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

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Tue, 22 June 2010 22:59 UTC

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On 06/22/2010 05:16 PM, Javier Godoy wrote:
> From section 2.3 of RFC 5234
> ABNF strings are case insensitive .
> To specify a rule that is case sensitive, specify the characters
> individually.
> For example:
>   rulename    =  %d97 %d98 %d99
> 
> So the ABNF above should be
> 
> BEGIN-value = %d86 %d67 %d65 %d82 %d68; uppercase "VCARD"

Wow! I didn't know that! Thanks!

Ok so we have two options:

1. Leave the ABNF as is but state that the value is case insensitive.
2. Change the ABNF and state that the value is case sensitive.

I think I would prefer 1.

> Maybe we also want to review the ABNF for "Z" and "T" in zone and
> timestamp.

Definitely!

Simon
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