Webcal

Webcal is a uniform resource identifier (URI) scheme for accessing iCalendar files. The webcal scheme was devised for use with the Apple iCal application and is widely used for accessing iCalendar formatted files. , it has provisional status with IANA. The webcal: protocol prefix is used to trigger an external protocol handler which is passed the URL to the .ics file rather than the file itself, in much the same way feed is sometimes used to trigger external RSS readers. The idea is that with this protocol prefix the target .ics file should be subscribed to (read only) rather than downloaded or imported into the calendar application. Other than that webcal: URLs are equivalent to the same URL with http: or https: . WebCal was also the name of an unrelated free web calendar PERL script, that allowed you to create and maintain an interactive events calendar or scheduling system on a Web site or app, and is no longer supported.

Webcal is a uniform resource identifier (URI) scheme for accessing iCalendar files. The webcal scheme was devised for use with the Apple iCal application and is widely used for accessing iCalendar formatted files. , it has provisional status with IANA. The webcal: protocol prefix is used to trigger an external protocol handler which is passed the URL to the .ics file rather than the file itself, in much the same way feed is sometimes used to trigger external RSS readers. The idea is that with this protocol prefix the target .ics file should be subscribed to (read only) rather than downloaded or imported into the calendar application. Other than that webcal: URLs are equivalent to the same URL with http: or https: . WebCal was also the name of an unrelated free web calendar PERL script, that allowed you to create and maintain an interactive events calendar or scheduling system on a Web site or app, and is no longer supported.

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