Re: [VCARDDAV] vCard format and lack of interoperability

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Sun, 18 November 2012 09:31 UTC

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Subject: Re: [VCARDDAV] vCard format and lack of interoperability
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In addition to what others said, this part intrigued me:

Le 2012-11-16 19:19, Alessandro Rossini a écrit :
>  Finally, the IETF should
> provide an official validator for vCard files.

If I understand your analysis correctly, the problem is not with vCards 
that break RFC syntax, but rather with non-standard groups and 
properties. If so, what use would this validator be, since it would 
presumably only be able to check for syntax errors?

Simon
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