Best way to share AddressBook on single mac with two users?

Hey everyone. I'm still pretty new to the Mac world here and I have a quick question. I just got my first iMac this past weekend. I've set it up so that my wife and I both have user accounts on the machine. I was wondering if there is a way or what is the best way to get it so that we can both share the same AddressBook? Is there a sync utility out there for AddressBook like there is for iCal? I would like it so that both us can can read and write to the AddressBook. Thanks in advance!

Did you have a look at Address Book Server or Address Book X LDAP. Address Book Server let's you replicate your entire Address Book over several networks macs. Each contributing client is able to access all shared contacts, as well as make changes. Address Book Server support synchronisation in both directions.
Address Book X LDAP on the other hand allows the updating of a centrally shared LDAP directory. It only supports writing to the LDAP directory, but has support for several attribute mappings (inetOrgPerson, abxldapPerson etc). Reading from LDAP is limited to the LDAP integration of the standard Address Book.
Could you explain what you mean by "categories". Did you mean groups. Sharing of individual groups is supported by both tools.
Regards
Alex

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