Editing CalDAV (section)

{{short description|Internet standard for sharing calendar data}}
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{{Infobox networking protocol
| title     = CalDAV
| purpose   = Access remote scheduling information
| date      = {{Start date and age|2007|03}}
| based on  = [[WebDAV]]
| osilayer  = [[Application layer|Application]]
| ports     = Any
| rfcs      = {{IETF RFC|4791|6638}}
}}
'''Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV''', or '''CalDAV''', is an [[Internet standard]] allowing a [[Client (computing)|client]] to access and manage calendar data along with the ability to schedule meetings with users on the same or on remote [[Server (computing)|servers]].<ref name="intro">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504033831/https://devguide.calconnect.org/CalDAV/introduction/ |url=https://devguide.calconnect.org/CalDAV/introduction/ |archive-date=2022-05-04|title=Introduction |publisher=Calconnect}}</ref><ref name="glossary">{{cite web |url=https://devguide.calconnect.org/Appendix/Glossary/ |title=Glossary of Terms}}</ref> It lets multiple users in different locations share, search and synchronize calendar data.<ref name="linuxcom">{{cite web| url=https://www.linux.com/news/introduction-caldav/ |title=Introduction to CalDAV |date=February 14, 2006 |publisher=Linux.com}}</ref> It extends the [[WebDAV]] ([[HTTP]]-based protocol for data manipulation) specification and uses the [[iCalendar]] format for the calendar data.<ref name="glossary" /> The access protocol is defined by {{IETF RFC|4791}}.<ref name="intro"/> Extensions to CalDAV for scheduling are standardized as {{IETF RFC|6638}}.<ref name="intro" /> The protocol is used by many important open-source applications.<ref name="linuxcom" />