What is CalDAV?
CalDAV, also called Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV, is an Internet standard that enables client access to scheduling information on a remote calendar server. WebDAV, also called Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning, is a set of extensions to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that enables users to collaboratively store, edit, and manage files on remote World Wide Web servers. The WebDAV protocol makes the web a readable and writable medium that enables users to create, change, and move documents on a remote server. This is useful for authoring the documents that a web server serves, but it can also be used for storing files on the web so that the files can be accessed from anywhere. Until recently, the calendaring world has lacked any highly adopted standards. Different vendors have used their own proprietary protocols to coordinate their clients and servers. For example, previous versions of Sun Java System Calendar Server used the proprietary WCAP protocol. CalDAV, de
