From 296db853b4f8da4abbaeef8da4e7571949ab51b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "W. Trevor King" Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 13:55:44 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] README: Flesh out the description with links to other aggregators Unfortunately, none of the existing aggregators are libraries. --- README | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index dbe2f65..e0e54cb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1 +1,21 @@ Flexible aggregation for iCalendar feeds (:RFC:`5545`). + +The iCalender standard provides a common format for exchanging +calendar information. This project aims to provide a library with a +clean API for aggregating and processing iCalendar feeds. What you do +with that processed information is up to you. + +There are a number of existing aggregators, ranging from the +closed-source `Google Calendar`_ to the open-source elmcity_ and +Calagator_. However, I want a library that can work as an iCalendar +version of feedparser_, and `code for a web-frontend`__ is just dead +weight. + +__ `elmcity code`_ + + +.. _Calagator: http://calagator.org/ +.. _elmcity: http://elmcity.cloudapp.net/ +.. _elmcity code: https://github.com/judell/elmcity +.. _feedparser: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/feedparser/ +.. _Google Calendar: https://support.google.com/calendar/ -- 2.26.2