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Re: [VCARDDAV] Rename SEX to GENDER

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Tue, 02 November 2010 18:32 UTC

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On 2010-11-02 14:06, Mike Douglass wrote:
> The question - which I'm not sure anybody has addressed is - what's the
> intent of the property?
> 
> If it's to define the individuals actual sex then SEX.
> 
> If it's for them to express their gender then GENDER

Currently, it's the former. This is made clear by referring to the ISO
standard:

   Purpose:  To specify the sex of the object the vCard represents, as
      defined in [ISO.5218.2004].

> Or maybe we can just allow both and point people at the definitions...

The problem is we have no definition for gender. For sex it's easy: we
point to the ISO standard. For gender, it's complicated (see Sarah's post).

Simon
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