=== Implementation ===
* Python and Django, because that's what webdev are most familiar with and I want to be able to ask for their help :-)
* Profile and search outputs (via templates) as HTML (with HCard), JSON (perhaps using [http://portablecontacts.net/draft-spec.html#anchor18 PortableContacts schema]), VCard, [http://code.google.com/p/webfinger/wiki/XrdFiles XRD] (for WebFinger)
* LDAP vs. SQL - tricky. A directory back end means that perhaps it could one day run on top of Mozilla's LDAP authorization infrastructure, using the same database. But I know SQL much better. To be investigated.
** The Mozilla LDAP also contains lots of sensitive corporate IT details that might be best to keep isolated from a public directory, for what it's worth
* I plan to rip the HTML UI off from the current intranet Phonebook.
* Making it actually happen is more important than the use of any one particular technology.
=== Resources ===
