Re: [VCARDDAV] UID - why singular, not plural/ multiple?

Renato Iannella <renato@iannella.it> Mon, 26 July 2010 02:26 UTC

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Hi all - this discussion has slightly confused me ;-)

From my understanding of the UID property, it is a URI that represents a globally unique identifier corresponding to the individual.

A URL is a valid URI.

So, if the owner of the vcard says the UID is "http://shakespeare.com", then that is it, right?

Of course, we recommend UUIDs but any URI is valid, as by definition, a URI is a globally unique identifier.

Cheers

Renato Iannella
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