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[VCARDDAV] Round-tripping of X-

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Wed, 03 November 2010 19:25 UTC

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On 2010-10-12 02:42, Rohit Khare wrote:
> * 5.0 (top of page 17) Implementers MUST ignore undocumented or private
> use parameters, but MAY ignore group prefixes (3.2). Given the risk of
> merge loops, especially when a PID is specified, dropping fields seems
> worse than round-tripping intact. I wonder why that was ruled out?
> Evidence of propagation failures in the wild might help decide this issue.

I don't understand. Ignoring doesn't mean dropping. An app could ignore
a property and still round-trip it correctly.

If this is an issue with the way it's phrased in the text, please
propose new text that fixes it.

Simon
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