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- The Joda-Time framework would likely represent an excellent foundation for a Date and Time Service.
Joda-Time is a high quality replacement for - and a vastly more functional superset of - the built-in date and time-related packages in core Java. JSR 310, a Java Community Process to improve Java's date and time routines in Java 7 or beyond, is being co-led by a key developer of Joda-Time. In addition, this framework is licensed under an Apache 2.0 license, which may potentially be compatible with CollectionSpace licensing requirements.
- iCal4j is the most full-featured Java framework for generating calendar event data in iCalendar (RFC 2445, currently undergoing minor revision as RFC 2445 bis), the Internet standard transport format.
This framework may be of interest if there should be a future CollectionSpace service-level requirement to emit calendar events; so that, for example, events related to loans, exhibits, and conservation activities might be automatically kept updated within institutional or Internet-hosted calendars, or offered as calendar event feeds. iCal4j is licensed under a BSD license (link is to a representative template page).
Implementation's Test Plan
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