[uf-dev] hCard DoB -> calendar apps

[Scott Reynen]

On Mar 22, 2007, at 5:56 PM, Chris Casciano wrote:

> On Mar 22, 2007, at 1:14 PM, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>
>> Are there any hCard parsers, which will add a name/ DoB pair from an
>> hCard, to a calendar application, as a recurring iCalendar event?
>>
>> Is this something Operator might do?
>>
>> Other fields, such as "adr", might be added as a "note".
>
> Is this the domain of the hcard parser, or the consumer of the  
> extracted data?
>
> My first reaction would be the later.
>
> [For example, one can set birthdays on contacts in Apple's Address  
> Book to automatically display in iCal]

A third alternative would be to treat it as the responsibility (and  
authority) of the publisher, who could markup the birthday as a  
repeating event with hCalendar.

Peace,
Scott