Re: [VCARDDAV] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6350 (3100)

Peter Sheerin <Peter@PetesGuide.com> Mon, 06 February 2012 18:39 UTC

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Can you explain this a bit more?

Is there a fear that doing it right will impact existing 4.0 
implementations, or is the concern something else?

On 2012-02-06 05:32, Simon Perreault wrote:
> OK, we're on the same wavelength now. I suggest modifying the errata 
> because the example is wrong. There's no way to make it right while 
> keeping an ABNF that is consistent across parameters (so that it is 
> possible to write a generic vCard parser).