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Re: [VCARDDAV] Questions about vCard 4.0 (draft rev-11)

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Wed, 23 June 2010 16:04 UTC

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On 23.06.2010 00:59, Simon Perreault wrote:
> On 06/22/2010 05:16 PM, Javier Godoy wrote:
>>  From section 2.3 of RFC 5234
>> ABNF strings are case insensitive .
>> To specify a rule that is case sensitive, specify the characters
>> individually.
>> For example:
>>    rulename    =  %d97 %d98 %d99
>>
>> So the ABNF above should be
>>
>> BEGIN-value = %d86 %d67 %d65 %d82 %d68; uppercase "VCARD"
>
> Wow! I didn't know that! Thanks!
>
> Ok so we have two options:
>
> 1. Leave the ABNF as is but state that the value is case insensitive.
> 2. Change the ABNF and state that the value is case sensitive.
>
> I think I would prefer 1.
> ...

You can also say:

   BEGIN-value = %d86.67.65.82.68; uppercase "VCARD"

if you are concerned about verbosity...

Best regards, Julian

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