Re: [auth48] [AD] AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9554 <draft-ietf-calext-vcard-jscontact-extensions-10> for your review

[Bron Gondwana <[e-mail]>]

Yep - it's correct syntax.  I don't have a strong opinion on one vs two examples.

Bron.

On Tue, Apr 9, 2024, at 11:03, Orie Steele wrote:
> Thanks Bron :)
> 
> To be clear are you saying the original example is correct and should remain as is?
> 
> OS
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 7:53 PM Bron Gondwana <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> __
>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2024, at 05:06, Orie Steele wrote:
>>>> > Removing the ALTID parameter from GRAMGENDER:
>>>> > We removed the ALTID parameter because it isn't necessary. There can only be one grammatical gender per contact and language anyway.
>>>> >
>>>> > Updated examples:
>>>> > We updated the examples to clarify both the changes that I just outlined.
>>> 
>>> This example is now confusing:
>>> 
>>>   Example(s):
>>>       GRAMGENDER;LANGUAGE=de:masculine
>>>       GRAMGENDER:LANGUAGE=en:neuter
>>> 
>>> especially given your comment regarding ALTID, I suggest a single example (and double check ":" vs ";")
>>> 
>>> I suggest:
>>> 
>>> Example:
>>>       GRAMGENDER:LANGUAGE=de:inanimate 
>> 
>> No, using colon for both is incorrect syntax.  The VCARD format is something like this:
>> 
>> key [ ";" param=paramvalue ";" param2=pval2 ... ] ":" value
>> 
>> There are further "value" fields which also are separated by `";"` or by `","` or structured in other awful ways, even with `":"`.  It's really REALLY bad, which is why jscontact, based on a structured data format, is so much better.
>> 
>> For example, my rather incomplete (and incorrect about the email's role) contact book entry for Karen is:
>> 
>> BEGIN:VCARD
>> VERSION:3.0
>> FN:Karen Moore
>> N:Moore;Karen;;;
>> NICKNAME:
>> ORG:;
>> TITLE:
>> EMAIL;TYPE=home;TYPE=pref:[e-mail]
>> NOTE:
>> PRODID:-//CyrusIMAP.org//Cyrus 3.1.6-736-gdfb8e44-fmstable-20190718v2//EN
>> REV:20190720T090159Z
>> UID:[...]
>> END:VCARD
>> 
>> You can see the value components separated by semicolon in the "N" structured name field, and the TYPE parameters on the "EMAIL" field.
>> 
>> LANGUAGE is a parameter on the GRAMGENDER field above.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Bron.
>> 
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>> 
>> 

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