Re: [VCARDDAV] wg concensus to publish?

[Renato Iannella <[e-mail]>]

On 2 Oct 2010, at 00:48, Joseph Smarr wrote:

> But in order for that to happen, the rest of the WG needs to think through some of these fundamental trade-offs and decide where they stand:
> - taking this opportunity to modernize (both in syntax and semantics) vs. preserving legacy

I think semantically, it does an OK job, wrt to legacy

> - favoring simplicity/readability of the wire format (esp for XML) vs. maximizing flexibility / automaticity of conversion

I agree here. I argued (unsuccessfully) for a simpler XML.

Perhaps we can create a new IETF draft that provides an alternate simpler/compact XML encoding?
Would that be possible?

> - expanding scope to more fields vs. sticking to "core address book" data

I think it should stick to the core and then allow anyone else to expand (eg add your Zodiac field for social networks) - as long as people actually do that (ie extend the core) then interoperability is assured at some level.

Cheers

Renato Iannella
http://renato.iannella.it