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Re: [VCARDDAV] use case for multiple affiliations

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Mon, 27 July 2009 12:15 UTC

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Cyrus Daboo wrote:
> Ah - missed that. OK, so ORG and NOTE etc with a group prefix can be
> used for this kind of thing. Maybe that could be clearer by some tweaks
> to the text.

Sure, will do.

> It would be useful to be able to specify when a new address is going to
> be active so that a new vcard can be sent out ahead of time and a switch
> to the new address seamlessly achieved. There was also discussion in the
> past about capturing "historic" information in the vcard - but I don't
> think that is as important as the "update ahead of time" use case. 

Hmmm... I'm really not sure that the use case is common enough for this
to be included in vCard core.

Moreover, I can easily see this being extended to all properties and
becoming "big" enough to warrant an RFC of its own.

Simon
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