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Re: [VCARDDAV] Confusion regarding the correct use of FN, N and NICKNAME in RFC6350 with regards to nicknames and honorifics

Cyrus Daboo <cyrus@daboo.name> Wed, 29 January 2014 00:54 UTC

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From: Cyrus Daboo <cyrus@daboo.name>
To: Gesh hseG <gesh@gesh.uni.cx>, vcarddav@ietf.org
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Subject: Re: [VCARDDAV] Confusion regarding the correct use of FN, N and NICKNAME in RFC6350 with regards to nicknames and honorifics
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Hi Gesh,

--On January 29, 2014 at 2:18:16 AM +0200 Gesh hseG <gesh@gesh.uni.cx> 
wrote:

> In brief, assuming I refer to a person by a name that is not their full
> name, how do I

> A) correctly note this in their vCard,

I think that is done simply by having NICKNAME present.

> B) write a standards-conforming program that displays and sorts the person
> the same way I refer to them?

It seems that what you need is a client sort option that uses as the sort 
key the NICKNAME value if present, else the FN value (using any SORT-AS 
parameter specified for the selected property). If you do that, there is no 
need to add the N value as a SORT-AS on the FN value as you did in your 
examples.

-- 
Cyrus Daboo

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