Communication protocol | |
OSI layer | Application |
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Port(s) | 80, 443 |
RFC(s) | RFC 6352 |
vCard Extensions to WebDAV (CardDAV) is an address book client/server protocol designed to allow users to access and share contact data on a server.
The CardDAV protocol was developed by the IETF and was published as RFC 6352 in August 2011.[1] CardDAV is based on WebDAV, which is based on HTTP, and it uses vCard for contact data.[2]
Google Contacts Gmail
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- I am seeing a problem with syncing contacts between BB10 phones (Z30, Z10) and Gmail. These problems are occurring with more than one Gmail account. In two cases when a new sync was attempted, only 140 out of 1200 contacts were brought into a Z30 from Gmail. On a Z10, with a different Gmail account, I am getting the message: An unexpected problem occurred with CardDav:Gmail.
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Go to Google Contacts. Select one of the following: – A single contact: Check the box next to the contact name. – Multiple contacts: Check the boxes next to all the contacts you want to export. – All contacts: Check the box next to any contact and in the top left, click Selection Actions All. Learn how to configure, start and use Google Contacts and CardDAV Contacts Sync. SyncPenguin provides real-time two-way and one-way synchronizations and migrations between business tools. Request custom sync, migration, data uploading or automation.
CardDAV was proposed as an open standard for contact management in August 2011. It became known as a synchronization protocol in iOS 7, among other things, and is now also supported by Gmail, where it replaces the no longer supported ActiveSync standard.
In October 2013, the standard received an update that made it possible to capture higher-resolution contact images and achieve lower data consumption.[3]
Specification[edit]
The specification has been proposed as a standard by IETF as the RFC 6352 in August 2011 by C. Daboo from Apple Inc.
Implementations[edit]
Server-side[edit]
The following products implement the server-side portion of the CardDAV protocol:
- AppleContacts Server.[4][5]
- Baikal it is a lightweight CardDAV server.[6]
- CommuniGate Pro supports CardDav protocol.[7]
- DAViCal supports CardDAV from version 0.9.9.2[8]
- fruux, a synchronization service, supporting CardDAV
- GMail and Google Contacts allow access to user's address book via CardDAV.[9]
- Group-Office, an open-source groupware and CRM application
- Horde Groupware, a complete web-based groupware solution with CalDAV and CardDAV support.[10]
- Mailfence Supports CardDAV protocol[11]
- Meishi, a standalone, Ruby on Rails based CardDAV server[12]
- Nextcloud supports CardDAV protocol since the first version.
- ownCloud supports CardDAV protocol since version 2.0.
- Radicale[13]
- SabreDAV, a WebDAV framework for PHP, supports CardDAV since version 1.5.[14]
- SOGo supports CardDAV access to its address books.[15]
- Zimbra 6 allows access to its address book via CardDAV.[16]
- SYNOLOGY DSM 6.0 supports CardDAV.[17]
- Xandikos is a lightweight CalDAV/CardDAV server.[18]
Client-side[edit]
The following products implement the client-side portion of the CardDAV protocol:
- Apple Contacts starting from Mac OS X Snow Leopard and higher.[19]
- Apple iOS, starting from iOS 4.[20]
- Blackberry devices running QNX - Blackberry 10+ phones, Playbook OS 2.0+ tablets
- DAVx⁵ (previously called DAVdroid) is an open-source CalDAV/CardDAV sync app for Android (supporting VCard 4) [21]
- eM Client
- Evolution has built-in support for CalDAV/CardDAV. [22]
- KDE Software Compilation 4.5 will feature CardDAV client support, due in August 2010. It will be available for use by Kaddressbook, which is part of KontactPIM suite. It will be provided by Akonadi: a PIM server which will also make the data available to other applications.[23]
- Kerio Connect[4][24]
- Outlook CalDav Synchronizer[25]
- Sailfish OS, the OS of the Jolla phones and tablet (since 2015)
- Thunderbird, via the SOGo Connector[26] or the CardBook add-on [27]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'CardDAVResources'. CalConnect. Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved April 10, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'CardDAV: Related Standards'. CalConnect. Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved April 11, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Google updates CardDAV API'. TheNextWeb. Retrieved October 22, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ ab'Implementations: CardDAV Servers'. CalConnect. Archived from the original on 2010-04-06. Retrieved April 10, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Mac OS X Server: Address Book Server'. Apple. Retrieved April 10, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Install instructions of Baikal'. Baikal. Retrieved April 20, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'CommuniGate Pro support of CardDav'. Retrieved April 21, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'DAViCal release 0.9.9.2'. Freshmeat. Retrieved September 24, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Ellingson, Jeff (September 27, 2012). 'A new way to sync Google Contacts'. Google. Retrieved September 27, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Horde Groupware
- ^'Documentation of Mailfence for CardDAV'. Mailfence. Retrieved April 20, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Meishi'. GitHub. Retrieved March 30, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Radicale
- ^'SabreDAV 1.5 released with CardDAV support'. dmfs. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'SOGo: Features'. Inverse Inc. Archived from the original on 2013-03-05.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Yoon Lee, Jong (September 25, 2009). 'Zimbra Server: CardDAV server'. Zimbra/VMWare Inc. Retrieved April 24, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^AEM (September 2014). 'Synology DSM: CardDAV server'. SYNOLOGY.
- ^'Xandikos: DAV Compliance'.[permanent dead link]
- ^'Implementations: CardDAV Clients'. CalConnect. Archived from the original on 2011-07-30. Retrieved April 10, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Eran Dilger, Daniel (June 25, 2010). 'iPhone 4 and iOS vs. Android: desktop and cloud services'. AppleInsider. Archived from the original on July 30, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'CalDAV/CardDAV for Android'. Retrieved August 5, 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Using a CalDAV calendar'. help.gnome.org. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^Koenig, Tobias (February 4, 2010). 'CalDAV/CardDAV/GroupDAV Support for Akonadi'. Blogspot. Retrieved April 24, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Kerio Connect'. Kerio Technologies. Retrieved April 10, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Outlook CalDav Synchronizer'. Retrieved April 18, 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'SOGo: Frontends'. Inverse Inc. April 17, 2013. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'CardBook :: Add-ons for Thunderbird'. Retrieved June 30, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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I recently updated to version 78 of Thunderbird. I was using gContactSync (which is no longer compatible). I have switched to TBSync.
Now my question:
In my Thunderbird Address Book. I have my contacts in groups/folders. i.e. Family, Friends, and Business. In my Google account I have the same set up but with labels. I had to do a lot of messing about to get gContactSync to maintain the groups.
I am concerned if I turn on the sync in TBSync for the Address Book that it will trash one or both the address books in Thunderbird and in Google! Would this happen?
Also what is the difference (in TBSync) between 'Contacts' and 'Address Book'? Contacts seems to be read only.
What Is Google Carddav
Thanks.