Common calendar terms

#Calendar

A calendar is the entity that your events belong to. In order for your events to be displayed, the calendar you are viewing must be attached to the event.

#Source Calendar

A source calendar is a Calenderio-specific term meaning the calendar from which Calenderio will sync events from.

#Destination Calendar

A destination calendar is a Calenderio-specific term meaning the calendar Calenderio will sync events to.

#Account

An account (or calendar account) is the account that your calendars belong to. An account can contain multiple calendars. Accounts are provided by Calendar Providers, see below.

#Calendar Provider

Calendar providers are the services that you use to host your calendars. Example of calendar providers are:

• Google Calendar
• iCloud (or Apple) Calendar
• Outlook
• Microsoft Exchange

#Connection

A connection is a Calenderio-specific term which is the relationship between two calendars. When we setup a sync between two calendars, this is called a connection. A connection can have multiple attributes such as controlling if the destination events are public or private, controlling the title of the destination event, and many more.

#Chain or Connection Chain

A chain (or connection chain) is another Calenderio-specific term. A connection chain is when there's a series of connections where the destination calendar is the source calendar of the next connection. Here's a drawing to explain: