Re: [calsify] Roadmap for JsCalendarbis, iTip and iMip

[Michael Douglass <[e-mail]>]

On 7/28/22 10:11, Robert Stepanek wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2022, at 4:52 AM, Robert Stepanek wrote:
>> The deadline for draft submissions for IETF 114 is getting very close 
>> now: Do we have consensus on any of the discussed options (keep 
>> as-is, keep multi-valued but use |itip|, change to single-valued 
>> property)? If so, I will try to update the jscalendarbis draft 
>> accordingly before the deadline. If not, we will continue the 
>> discussion here and during the calext session.
>
> We did not reach unequivocal consensus, but let's be realistic: there 
> is no point in a calendaring standard if there is no consensus how to 
> do scheduling with it.
>
> I say that any scheduling method, either as part of jscalendarbis or 
> as an extension, must clearly describe:
>
>   * How scheduling is done such that multiple systems can interoperate.
>   * How it relates to the already defined scheduling methods that are
>     in use (that being iTIP and iMIP until further scheduling
>     standards are defined).
>   * How it maps from and to iCalendar (as required by the charter), or
>     define why this is not necessary.
>   * Once consensus has been reached to add the scheduling method,
>     provide the necessary RFC documents and updates to existing standards.
>
> I understood the majority of people in yesterday's meeting to agree 
> that the |replyTo| and |sendTo| properties should stay multi-valued, 
> but the only defined scheduling method to be the |itip| method for 
> now. This is 100% compatible with  ticks all checkboxes for the 
> requirements outlined above, except for the last bullet, and for the 
> latter I volunteer to write the relevant document updates if someone 
> is willing to co-author.

I think I volunteered to try to do iTip. I've always found it an 
unwieldy document. Most of those large tables are unnecessary and I 
think a clearer document might help.


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