Future Direction, Timelines
Integration We need to ensure interoperability of these applications. This means open standards that other clients, servers, and development projects can be leveraged from. Can I get to my data while on the road? What can I use there? Cell phone? PDA? Kiosk system? Web? Proper messaging (this does not mean email) Cooperative Data Sharing Data we enter into one system should be easily exportable out of that system and into another client or another system. Can I use this data in an operating-system neutral way? Functionality Ease of Use. Can I just walk up to it and begin using it? Is there a steep learning curve? Technologies Today RDF/XML: This clearly represents a good portable standard for storage, configuration, and other facilities that we can use to leverage cross-platform data exchange within known and unknown calendaring systems. SQL: Another wonderfully open standards way of storing the data. Schemas are exportable, and querying and reporting is an automatic feature of using an SQL-based mechanism. LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol: This is used to store a great deal of information about a user, their attributes, etc. Integrating this with the Contacts list for example could be used, as well as using the credentials stored in it as a primary authentication mechanism. WAP/WML: Wireless Access Protocol/Wireless Markup Language: Easily exported open formats for exchange of data across wireless and handheld systems in a very light, lean, fast manner. What's Missing? Integrated Project Management software Time/Resource Tracking integration w/existing groupware Application and Data Sharing Whiteboarding? Multicast video teleconferencing
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