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Re: [VCARDDAV] vCard3->4 changes

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Wed, 29 September 2010 14:55 UTC

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On 29.09.2010 16:48, Rohit Khare wrote:
> On Sep 29, 2010, at 12:20 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
>> Rohit, could you clarify what you mean by "line-by-line encoding" here?
>
> A text file format primarily delimited by [\n:;] with idiosyncratic
> boundary delimiters ("begin:VCARD"), and special cases for nesting (the
> "vcard" value type).
>
> Or, more functionally, something developers are used to shredding with
> grep; and users are able to edit in a plain text editor. There's a lot
> more change under the hood than the version # increment might indicate.
>
> These are not meant to be value judgments that I prefer the old approach!

But that isn't different in vCard4 at all. Or am I missing something?

(The XML format is an *alternate* format, and not part of the vCard4 spec).

> ...

Best regards, Julian

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