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Re: [VCARDDAV] Dropping the XML property

Kevin Marks <kevinmarks@gmail.com> Thu, 04 November 2010 00:14 UTC

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Subject: Re: [VCARDDAV] Dropping the XML property
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On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca
> wrote:

> > 6.1.5. XML
> >
> > I think this is totally unnecessary and a bad idea because it
> > violates DRY.
> >
> > Seriously? An XML property that represents all the rest of the data
> > in the same vCard? Ugh. Which do you trust? The XML or the actual
> > vCard properties?
>
> There is an important element which I think you are missing:
>
>      The content of this property is a single XML element
>      whose namespace [...] MUST NOT be the vCard 4 namespace
>
> Therefore, it is impossible to duplicate properties already present in
> the vCard since these would go into the vCard 4 XML namespace.<https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/vcarddav>



I'd suggets you add clarifying language like this to make it clear that this
XML  MUST NOT duplicate any vCard properties.

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