<div dir="ltr">1) If you are managing the list for the group - then go with an LDAP server - let me know if you are going to share the contacts 8)<div>2) The most flexible format is likely vCard as that can be consumed by the most different clients/services. Sharing would also be the easiest with a web server, a carddav server or any of the file server services (many of which are free - if your contacts are public). Like Github.</div>
<div><br></div><div>3) The most modern would use the semantic web - create FOAF files for your contacts (much like vCard) and either present them like files or set up an RDF store and publish a SPARQL endpoint. If you run KDE, you already are running Virtuoso for Nepomuk - others include Jena, Sesame (openrdf) and 4store among many others.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If these are PLUG contacts, maybe the website can work with a LDAP backend - I don't know if having a roster complies with PLUGs anarchistic culture.....</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Stephen Partington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">well depending on what you are doing with that information a CRM may be needed.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:38 AM, keith smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:klsmith2020@yahoo.com" target="_blank">klsmith2020@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><div><span>Hi,</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">
<br><span></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span>I'm collecting a large number of contacts from within the community. Short of a spreadsheet, is there any other options I may have?</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">
<span>A spreadsheet will do what I need, I was just wondering if there is any other options that might be better.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">
<span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span>Thanks!!</span></div><div> </div><div>
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