XCal
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xCal is an XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....

-compliant representation of the iCalendar
ICalendar
iCalendar is a computer file format which allows Internet users to send meeting requests and tasks to other Internet users, via email, or sharing files with an extension of .ics...

 standard. xCal is not an alternative nor next generation of iCalendar
ICalendar
iCalendar is a computer file format which allows Internet users to send meeting requests and tasks to other Internet users, via email, or sharing files with an extension of .ics...

. xCal represents iCalendar components, properties and parameters as defined in iCalendar.

This format was selected to ease its translation back to the iCalendar format using an XSLT
XSLT
XSLT is a declarative, XML-based language used for the transformation of XML documents. The original document is not changed; rather, a new document is created based on the content of an existing one. The new document may be serialized by the processor in standard XML syntax or in another format,...

 transform.

External links

  • RFC 6321 xCal: The XML format for iCalendar on IETF
  • RDF Calendar - an application of the Resource Description Framework to iCalendar Data on World Wide Web Consortium
    World Wide Web Consortium
    The World Wide Web Consortium is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web .Founded and headed by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the development of standards for the...

  • Project iCalendar on SourceForge
    SourceForge
    SourceForge Enterprise Edition is a collaborative revision control and software development management system. It provides a front-end to a range of software development lifecycle services and integrates with a number of free software / open source software applications .While originally itself...

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