File Formats for various sync devices

Various SyncML capable devices exchange data (adress, calendar, todo, notes) in various data formats. This page is designed to collect as many examples from as many devices as possible to allow for an implementation that can deal with any of these.

Synthesis SyncML client

The Synthesis (www.synthesis.ch) client can be used to sync Palm and various Windows Mobile PDAs.

Synthesis Tasks Example

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

VERSION:1.0

BEGIN:VTODO

SUMMARY:Synthesis todo entry on pal,

CATEGORIES:Tests

CLASS:PUBLIC

DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Note line1=0D=0A=

line2=0D=0A=

DUE:20050929T000000

PRIORITY:1

STATUS:NEEDS ACTION

END:VTODO

END:VCALENDAR

Notes:

• Priority can be 1-5.
  • If a todo entry is marked as completed, its status becomes COMPLETED.
  • The client is quite picky about the version number: ensure it's VERSION:1.0.

Synthesis Events Example

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

VERSION:1.0

BEGIN:VEVENT

SUMMARY:test

CLASS:PUBLIC

DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:line1 aumlaut: ae=0D=0A=

line2=0D=0A=

DTSTART:20050923T130000

DTEND:20050923T140000

AALARM:20050923T080000;;;

DALARM:20050923T080000;;;

END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR

Synthesis Address Book Example

BEGIN:VCARD

VERSION:2.1

N;CHARSET=UTF-8:Last Name;First Name aumlaut: ä    ;;;

FN;CHARSET=UTF-8:Last Name, First Name aumlaut: ä    

TITLE:title

ORG:company;

CLASS:PUBLIC

TEL;WORK:+4989111

TEL;HOME:+4989222

TEL;FAX:+4989333

EMAIL:

ADR:;;Marienplatz 1;Munich;By;D-81777;Germany

NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:line1=0D=0A=

line2=0D=0A=

END:VCARD

Sony Ericsson P900

Sony Ericsson Tasks Example

VERSION:1.0

BEGIN:VTODO

UID:396

SUMMARY:A1

X-EPOCTODOLIST:To-do list

STATUS:NEEDS ACTION

X-EPOCAGENDAENTRYTYPE:TODO

CLASS:PUBLIC

DCREATED:20050422T220000Z

LAST-MODIFIED:20050423T195500Z

CATEGORIES:X-65536

PRIORITY:1

END:VTODO

END:VCALENDAR

Nokia 6230

Nokia 6230 Notes example

BEGIN:VNOTE

VERSION:1.1

BODY:Nokia3nndies ist zusätzlicher Text!

DCREATED:20051030T111735Z

LAST-MODIFIED:20051030T112041Z

END:VNOTE

Nokia 6230 Calendar example

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

VERSION:1.0

BEGIN:VEVENT

DTSTART:20051030T170000

DTEND:20051030T180000

CATEGORIES:MEETING

SUMMARY:calendar entry

DESCRIPTION;CHARSET=ISO-8859-1;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:description=0Aline=

 2=0Aumlaut: =E4=0Alast line

LOCATION:B

END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR

Nokia 6230 Task Example

(events and tasks are in the same database)

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

VERSION:1.0

BEGIN:VTODO

DUE:20051113T090000

DTEND:20051113T090000

PRIORITY:2

STATUS:NEEDS ACTION

SUMMARY:Task1

END:VTODO

END:VCALENDAR

Motorola RAZR V3

Motorola RAZR V3 Contact Example

BEGIN:VCARD

VERSION:2.1

N:lastname;firstname

TEL;WORK:number

TEL;CELL:number

END:VCARD

Nokia 9300i

Nokia 9300i Contact Example

BEGIN:VCARD

VERSION:2.1

REV:20060506T100811Z

N:lastname;firstname;second firstname;title;addon name

ADR;HOME:homepost-office-box;addonHome;homestreet;homecity;homestate;homepostcode;homecountry

ADR;WORK:workpost-office-box;addon-work;workstreet;workcity;workstate;workpostcode;workcountry

ADR;PREF:otherpost-office-box;;otherstreet;othercity;otherstate;otherpostcode;othercountry

ORG:company;

TITLE:position

TEL;WORK;VOICE:+4900

TEL;HOME;VOICE:+4901

TEL;CELL:+4902

TEL;WORK;FAX:+4904

EMAIL;INTERNET:email1@example.org

EMAIL;INTERNET:email2@example.org

NOTE:memo

NOTE:memo2

TEL;PAGER:+4903

URL:www1.example.org

URL:www2.example.org

BDAY:20060508

END:VCARD

Nokia 9500

Nokia 9500 Contact Example

BEGIN:VCARD

VERSION:2.1

REV:20060301T021807Z

N:Lastname;Firstname;Middlename;Title;Suffix

ADR;HOME:PostBox;;Street;City;State;Postcode;RegionCountry

ADR;WORK:PotsBox;;Street;City;State;Postcode;RegionCountry

ORG:Company;

TITLE:Job

TEL;VOICE:0000000000

TEL;CELL:0000000000

TEL;FAX:0000000000000

EMAIL;INTERNET:test@example.com

EMAIL;INTERNET:test2@example.com

TEL;WORK;VOICE:0000000000000

BDAY:20060228

END:VCARD

Nokia 9500 Todo Example

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

VERSION:1.0

BEGIN:VTODO

UID:170

SUMMARY:Send email to mates

X-EPOCTODOLIST:To-do list

STATUS:NEEDS ACTION

X-EPOCAGENDAENTRYTYPE:TODO

CLASS:PUBLIC

DCREATED:20060301T000000

LAST-MODIFIED:20060302T050500Z

PRIORITY:3

END:VTODO

END:VCALENDAR

Nokia 9500 Calendar Example

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

VERSION:1.0

BEGIN:VEVENT

UID:171

SUMMARY:Happy Hour

DTSTART:20060309T213000Z

DTEND:20060310T010000Z

X-EPOCAGENDAENTRYTYPE:APPOINTMENT

CLASS:PUBLIC

LOCATION:Deck

DCREATED:20060301T000000

LAST-MODIFIED:20060302T050800Z

PRIORITY:0

STATUS:NEEDS ACTION

END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR