Re: [VCARDDAV] KIND in draft 15

[Simon Perreault <[e-mail]>]

On 2010-12-21 12:56, Joseph Smarr wrote:
> That's why we were so concerned about things in vCard 4 that broke
> backwards compatibility, like changing the sub-fields of N, because
> invariably that will cause chaos as old clients blithely mis-parse vCard
> 4 without realizing their assumptions are no longer valid. I think
> post-Beijing we addressed all or nearly all of those situations, but
> KIND:GROUP still sticks out like a sore thumb in this regard.

That's a fair point.

However, the group feature is in high demand, is well understood, and
has already been implemented in various non-standard ways. (And as Cyrus
said, using CATEGORIES for groups is just a hack.)

So, would a proposal for a *backwards-compatible* group feature have any
chance of making consensus?

Simon
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