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First included in [http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=Opensocial.Enum_(v0.8)#opensocial.Enum.Gender.MALE OpenSocial 0.7 as an ENUM], which is a string fiels that has some predefined values. current spec text in [http://opensocial-resources.googlecode.com/svn/spec/1.1/Social-Data.xml OpenSocial 1.1] is: | First included in [http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=Opensocial.Enum_(v0.8)#opensocial.Enum.Gender.MALE OpenSocial 0.7 as an ENUM], which is a string fiels that has some predefined values. current spec text in [http://opensocial-resources.googlecode.com/svn/spec/1.1/Social-Data.xml OpenSocial 1.1] is: | ||
<blockquote>The gender of this person. Service Providers SHOULD return one of the following Canonical Values, if appropriate:male, female, or undisclosed, and MAY return a different value if it is not covered by one of these Canonical Values.</blockquote> | <blockquote>The gender of this person. Service Providers SHOULD return one of the following Canonical Values, if appropriate:male, female, or undisclosed, and MAY return a different value if it is not covered by one of these Canonical Values.</blockquote> | ||
=== Portable Contacts === | |||
Same as OpenSocial, in the [http://portablecontacts.net/draft-spec.html current 'C' spec]: | |||
<blockquote>The gender of this contact. Service Providers SHOULD return one of the following Canonical Values, if appropriate: male, female, or undisclosed, and MAY return a different value if it is not covered by one of these Canonical Values.</blockquote> | |||
== see also == | == see also == | ||
Revision as of 09:20, 30 November 2010
gender formats
This page lists existing format(s) which represent gender in their schema.
specs
OpenID sreg
- OpenID Simple Registration Extension 1.0 openid.sreg.gender:The End User's gender, "M" for male, "F" for female.
vCard
Some vCards seem to contain an X-GENDER property. This is in line with RFC 2426 which allows applications to define their own properties, prefixed with "X-". class="x-gender" has been implemented in Cognition.
Microsoft vCard
- vcard_name Property. Gender seems to be supported in Internet Explorer;
vCard.Genderis Gender mapped to the vCard.Gender schema.
FOAF
OpenSocial
First included in OpenSocial 0.7 as an ENUM, which is a string fiels that has some predefined values. current spec text in OpenSocial 1.1 is:
The gender of this person. Service Providers SHOULD return one of the following Canonical Values, if appropriate:male, female, or undisclosed, and MAY return a different value if it is not covered by one of these Canonical Values.
Portable Contacts
Same as OpenSocial, in the current 'C' spec:
The gender of this contact. Service Providers SHOULD return one of the following Canonical Values, if appropriate: male, female, or undisclosed, and MAY return a different value if it is not covered by one of these Canonical Values.