Integration of VoIP/Video-Conferencing into Kontact/KDE

Short Description:

from http://developer.kde.org/joining/googlesummerofcode.html : "Collaboration by phone is still the most usual way to communicate. Integrating KDE's addressbook and computer telephony would support people's communication very effectively. KCall (in kdenonbeta) already provides a SIP solution for Kontact. A plugin structure and a desktop daemon with a TAPI-like API would allow to support all types of telephony backends with one GUI (see also opentapi.org). The bounty task would be to implement this plugin structure and a well-designed DCOP/DBUS API, plus necessary changes to the GUI (configuration dialogs, etc)."

That said, the goal of this project will be to develop a daemon wich exposes a unified API for different telephony-backends via DCOP. The main focus will be on the development of the plugin-system and the RPC/DCOP API. This will enable KCall to use different types of protocols beside SIP (such as H323, Asterisk's IAX, hardware phones etc.) with just one GUI. Another goal will be the integration of videoconferencing into the backend and the GUI.