How This Book is Organized

This book documents an API, an SDK, and a protocol inside Calendar Server. For each interface, there is an overview chapter, followed by one or more reference chapters.

A list of the chapters follows:

• Part 1 Calendar Server API (CSAPI)

  • Chapter 1, Calendar Server API (CSAPI) Overview

    This API allows software engineers to customize server functionality in five areas:

    • Access Control

    • Authentication

    • Calendar Lookup

    • Data-Format Translation

    • User-Attribute Access

  • Chapter 2, CSAPI Reference

    This chapter describes the CSAPI interfaces and their methods. Two types of interfaces exist: client and server.

• Part 2 Proxy Authentication SDK (authSDK)

  • Chapter 3, Proxy Authentication SDK Overview

    This chapter discusses one of the three authentication schemes shipped with the server. This API allows you to integrate your portal service with Calendar Server.

  • Chapter 4, Proxy Authentication SDK Reference

    This chapter describes the five functions that make up the SDK.

• Part 3 Web Calendar Access Protocol (WCAP)

  • Chapter 5, Web Calendar Access Protocol Overview

    This chapter gives an introduction to the WCAP protocol. WCAP is a command-based system for transmitting calendar data.

  • Chapter 6, WCAP Common Topics

    This chapter covers topics of common interest that span multiple commands.

  • Chapter 7, WCAP Command Reference

    This chapter details the individual commands.