCal/vCal/Mail in IMAP,
Users in LDAP, ... you get the point.

This way it would be possible to use e.g. Kontact alongside transparently
and to write FE plugins to display the data in a TYPO3 site.

If it comes to integrating, a groupware following that principle (to allow
the use of standalone clients) and built from scratch on top of TYPO3 would
be ideal.

IMHO: A lot of work, but better than adding a bridge or API.

Karsten
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