adx - addressbook.xml

Minimalistic but massively web 2.0 enabled
address book running completely in your
browser. See Live example or download.

A web browser

Operating System independent (e.g. Linux, Windows, Mac OS, etc.)

Contact management incl. web accounts
Tagging of contacts
Geo mapping (by address, long;lat)
Microformats support (hCard, XFN)
Importer (hCard Microformats)
Small size (~150 KByte)
Lightweight (no dependencies)
Portable (e.g. on USB flash drive)
Birthday reminder
Search in contacts
Online and offline usage
XML based
Customizable (XSLT)

Skype, Twitter, Soup.io, Delicious, Digg,
MySpace, YouTube, Vimeo, last.fm, dopplr
Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing, studiVZ, identi.ca,
lokalisten.de, Flickr, Picasa, DeviantArt, spin.de,
Google, GoogleCode, SourceForge, Hype Machine,
ICQ, AIM, YIM, MSNIM, Jabber and more...
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Generic account support

Microformats (hCard, XFN)

Yes

XML + XSLT = HTML
address book (XML file) is tranformed (XSLT file)
by web browser to HTML

adx provides no editor for contacts.
Contacts are stored in a simple text file (addressbook.xml)
which needs to be edited in an external tool.
A simple text editor works, even Notepad.

Latest adx_addressbook.xml_vX.XX.zip

Download, unzip and open file
addressbook.xml in your browser

Firefox, Opera 9+, Safari 3+, IE 6+, Chrome (see known issue below)

Chrome/Chromium 5+ works by default only online (but not locally).
Reason: Chrome's more restrictive security model.
Workaround: Start Chrome with cmd line param "--allow-file-access-from-files"

Open addressbook.xml in text editor

BSD (open source)

I created adx because I couldn't find an address book tool suited to my needs (and for Javascript/XML/XSLT finger exercises;-)

Data privacy:
Instead of feeding online platforms with intransparent data protection policy, I want to keep my/friend's sensitive data under my own control.

Web 2.0 features:
I want a web enabled address book which can call phone numbers by a simple click (e.g. Skype), supports address finding via (Google)Maps, supports contact tagging, supports Microformats (hCard, XFN) and manages online accounts.

Lightweight:
I want a small portable solution which can be used where a browser or at least a text file viewer is available. No need for installation, browser plugin, server component or anything like that. So, adx consists only of two files (XML file for the data, XSLT file for transforming to HTML within the web browser).

Sustainability:
For data storing I want an open and easy accessible format which is not outdated/unreadable in a few years. Therefore I used XML with a flat data schema leaning on a well-known standard (vCard).

http://adx.elektronengehirn.net

Wiki (currently quite limited)

thomas.bartensud ät googlemail.com