# An overview of the requirements for Webical

Introduction

This is the list of requirements set up before Webical was started. This list was expanded if other useful functionalities were suggested.

Assumptions

These assumptions are made when talking about Webical:

• Webical is a web GUI for managing (remote) iCalendars
• All rfc 2445 attributes are supported (not more)
• Authentication & Authorisation is handled by the container

Functionality

The following functionalities will have to be incorporated into Webical:

View

• Configure of one or multiple calendars for an account
• Multiple views on aggregated calendar data
• Day view
• Week view
• Month view
• 'Next X days' view
• rss/xml data voor aggregated calendar data
• Color coded calendars
• Date picker
• Turn on/off specific calendars

Events

• Detailed event view
• Adding and editing events
• Quick add event
• Support for recurring events
• Event Search

Settings

• i18n
• View preferences
• Scheduling preferences
• Manage accounts
• Notifications. How: popup / email / sms

Scheduling

• Todo/Task support
• Fburl support
• Meeting request (itip)
• Invite others

Other

• LDAP addressbook (as a plugin)
• Print calendar (html/pdf)

Wishlist

What features are requested by others?

• Export calendar data
• Share calendars
• Plug ins, lots of them! Here are some ideas:
• weather plug in: show temperature/forecast in location (or geotag) of an entry
• remember the milk plug in: todo list manager integration
• geo plug in:
• geo tab to show all events on a map
• geo tag events using a geo-coder (e.g. using OpenStreetMap / Google Maps API)
• off line version: google gears
• Template system: download & select Webical skins

Roadmap

The features above will be implemented according to the Webical Roadmap. See the roadmap for the planned and integrated functionalities.