Academic Event Calendar

= Web 2.0 Technologies to Facilitate Time Management of Ad-hoc Communities

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Time Management via Web 2.0 Applications
  • (Web) Calendar Standards
  • Micro Formats for Calendar Applications
  • Semantic Web Formats for Calendar Applications
  • Comparison of Web 2.0 Calendar Applications
• Scientific Calendars
  • Requirements of Scientific Calendars (Roles, Event Types,…)
  • External Sources for Event Data (Mailing Lists, Web Sites,…)
• Implementation
  • CMS-integrated Frontend for Managing Scientific Events
    • Input: Call for Papers, Notification of Acceptance, Event Data
    • Output: Visual CMS Calendar + External Service
    • Platform: Drupal (to be evaluated)
  • Interface for Exporting Calendar Data
  • Proposal: Automated Integration of Information into Micro Formats

practical points

• demo application: drupal -> drupal module: “academic event calendar” (conferences, …)
• import: google-calendar/sunbird, drupal
• export to pda’s, mobiles

literature to start with:

• web2.0 technologies (Tom Alby: Web 2.0. Konzepte, Anwendungen, Technologien)
• calendaring standards (z.B. ical)
• ix-artikel: web-micro formats
• micro formats for calendaring application
• existing applications