Re: [calsify] draft-ietf-calext-jscalendar - thoughts

"Neil Jenkins" <neilj@fastmailteam.com> Tue, 14 May 2019 00:42 UTC

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Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 10:42:04 +1000
From: Neil Jenkins <neilj@fastmailteam.com>
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Subject: Re: [calsify] draft-ietf-calext-jscalendar - thoughts
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On Tue, 14 May 2019, at 08:09, Doug Royer wrote:
> Why change the names and some formats of existing types?
> One example why were the dashes added to date? (YYYYMMDD vs YYYY-MM-DD)

Because rather than define its own date-time format like iCalendar, JSCalendar uses RFC3339 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339>, making it easier to use with a lot of existing libraries.

> In some cases only the case of the token was changed (UID -> uid).

Clear understandable names and consistent capitalisation inline with common JSON object structure practices were preferred over keeping the exact same names for properties as iCalendar.

Regards,
Neil.