Re: [VCARDDAV] KIND:device

[Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]>]

On 1/9/12 10:03 AM, Zoltan Ordogh wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> thank you.
> I checked -01:
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-salgueiro-vcarddav-kind-device
> 
> 
> In section 3:
> "The following base properties make sense for vCards that represent devices..."
> According to whom? 

By stipulation of the authors. :)

It's something that we need to figure out for each new KIND, so let's
discuss it.

> Could this be removed?

No, because Section 6.1.4 of RFC 6350 states the following about new
values for the KIND property:

      An iana-token.  Additional values may be registered with IANA (see
         Section 10.3.4).  A new value's specification document MUST
         specify which properties make sense for that new kind of vCard
         and which do not.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6350#section-6.1.4

> Having seen the example in section 4, I wonder if
> <kind><text>device</text></kind>
> Could be:
> <kind><text>device</text></kind>
> <kind>
> 	<parameters>
> 		<type><text>device-type</text></type>
> 	</parameters>
> 	<text>router</text>
> </kind>
> would make sense (with a device-type registry).

The same section of RFC 6350 states:

      An x-name.  vCards MAY include private or experimental values for
         KIND.  Remember that x-name values are not intended for general
         use and are unlikely to interoperate.

If we wanted to create a public registry for this, I think we'd want to
define a "device-type" extension in the XML representation, e.g.:

<device xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:device-type'>router</device>

Peter

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