[uf-dev] Re: hCard locations in hCalendar

[Edward O'Connor]

Ryan wrote:

> Assumption: if an agent is consuming iCalendar, they'd prefer to
> consume vCard, rather than hCard.

This is somewhat unlikely. vCard and vCalendar had a shared parsing
model, but iCalendar deviates from it in several annoyingly incompatible
ways -- if someone has an iCalendar parser, it might not be terribly
useful for vCard parsing.

In related news, there's a method for embedding high-fidelity, "as
vCard-like as iCalendar will allow" location information into iCalendar
that is being worked on at CalConnect -- VVENUE[0]. VVENUE is, in
effect, a back-port of "hCalendar with hCard location field" to
iCalendar.

Assuming CalConnect and/or the relevant IETF WG(s) move forward with
this, there should be a very straightforward hCalendar+hCard ->
iCalendar+VVENUE transform available "soon."


Ted

0. VVENUE I-D here: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-norris-ical-venue-00.txt

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