Re: [VCARDDAV] vcarddav-birth-death-extensions update

[Simon Perreault <[e-mail]>]

On 11/04/2011 12:12 PM, Barry Leiba wrote:
> Updated; same URL:
> http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/vcarddav/trac/browser/draft-ietf-vcarddav-birth-death-extensions-02.txt
>
> Please check to make sure I got it right, including the ABNF and the examples.

I reviewd the changes and have a few comments. First, the simple syntax 
errors.

Commas in double-quoted parameter strings don't need to be escaped. 
Also, there are 7 components so 6 semicolons are needed.

OLD:
	DEATHPLACE;LABEL="Aboard the Titanic\, near Newfoundland";	
	 GEO="geo:41.731944,-49.945833":;;;;;
NEW:
	DEATHPLACE;LABEL="Aboard the Titanic, near Newfoundland";	
	 GEO="geo:41.731944,-49.945833":;;;;;;

OLD:
	BIRTHPLACE;GEO="geo:46.769307,-71.283079":;;;;;Canada
NEW:
	BIRTHPLACE;GEO="geo:46.769307,-71.283079":;;;;;;Canada

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More importantly, what is the difference between this

	DEATHPLACE;LABEL="Aboard the Titanic\, near Newfoundland";	
	 GEO="geo:41.731944,-49.945833":;;;;;

and this?

	DEATHPLACE;LABEL="Aboard the Titanic\, near Newfoundland";	
	 VALUE=uri:geo:41.731944\,-49.945833

(ADR didn't allow URI values so it didn't have the same possible 
ambiguity...)

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Reserving the English string "unknown" seems awkward to me. How is the 
LANGUAGE parameter supposed to handle this?

Is this supposed to be interpreted as "unknown"?

	DEATHDATE;VALUE=text;LANGUAGE=en:unknown

How about this one?

	DEATHDATE;VALUE=text;LANGUAGE=en-US:unknown

How about this one?

	DEATHDATE;VALUE=text;LANGUAGE=fr:inconnue

How about this?

	DEATHDATE;VALUE=text;LANGUAGE=en:unknown
	DEATHDATE;VALUE=text;LANGUAGE=fr:inconnue

An idea, which I'm not sure is a good one, could be to reserve the empty 
string instead.

	DEATHDATE;VALUE=text:

With or without a LANGUAGE parameter, it would always be the same.

Simon
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