Re: [VCARDDAV] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6350 (4261)

[Barry Leiba <[e-mail]>]

Simon, can you please comment on this errata report also?

Thanks,
Barry

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 10:42 AM, RFC Errata System
<[e-mail]> wrote:
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC6350,
> "vCard Format Specification".
>
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> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6350&eid=4261
>
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Ivan Enderlin <[e-mail]>
>
> Section: 4.3
>
> Original Text
> -------------
> In RFC6351 (Appendice A), we have a Relax NG Schema defining date and
> time format:
>
> # 4.3.1
> value-date = element date {
>     xsd:string { pattern = "\d{8}|\d{4}-\d\d|--\d\d(\d\d)?|---\d\d" }
>   }
>
> # 4.3.2
> value-time = element time {
>     xsd:string { pattern = "(\d\d(\d\d(\d\d)?)?|-\d\d(\d\d?)|--\d\d)"
>                          ~ "(Z|[+\-]\d\d(\d\d)?)?" }
>   }
>
> # 4.3.3
> value-date-time = element date-time {
>     xsd:string { pattern = "(\d{8}|--\d{4}|---\d\d)T\d\d(\d\d(\d\d)?)?"
>                          ~ "(Z|[+\-]\d\d(\d\d)?)?" }
>   }
>
> # 4.3.4
> value-date-and-or-time = value-date | value-date-time | value-time
>
> We assume this is the format from ISO.8601.2004 mentioned in RFC6350.
> There is no link on ISO.8601.2004 because ISO documents are not free.
> So this is our guess: These formats are very close based on different
> examples in RFC6350 and RFC6351.
>
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> See notes.
>
> Notes
> -----
> Question: --10 is October or 10 seconds?
>
> --10 can fit into value-date and value-time:
>
>   * From value-date, the 3rd element in the disjunction is --\d\d(\d\d)?, so it matches --10,
>   * From value-time, the last element in the first disjunction is --\d\d, so it matches --10.
>
> value-date-and-or-time matches value-date before value-time. Conclusion: --10 is always October and never 10 seconds. Is it a technical error in the RFC.
>
>
> PS: This erratum can be applied on RFC6350 and RFC6351.
> PPS: Consider the following erratum http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6351&eid=4247 on value-time also.
>
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> RFC6350 (draft-ietf-vcarddav-vcardrev-22)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : vCard Format Specification
> Publication Date    : August 2011
> Author(s)           : S. Perreault
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : vCard and CardDAV
> Area                : Applications
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
>