[microformats-discuss] Wanted: Sample code to convert vcard to hcard

[Ryan King]

On Aug 8, 2005, at 8:49 AM, brian suda wrote:
>
> Julian Bond wrote:
> My own vcard looks like this
>> BEGIN:VCARD
>> N:julian.bond
>> X-SKYPE-USERNAME:julian.bond
>> FN:Julian Bond
>> X-SKYPE-SEX:1
>> X-SKYPE-LANGUAGE:en
>> X-SKYPE-COUNTRY:gb
>> X-SKYPE-PROVINCE:Herts
>> X-SKYPE-CITY:Ware
>> TEL;HOME:01920 412 433
>> TEL;WORK:01920 412 433
>> TEL;CELL:07759 072173
>> EMAIL:julian.bond at voidstar.com julian.bond at ecademy.com
>> julian_bond at voidstar.com
>> URL:http://ecademy.com/account.php?id=1
>>
>> They've effectively created their own name space. So how would this
>> translate into hCard?
>>
>> And finally, what would a Skype phone number look like both in vcard
>> and hcard?
> There has been a discussion about encoding SIP phone numbers in hCard.
> Since hCard is structured from the RFC there is currently no way to do
> so. The current solution being developed is to encode this as a URL  
> with
> a specific protocol. So your SKYPE phone would be something like:
> <a href="skype://123.456.7890" class="url">My Skype Number</a>
> Obviously, the protocol would be specific to the application (aim://
> msn:// tapi:// skype:// sip:// ...)

I've noticed that callme:// works with skype.

Don't ask why.... just an observation. :)

-ryan

> but the class="url" would be the
> same and you would change the protocol value to the USERNAME or phone
> number, etc.
>
> As for the X-SKYPE-... namespace, there is no way for an hCard->vCard
> transforming application to be aware all different types of X-PARAMs
> possible. Because you could mix both CSS class names and Microformat
> properties on the same element, it is impossible to determine if
> X-SKYPE-SEX is a special hCard value outside the scope of the  
> profile, a
> CSS style, or something else!
>
> I hope this answes your question.
> -brian