Introduction

This is Version 1.0 of the Glossary of Calendaring and Scheduling terms. It is a “living” document that will change over time as we add new terminology and enhance or improve upon existing terms.

The document came about in an effort to compile, in one location, a common set of terminology with respect to calendaring and scheduling applications and standards. The document incorporates terminology already existing in calendaring standards such as RFC2445, RFC2446 and RFC2447as well as input from members of the Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium (CalConnect).

Some glossary terms may not appear in published standards today. These are common calendaring terms that are included so that everyone refers to components in the same manner. As new standards evolve, the glossary will serve as a resource for those creating documents so that all the standards share a common set of terms.

Calendaring and scheduling implementers will be able to utilize the glossary to assist them as they read and decipher calendaring standards. Calendaring and scheduling users will be able to use the glossary to help them better understand the terminology deployed by applications written using calendaring standards.

Kindly forward any terms that should be added to the glossary to the Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium (calconnect.org) for approval and inclusion in the document.