Exporting Events

• by choosing the link "export events" in the sponsor's options menu
• or by directly accessing the export URL
  e.g. "http://calendar.dominican.edu/export.php?calendar=default&type=xml&timebegin=2000-03-17&timeend=2000-05-20".

Currently the calendar supports the following export formats:

• XML (custom XML; for format see below) (type=xml)
• iCalendar/vCalendar (type=ical)
• RSS 0.91 (type=rss)
• RSS 1.0 (type=rss1_0)
• VoiceXML 2.0 (type=vxml)

<events>
  <event>
    <eventid>3454</eventid>
    <sponsorid>uusa</sponsorid>
    <inputsponsor>University Unions & Student Activities</inputsponsor>
    <displayedsponsor>Graduate Student Assembly</displayedsponsor>
    <displayedsponsorurl>http://gsa.uusa.vt.edu</displayedsponsorurl>
    <date>2000-03-27</date>
    <timebegin>18:00</timebegin>
    <timeend>19:00</timeend>
    <repeat_vcaldef></repeat_vcaldef>
    <repeat_startdate></repeat_startdate>
    <repeat_enddate></repeat_enddate>
    <categoryid>8</categoryid>
    <category>Lectures</category>
    <title>Lethal Viruses: Ebola</title>
    <description>Colonel Nancy Jaax is delivering this keynote address for the Research Symposium.  
    She is a leading specialist in biological hazards. </description>
    <location>Commonwealth Ballroom</location>
    <price>free</price>
    <contact_name>Kali Phelps</contact_name>
    <contact_phone>231-7919</contact_phone>
    <contact_email>kkniel@vt.edu</contact_email>
    <url>http://gsa.uusa.vt.edu</url>
    <recordchangedtime>2000-03-27 09:50:08</recordchangedtime>
    <recordchangeduser>jsmith</recordchangeduser>
  </event>
  <event>
    ...
  </event>
  ...
</events>

The following table describes the data format:

field name	usage
eventid	the index number of this event
sponsorid	the short identifier of the organization that inputed the event into the calendar
inputsponsor	the name of the organization that inputed the event into the calendar
displayedsponsor	the name of the sponsor that is displayed in the calendar's detailed view
displayedsponsorurl	the URL of the homepage of the sponsor that is displayed in the calendar's detailed view
date	the date the event takes place, written in the ISO-8601 format
timebegin	the time the event begins, written in the ISO-8601 format (military/24 hour time) if the value is "00:00" and timeend is "23:59" the event is considered to be an "all day event"
timeend	the time the event ends, written in the ISO-8601 format (military/24 hour time) if the value is completely ommitted the event is considered to not have a specified ending time
repeat_vcaldef	if the event is a recurring event it contains the recurrence definition in vCalendar format e.g. "W1 MO WE FR 20000502T235900" means that an event repeats every week Monday, Wednesday & Friday until May 2, 2000
repeat_startdate	if the event is a recurring event it contains the date where the recurrence starts
repeat_enddate	if the event is a recurring event it contains the date where the recurrence ends
categoryid	an index number indicating the category of the event (see table below)
category	the name of the category associated with the event
title	the event title (displayed in weekly, monthly and detailed view)
description	a long text describing the specifics of an event the description is only displayed in the detailed view
location	the location where the event takes place (building, room etc.)
price	the price of the event
contact_name	the name of a person that can be contacted if further info is required
contact_phone	contact phone number(s)
contact_email	contact email address
url	URL of a web page specifically describing the event
recordchanged	a timestamp indicating when this event was changed the last time

The value for "categoryid" is one of the following index numbers:

Index	Name
351	Academic - Graduate Weekend (MSN, MBA-SL, and GMBA)
350	Academic - Traditional (Undergrad, Pathways, Grad: HUM, OT, CP, EDUC, MBA-GM)
352	Academic - Ukiah Credential and Masters
353	Academic - Ukiah Undergraduate
238	Academic Date (archive)
251	Academic Holiday
284	Admissions - Graduate
354	Admissions - Online Degree Programs
336	Admissions - Pathways
307	Admissions - Undergraduate
338	Alumni Event
261	Art Exhibition
246	Athletics Competition
361	Camp
290	Conlan Class
259	Film/Theatre
257	Lecture
255	Music
341	OLLI Class and Events
313	PACE Class and Events
311	Placement Testing
309	Student Event
256	Theatre