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MeeGo Contacts from Application to the Wire

Session Summary: 
Providing an in depth discussion of the various components which make up Contacts on MeeGo, how applications can use them, and how they are managed and coordinated with various account back-ends. Contacts is the hub of PIM data, where MeeGo users will store their network, connect with friends, and link what was once a flat vCard to a world of social network buzz, status updates, and instant connections.
Session Abstract: 

This talk will cover how QtContacts can layer on top of Qt-Folks/Libfolks and storage backend, how to utilize Meta-Content aggregation, things to keep in mind when writing a Contact application, and the various libraries a developer has at their disposal to contribute to the project.

Topics will center around:
- What can MeeGo Contacts do now?
- How do we aggregate information from instant messaging, and social networks?
- How can other applications interface with Contacts and leverage the aggregated data?
- How can the current API’s support auto-suggestion, matching contacts, and resolving to a Contact Name?
- What are known issues to consider when using the Contact API’s?

From the application layer to the storage-backend, find out what makes Contacts what it is today. Overall architecture of Contacts, libfolks, and QtContacts will be discussed. A tutorial of how to write a Contact list QML application and utilize it in other MeeGo applications will also be provided.

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Session Presenters

Travis Reitter

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