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

Renato Iannella <ri@semanticidentity.com> Fri, 31 January 2014 01:36 UTC

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On 30 Jan 2014, at 12:53, Thomas Tanghus <thomas@tanghus.net> wrote:

> Both specs call it (briefly said) "formatted name", which I see as the way you 
> would want the name formatted if you for example wanted to send an email to 
> said person.
> 
> Say you have a vCard with:
>   N:Public;John;Quinlan;Sir;Esquire
> The FN *could* be:
>   FN:John Q. Public
> And the NICKNAME maybe:
>   NICKNAME:Joey

All 3 properties are semantically independent - that is - you cant assume any part of N must/should/could be in FN, let alone NICKNAME.

The confusion is from N/FN having "name of the object" in their definitions.

In practice, I think, FN is more like the "common name" of the object and FN is more the "formal structured name".

Cheers...
Renato Iannella
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