Re: [VCARDDAV] KIND:device

On 1/9/12 12:03 PM, Zoltan Ordogh wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> thank you.
> I checked -01:
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-salgueiro-vcarddav-kind-device
> 
> 
> In section 3:
> "The following base properties make sense for vCards that represent devices..."
> According to whom? Could this be removed?

Thanks for the feedback, Zoltan.  We borrowed that text from
KIND:application as well as the properties chosen.  We did add UID as a
holder for serial number.  The thinking was that the list of properties
there would make sense either to be associated directly to the device or
to a related individual.  These are suggestions and hence we did not use
strong language to enforce their use.

> 
> 
> Having seen the example in section 4, I wonder if
> <kind><text>device</text></kind>
> Could be:
> <kind><text>device</text></kind>
> <kind>
> 	<parameters>
> 		<type><text>device-type</text></type>
> 	</parameters>
> 	<text>router</text>
> </kind>
> would make sense (with a device-type registry).

Just like with KIND:application, there could be sub-types.  We
specifically indicate that, but do not address it in this draft.  That
said, I don't think KIND is the right property for this.  This might be
handled in a vendor extension namespace and standardized later.

Joe

> 
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vcarddav-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:vcarddav-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Peter Saint-Andre
> Sent: January 6, 2012 1:27 PM
> To: CardDAV
> Subject: [VCARDDAV] KIND:device
> 
> <hat type='individual'/>
> 
> During discussion of the document that became RFC 6473, we decided that KIND:thing was too broad so we decided to work on KIND:application and delay work on something like KIND:device pending the emergence of use cases for vCards about computing devices as opposed to software applications. Recently I've been chatting with Gonzalo Salgueiro and Joe Clarke about device vCards, so the three of us have authored an Internet-Draft on the topic:
> 
> http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-salgueiro-vcarddav-kind-device-00.txt
> 
> Note that this document is focused on computing devices, not any random kind of physical object or machine. This seems like the right approach to me (let's specify new KIND values only for well-defined aspects of the broad universe of things that might have vCards), but feedback would be welcome from the group here on that topic and the document more generally.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Peter
> 
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