Re: [VCARDDAV] Member: Bidirectional

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Mon, 04 October 2010 12:24 UTC

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On 2010-10-04 06:07, Renato Iannella wrote:
> 
> With the MEMBER field, I can create a list of vCard objects that are members of a named group.
> (I assume the MEMBER field can define a UID field?)
> 
> However, can I say from a person's vCard object that they are a member of that group? (ie a bidirectional link)

No, and this is intentional. It's a matter of access control. Only
people having write access to the group's vCard can change its members.

How would you deal with this issue with bidirectional membership?

Simon
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