OT: Managing a Contact List

[Ed]

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)
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.

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.

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.....


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Stephen Partington
<cryptworks at gmail.com>wrote:

> well depending on what you are doing with that information a CRM may be
> needed.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:38 AM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm collecting a large number of contacts from within the community.
>> Short of a spreadsheet, is there any other options I may have?
>>
>> A spreadsheet will do what I need, I was just wondering if there is any
>> other options that might be better.
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>> ------------------------
>> Keith Smith
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