Addressbook FAQ

General

What is Addressbook?

ODS-Addressbook is an easy manager for organizing ODS user's contacts. By specifying visibility of the Addressbook instance to Public, you can set your contact(s) to be visible for everyone.

Why should I set up an Addressbook?

Managing an Addressbook is a cool way of collecting contacts, either by creating them manually, or import via Briefcase upload or manual import from desired file with type vCard, FOAF or CSV.

How is my Addressbook organized?

You can unlimited number of contacts and edit, delete or share them to other users. Also you can import contacts from your local filesystem, WebDAV or from LDAP Servers. Already created contacts can be exported in a desired file format. Search among the existing contacts is available in simple and advanced form.

What is a tag and can I add tag(s) to contacts?

A tag works like a keyword. You can tag a contact with several tags separated by commas.

Example: tags for the contact you have created with name "Kingsley Idehen" could be: President, CEO

You can add tag(s) when importing contact(s) or to already created such. Having many tags helps to have your contact(s) be found more easily, but fewer tags also help you with organizing your contacts.

Does one have to register with ODS Addressbook to view my Contact(s)?

Your contact(s) can be viewed by any internet user if you have created your Addressbook instance with visibility set to "Public".

Can I personalize my Addressbook?

Yes, you can personalize your Addressbook. From "Preferences" you can set contact name display length, show toolbar labels, set rows shown per page, or choose the Atom version to be supported.

How can I view my Addressbook contact(s)?

In order to view you Addressbook contact(s), you should click the "View" link next to your contact(s). As result the information will be shown devided in 4 tabs: Personal, Contact, Home and Business.

Does Addressbook support SyncML synchronization?

Yes. ODS Addressbook supports synchronization to DAV SyncML folder and back. See this example scenario how to sync my contacts to DAV location using SyncML.