Re: [calsify] JSCalendar duration vs. end time

["Robert Stepanek" <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Mar 7, 2019, at 2:25 AM, Doug Royer wrote:
> On 2/14/19 9:02 AM, Robert Stepanek wrote:
>> During CalConnect XLIV in Zurich last week, discussion arose if the JSCalendar duration property is enough to define the time span of an event, or if an end time should be allowed as well (see the latest spec here <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-calext-jscalendar-11>).
> This was a big debate at the time 2445 was coming out. The argument was that DURATION is a finite length of time. And that DTEND is a variable amount of time.

> [...]


Thanks for the insight, Doug. Much appreciated to understand the history of this.

> However - iCalendar is the spec, and other representations of it, must adhere to whatever the latest spec says, or the result will be the IETF has 2 or more 'iCalendar' specifications


JSCalendar isn't another representation of iCalendar. While the two data models have much in common, we do not aim at 100% compatibility. The spec explicitly aims to avoid ambiguities and pitfalls of iCalendar.

Cheers,
Robert