This library provides an api for address book data. it includes features such as:
* value based interface, addressbook entry data is implicitly shared.
* address book entries are identified by a unique id.
* vcard backend (rfc 2425 / rfc 2426).
* locking mechanism to support concurrent access to the address book by
multiple processes.
* notification on change of addressbook by other process.
* dialog for selecting address book entries, supports mouse and keyboard
selection, supports automatic name completion.
* gui client for viewing, modifying address book data. this is aimed at
developers not end users.
* tool for converting data, written with libkab, to libkabc format.
* multiple backends (resources) for storing entries e.g. ldap
this package is part of the kde development platform pim libraries module.