Re: [VCARDDAV] Questions about vCard 4.0 (draft rev-11)

[Simon Perreault <[e-mail]>]

On 06/23/2010 01:52 PM, Javier Godoy wrote:
> I though that FN was (1,n) because the name of the same person may be
> written in different languages (or scripts), and not because one person
> could have different names in the same language.

No. See section 5.1:

   Properties with different LANGUAGE parameters that represent the same
   data count as 1 toward cardinality and MUST have the same PID value
   if the PID parameter is used.  This is because there is logically a
   single property which is expressed in multiple languages.

FN is plural because there may be multiple valid ways of representing
one's name. Some could be preferred.

> On the other side, ORG
> is (0,n) not only because the name of the same organization may be given
> in different languages, but also because the same individual may be
> related to several organizations.

ORG is (0,n) *only* because the same individual may be related to
several organizations.

> I would use the preferred one, if the PREF parameter is provided. In
> case of tie, or if no SORT-STRING is provided,  would choose any of them
> (i.e. undefined)

Yes, that's a valid algorithm. I suppose we'll leave this to the
implementors...

>> Now, one thing that I like about your example is the use of the LANGUAGE
>> tag. We need to at least add an example where the LANGUAGE tag is also
>> applied to the SORT-STRING property.
> 
> LANGUAGE is not a parameter for SORT-STRING. Adding a LANGUAGE would
> allow different SORT-STRINGs for different languages while preserving
> (0,1) cardinality.

Yup, that's exactly what I meant. But now I prefer Cyrus's suggestion
better. Let's make SORT-STRING a parameter.

>> Example:
>>
>> ORG;LANGUAGE=ja:日本の組織  # "Japanese organization"
>> ORG;LANGUAGE=en:Japanese organization
>> ORG-SORT-STRING;LANGUAGE=ja:にほんのそしき
>>
>> (I'll figure out an equivalent example in French since we can't have
>> Japanese characters in RFCs...)
> 
> I don't think there is an equivalent example in US-ASCII.

Then you'll be surprised by what I come up with. ;)

Thanks,
Simon
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