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Re: [VCARDDAV] How to encode X-Properties in XML?

Renato Iannella <renato@nicta.com.au> Tue, 09 March 2010 06:05 UTC

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On 9 Mar 2010, at 01:10, Simon Perreault wrote:

> A proposal: Create an XML namespace for X- properties. Put the content 
> into a <text> element.
> 
> Example:
> 
> X-FOO:bar
> 
> would translate into:
> 
> <foo xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:vcard-4.0:xname"><text>bar</text></foo>

Should we be defining namespaces for external properties?

Another option is to say that if you understand X-FOO, then you should also understand what Namespace to use in XML representations (otherwise, why are you translating this to XML ?)

Cheers...  Renato Iannella
NICTA

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