Synchronization has become an issue now when we have developed intranet and also have had to think about traveling users. Lotus Notes has been a great tool for many corporations, since you have had the possibility to take the database with you - and synch it after you have got back from the client etc.

If there would be a bulletproof product in Zope for that, that would make wonders.

-huima

i agree, but i would suggest to fork a new Product for that purpose. ZSyncer is fine for its purpose: syncing development-production architectures. There even exists a bidirectional version of it (see previous ZSyncer postings). Maybe ZSyncer is a good starting point with XML-RPC as the protocol of choice. For groupware purpose, i.e. bidirectional non-hierachical database syncing, i think there would be some kind of versioning useful. Imagine a different update of a document one the server and a copy of it on an offline client - how to get client and server in an equal state afterwards. I'm sure there are some additionally pitfalls. discussion recommended/desired. Andreas Hoelzl