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vCard 4 is currently under development. | vCard 4 is currently under development. | ||
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* http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-vcarddav-vcardrev-10.txt | * http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-vcarddav-vcardrev-10.txt | ||
=== new properties === | |||
The following is an (incomplete) list of the new properties introduced in vCard 4: | |||
* anniversary | |||
* dday | |||
* birth | |||
* death | |||
* sex | |||
* related | |||
* member | |||
* calscale | |||
* ... | |||
== email list == | == email list == | ||
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== feedback == | == feedback == | ||
Please feel free to record feedback here inline as well as send it to the vcarddav mailing list. If this section grows too big, we can move it to [[vcard4-feedback]]. | Please feel free to record feedback here inline as well as send it to the vcarddav mailing list. If this section grows too big, we can move it to [[vcard4-feedback]]. | ||
* {{OpenIssue}} some new properties seem outside the bounds of "common address book support". some new properties have little or no current usage/implementation in address books, and thus probably shouldn't be in vCard 4, e.g.: | |||
** dday | |||
** birth | |||
** death | |||
** ... | |||
* {{OpenIssue}} 'birth' is too generically named compared to its meaning (place of birth) | |||
** suggested alternatives: | |||
*** birthplace (actual English word) | |||
*** birthlocation (re-using "location" from [[iCalendar]]). | |||
* {{OpenIssue}} similarly 'death" is too generically named compared to its meaning (place of death) | |||
** suggested alternatives: | |||
*** deathplace | |||
*** deathlocation (re-using "location" from [[iCalendar]]). | |||
* {{OpenIssue}} 'sex' is very poorly constructed given modern knowledge and understanding of gender/sex issues. See [[gender]] for more info and suggestions. | |||
* ... | * ... | ||
Revision as of 12:23, 9 March 2010
<entry-title>vCard 4</entry-title>
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vCard 4 is currently under development.
current draft
The current draft of vCard 4 can be found here:
new properties
The following is an (incomplete) list of the new properties introduced in vCard 4:
- anniversary
- dday
- birth
- death
- sex
- related
- member
- calscale
- ...
email list
The email list where vCard 4 is discussed is here:
- subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/vcarddav
- archives: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/vcarddav/current/maillist.html
To post a message to all the list members, send email to mailto:vcarddav@ietf.org.
feedback
Please feel free to record feedback here inline as well as send it to the vcarddav mailing list. If this section grows too big, we can move it to vcard4-feedback.
- open issue! some new properties seem outside the bounds of "common address book support". some new properties have little or no current usage/implementation in address books, and thus probably shouldn't be in vCard 4, e.g.:
- dday
- birth
- death
- ...
- open issue! 'birth' is too generically named compared to its meaning (place of birth)
- suggested alternatives:
- birthplace (actual English word)
- birthlocation (re-using "location" from iCalendar).
- suggested alternatives:
- open issue! similarly 'death" is too generically named compared to its meaning (place of death)
- suggested alternatives:
- deathplace
- deathlocation (re-using "location" from iCalendar).
- suggested alternatives:
- open issue! 'sex' is very poorly constructed given modern knowledge and understanding of gender/sex issues. See gender for more info and suggestions.
- ...